thumb|Katarzyna Nosowska (lead voc), 2006

thumb|Jacek Chrzanowski during Rocket Festiwal 2013 in Warsaw, Poland.

thumb|Marcin Zabrocki during Rocket Festiwal 2013 in Warsaw, Poland.

thumb|Marcin Żabiełowicz during Rocket Festiwal 2013 in Warsaw, Poland.

thumb|Robert Ligiewicz at the Rammstein Stadium Tour 2019 in Oslo, Norway

Hey is a Polish rock band founded in Szczecin in 1991 by guitarist Piotr Banach and singer Kasia Nosowska. They are one of the most popular Polish music acts of the 1990s.

Although Hey sometimes described themselves as the first Polish grunge band, their melodic, guitar-driven rock and eclectic appearance owed more to new wave and heavy metal influences; their first three albums contained songs in both Polish and English. During the band's mid-1990s heyday, they sold out stadiums throughout Poland, and attempted to break into the English-language market with a series of concerts overseas and an English version of their 1995 album ?. When this failed to arouse interest, the band began to write in Polish only, and gradually adopted a harder-edged, more industrial-influenced sound. Overall, the band has sold over 2.3 million album copies (as of April 2020).

In addition, Nosowska has also enjoyed a successful career as a solo artist. She has released six solo albums that derive more from an electronic style.

Members

Current line-up

  • Kasia Nosowska (vocals)
  • Paweł Krawczyk (guitar)
  • Marcin Żabiełowicz (guitar)
  • Robert Ligiewicz (drums, percussion)
  • Jacek Chrzanowski (bass guitar)
  • Marcin Macuk (keyboards)

Former members

  • Piotr Banach (guitar) (1992–1999)
  • Marcin Macuk (bass guitar) (1992)

Discography

Studio albums

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;

!rowspan=2|Year

!rowspan=2|Album details

!colspan=1|Peak chart position

!rowspan=2|Certification

|-style="vertical-align:top;line-height:1.2"

!width=25px|<small>POL</small><br />

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|1993

|align=left|Fire

  • Released: 8 February 1993
  • Label: Izabelin Studio
  • Formats: LP, CD, CS, digital download

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  • POL: 4× platinum

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|1994

|align=left|Ho!

  • Released: 22 April 1994
  • Label: Izabelin Studio
  • Formats: CD, CS, digital download

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  • POL: 3× platinum

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  • POL: platinum

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|1999

|align=left|Hey

  • Released: 4 May 1999
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP

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|2001

|align=left|[sic!]

  • Released: 22 October 2001
  • Label: Warner Music Poland
  • Formats: CD, CS, digital download

||4

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|2003

|align=left|Music.Music

  • Released: 17 November 2003
  • Label: Warner Music Poland
  • Formats: CD

||1

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|2005

|align=left|Echosystem

  • Released: 21 November 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD

||2

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  • POL: platinum

||1

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  • POL: 2× platinum

||3

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  • POL: platinum

||3

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  • POL: platinum

|| 11

|-

|colspan=10 style=font-size:8pt;| "—" denotes a release that did not chart.

|}

Extended plays

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! Year

! width=250px|EP details

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|1995

|align=left|Heledore

  • Released: 25 May 1995
  • Label: Izabelin Studio
  • Formats: CD

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|}

Live albums

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!rowspan=2|Year

!rowspan=2|Album details

!colspan=1|Peak chart position

!rowspan=2|Certification

|-style="vertical-align:top;line-height:1.2"

!width=25px|<small>POL</small><br />

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|1994

|align=left|Live!

  • Released: 6 December 1994
  • Label: Izabelin Studio
  • Formats: CD, CS

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  • POL: platinum

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|-

|2007

|align=left|MTV Unplugged

  • Released: 19 November 2007
  • Label: QL Music
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download

|| 1

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  • POL: 3× platinum

|| —

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|-

|2015

|align=left|Hey w Filharmonii. Szczecin Unplugged

  • Released: 5 June 2015
  • Label: Kayax
  • Formats: CD, digital download

|| 12

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|-

|colspan=10 style=font-size:8pt;| "—" denotes a release that did not chart.

|}

Video albums

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! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" | Video details

! scope="col" |Certification

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! scope="row" |Hey – Live '93

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  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Izabelin Studio
  • Formats: VHS

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! scope="row" |Hey – Live '94

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  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Izabelin Studio
  • Formats: VHS

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! scope="row" |Hey Przystanek Woodstock 2004

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  • Released: November 20, 2004
  • Label: Złoty Melon
  • Formats: DVD

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  • POL: gold

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! scope="row" |Hey – Najmniejszy Koncert Świata

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  • Released: December 3, 2010
  • Label: Agora SA
  • Formats: DVD

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References

  • Myspace page