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{{Infobox song
| name       = Hell Yeah
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Rev Theory]]
| album      = [[Light It Up (Rev Theory album)|Light It Up]]
| released   = March 25, 2008
| recorded   = 2007
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Hard rock]], [[alternative metal]], [[post-grunge]]
| length     = 4:07
| label      = [[Interscope Records]]
| writer     = Rich Luzzi, Julien Jorgensen, Dave Agoglia, Matt McCloskey, Brian Howes
| producer   = [[Brian Howes]]
| prev_title = [[Light It Up (Rev Theory song)|Light It Up]]
| prev_year  = 2008
| next_title = Far from Over
| next_year  = 2009
}}
"'''Hell Yeah'''" is a song recorded by American [[hard rock]] band [[Rev Theory]]. It was released in March 2008 as the second single from their 2008 album, ''[[Light It Up (Rev Theory album)|Light It Up]]''. It was produced by [[Brian Howes]] and officially released March 25 on the [[iTunes Store]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.ign.com/articles/861/861841p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329220726/http://music.ign.com/articles/861/861841p1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2008|title=IGN: Rev Theory TV: Webisode #1}}</ref> This song was also made the theme song for the TV show ''[[Blue Mountain State]]''.
==Music video==
The band shot the video in [[Palmdale, California|Palmdale]] and [[Adelanto, California]] with director Travis Kopach, who has done previous work for bands such as [[Thursday (band)|Thursday]], [[Panic! at the Disco]] and [[Black Tide]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2008/week15/index.html#entry-48066892|title=Video Static: SHOT: Rev Theory - Travis Kopach, director}}</ref> The video also featured an appearance from the late 2005 ''[[WWE Diva Search|WWE Raw Diva Search]]'' winner, and former ''[[Survivor: China]]'' contestant [[Ashley Massaro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2008/2008_04_09a.jsp|title=WWE's WrestleMania Rocks Sales|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2008-04-10|date=2008-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810132201/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2008/2008_04_09a.jsp|archive-date=2012-08-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The video begins with the band inside of a diner at the Four Aces Movie Ranch when they are attracted by the arrival of Ashley who secretly steals Rich's keys to his 1965 Pontiac GTO. Rich realizes this and grabs the cook's 1967 Ford Fairlane to go after Ashley in a lengthy car chase until he successfully tracks her down at Murphy's, resulting the video to end on a cliffhanger after he goes inside. Shots of the band performing at a destroyed aircraft are also shown.
The video premiered on the [[Xbox Live Marketplace]] on May 28, 2008, a first for [[Xbox Live]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.ign.com/articles/877/877479p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527105832/http://music.ign.com/articles/877/877479p1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 27, 2011|title=Rev Theory Burst Onto Xbox}}</ref>
==Other information==
*The song was used as theme song for the 2008 WWE PPV [[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]] in addition to the TV show ''[[Blue Mountain State]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/onenightstand/ |title=WWE "One Night Stand" &#124; Latest News, Results, Videos, Photos, and More |publisher=Wwe.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-21}}</ref>
*In the video game ''[[Madden NFL 09]]'', An edited version changed the title and chorus to the words "Hey Yeah", which was also reused in ''[[NHL 16]]'' as the goal song for the [[Winnipeg Jets]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hayward |first=Andrew |url=http://www.1up.com/news/madden-nfl-09-soundtrack-revealed |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204150230/http://www.1up.com/news/madden-nfl-09-soundtrack-revealed |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-04 |title=Madden NFL 09 Soundtrack Revealed |publisher=1up.com |accessdate=2012-08-13 }}</ref>
*The song was used as a goal song for the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s [[Buffalo Sabres]], [[Winnipeg Jets]] and [[Edmonton Oilers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Y-X27IVMA |title=Edmonton Oilers 2018-19 Goal Horn|date=2018-10-19|accessdate=2018-10-19}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.revtheory.com Official Rev Theory Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513190207/http://www.revtheory.com/ |date=2008-05-13 }}
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