"Hell Yeah" is the title of a song written by Jeffrey Steele

Jeffrey Steele

Jeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...

 and Craig Wiseman

Craig Wiseman

Craig Michael Wiseman is an American country music songwriter. Active since the late 1980s as a songwriter, he has had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, and several other acts....

, and recorded by American

United States

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 country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 duo Montgomery Gentry

Montgomery Gentry

Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...

. It was released in July 2003 as the third and final single from their 2002 album My Town

My Town (album)

My Town is the third album by country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in 2002 . Certified platinum in the United States, the album produced three consecutive Top Five hits on the Billboard country charts in the title track, "Speed", and "Hell Yeah". It is Montgomery Gentry's...

. It peaked at number 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 45 on the Hot 100.

Content

In the song the narrator recounts the life of two people, a female of "the Me Generation

Generation Y

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" and a male of "the Haggard generation

Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...

." Both the male and the female like to party and want to go back to when "life was good and love was easy."

Chart positions

"Hell Yeah" debuted at #59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of July 26, 2003.

Chart (2003)	Peak position