Hey Whatever

"Hey Whatever"
Single by Westlife
from the album Turnaround
B-side
  • "I Won't Let You Down"
  • "Singing Forever"
Released15 September 2003 (2003-09-15)
StudioRokstone, Sphere (London)
Length3:30
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Steve Mac
Westlife singles chronology
"Tonight" / "Miss You Nights"
(2003)
"Hey Whatever"
(2003)
"Mandy"
(2003)
Music video
"Hey Whatever" on YouTube

"Hey Whatever" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 15 September 2003 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Turnaround (2003). The song is a re-written version of "Rainbow Zephyr", a popular song by Irish rock band Relish.[1] Released on 15 September 2003, the song peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.

In Westlife - Our Story, the band said they pushed for "Hey Whatever" to be released as the lead single despite Simon Cowell telling them they did not have a hit. The song became one of Westlife's lowest-charting singles and was their first not to sell more than 100,000 copies at the time, selling just under 80,000.[2]

  1. ^ "Rainbow Zephyr or Hey, Whatever?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Westlife: Our Story". HarperCollins Publishers. p. 194. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2011.