High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Hey Baby" is a song written by Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, and Bounty Killer for No Doubt`s fifth studio album Rock Steady (2001). Released as the album`s lead single, the song is heavily influenced by the Jamaican dancehall music present at No Doubt`s post-show parties and tour bus lounges of their Return of Saturn tour. Its lyrics describe the debauchery with groupies at these parties.