Hay (song)

"Hay"
Single by Crucial Conflict
from the album The Final Tic
B-side	"Showdown"
Released	April 23, 1996
Recorded	1995
Studio	The Barn (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre	Midwest hip hop  ; Rap Rock
Length	4:20
Label	Universal
Songwriter(s)	Wondosas Martin Marrico King Corey Johnson Ralph Leverston
Producer(s)	Shorty Capone (exec.) Fab 5 Freddy (exec.) Roy "Black Prince" Cormier (exec.) Wildstyle
Crucial Conflict singles chronology
"Hay" (1996) "Ride the Rodeo" (1996)
Music video
"Hay" on YouTube

"Hay" is a song written and performed by American hip hop group Crucial Conflict, released as the lead single from their debut full-length album The Final Tic. It was recorded at The Barn in Chicago, Illinois and produced by member Wildstyle, who used a sampled of Funkadelic's "I'll Stay". "Hay" became the group's breakthrough hit, peaking at number 18 in the United States and number 3 in New Zealand. The single was certified gold by the RIAA on July 18, 1996, and helped the album reach gold status less than two months later. Complex placed the song at number 4 on their 50 Greatest Chicago Rap Songs.^[1]