“Hey There” is a fitting opener for King Gizzard’s debut single. Featuring a set of simplistic lyrics about loving someone (and their hair) and a groovy garage rock composition, it kicks off the band’s career with a bang.
In the band’s first ever Facebook post on October 19th, 2010, they posted a link to “Hey There” which was hosted on SoundCloud. A CD single for ”Hey There” was released in 2010 with a fold-out sleeve depicting King Gizzard and a Lizard Wizard. Outside of this, the band refused to release the song officially though they had added it to the ASCAP ACE Repertory. In a 2015 Reddit AMA, Stu explained that the CDs were made for friends and that he was unsure what happened to them. He also said that, at the time, he had no intentions on re-releasing the singles. For years the single was circulated unofficially. On December 14th, 2020, the band tweeted that they were looking for high quality FLACs of the first two singles. This would be for Teenage Gizzard, released on Christmas Day.
“Hey There” was reportedly played on 2010-11-25. No other performances are known.