14 november 2009

Espen Lind
Amund Bjørklund

Patrick Monahan
"Hey, Soul Sister" is a song by the American rock band Train. It was written by singer Patrick Monahan, Amund Bjørklund and
Espen Lind. It was released as the main single on the band's fifth studio album, Save Me, San Francisco (2009).

The song hit number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is Train's most iconic song to date. As of September 21, 2012, it
had sold over 6 million digital copies in the United States. It was the best-selling song on the iTunes Store in 2010 and the second
best-selling song in the United States in 2010. It is also the band's most commercially successful single to date, reaching number
one. in 16 countries. The single received a 6x platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on
September 21, 2012, signifying sales of over 6 million copies. The live iTunes version of "Hey, Soul Sister" garnered a Grammy
Award for Train at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. The song was not eligible for any Grammy Awards in the General Field.
After collaborating with the Norwegian production duo Espionage (Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund) in drafting and recording
the song "Brick by Brick", the singer of Train Pat Monahan decided to record another song with the duo.

I said, "I want to write an INXS song. So they started playing some kind of INXS-y song, and I wrote the song" Hey, Soul Sister "and
the melodies and started singing it. And I said," Dude, this doesn't sound right for me. "
- Pat Monahan.

About wanting to write an INXS-style song.

One of the boys, Espen, who is like a big star in Norway, picked up a ukulele and said, "Hey, how about this?" I said, "Are you
kidding me?" And it made the difference. It made my words dance. It made sense. These words had to dance with ukulele and
not guitar.
- Pat Monahan

INXS (pronounced "In Ex ess") was an Australian rock band. It was founded as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney.
 Hey soul sister,
Heeey heeeey heeeeey ain't that mister mister
on the radio, stereo
Your lipstick stains on the front lobe
The way you move ain't fair you know
of my left-side brains
Hey soul sister,
I knew I wouldn't forget you
And so I went and let you blow my mind I don't wanna miss The song is almost a
Your sweet moving a single thing you do tonight hymn to one's
The smell of you
in every single dream I dream Well you can cut a rug girlfriend: in each verse
I knew when we collided you're the one I have decided Watching you is the only drug I need its aspects, beauty, the
Who's one of my kind So gangster, I'm so thug
You're the only one I'm dreaming of way of dancing are
Hey soul sister,
ain't that mister mister
You see I can be myself now finally exalted, to the point of
In fact there's nothing I can't be
on the radio, stereo
I want the world to see you'll be with me also feeling its perfume
The way you move ain't fair you know
Hey soul sister, in every perfume ("The
Hey soul sister,
I don't wanna miss
a single thing you do tonight ain't that mister mister smell of you in every
on the radio, stereo single dream I dream ")
Heeey heeeey heeeey The way you move ain't fair you know
Hey soul sister,
Just in time, I don't wanna miss
I'm so glad you have a single thing you do tonight
a one track mind like me Hey soul sister,
You gave my life direction I don't wanna miss
A game show love connection,
a single thing you do tonight
we can't deny
Heeey heeeey heeeeey (tonight)
I'm so obsessed
My heart is bound to beat Heeey heeeey heeeeey (tonight)
right out my untrimmed chest
I believe in you, like a virgin,
you're Madonna
And I'm always gonna wanna
blow your mind