Hey Ya!
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Songwriter(s) | André 3000 | |||
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"Hey Ya!" is a song by American hip hop duo Outkast, performed by its member André 3000, who wrote and produced the song. Along with "The Way You Move", recorded by Outkast's other member Big Boi, "Hey Ya!" was released by Arista Records as one of the two lead singles from the duo's fifth album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, on August 25, 2003. The track became a commercial success, reaching number one in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Norway, and Sweden. "Hey Ya!" received critical acclaim upon release, and is consistently ranked as one of the greatest songs of the 2000s. The song was ranked number ten in Rolling Stone's revised 2021 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
Writing and recording
André 3000 wrote "Hey Ya!" in 2000 and began work on recording it in December 2002 at Stankonia Studios in
André recorded the introduction, the first verse, the hook, and the vocals around the same time, using several dozen takes. He returned to work on the song several evenings later, with session musician Kevin Kendricks performing the bassline on the synthesizer.[4] Months later, André 3000 worked with Pete Novak at the Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles. They experimented with various sound effects, including singing through a vocoder, and did 30 to 40 takes for each line.[4]
Composition
"Hey Ya!" is a song in
4 measure of the dominant D major chord, leading into two 4
4 measures of an E major chord (against a G note in the melody implying E minor). The song moves at a tempo of 159 beats per minute, and André's vocal range spans more than an octave and a half, from B3 to G5.[7]
The song opens with three
During the second verse, the protagonist gets cold feet and wonders what the purpose of continuing the relationship is, pondering the question, "If they say nothing is forever...then what makes love the exception?"
The song's
Critical reception
"Hey Ya!" received universal acclaim from music critics and fans alike.
The song's unusual arrangement drew comparisons to artists from a variety of genres. Pitchfork referred to it as the apex of the album and added that it successfully mixed
Subsequently, Pitchfork gave it the number two slot in its "The Top 100 Singles of 2000–2004" feature in January 2005, bested only by OutKast's own "
Commercial performance and impact
"Hey Ya!" was successful in North America, first charting on the week ending October 18, 2003, at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100, three weeks after "
"Hey Ya!" was the first song on Apple's iTunes to reach one million downloads[34] and in September 2005, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the single platinum for shipping one million copies.[35] At the 46th Grammy Awards, the song won Best Urban/Alternative Performance and was nominated for Record of the Year, but lost to Coldplay's "Clocks".[36]
The song also performed well in Europe. In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number six on the
The lyric "shake it like a Polaroid picture", along with the song's commercial success, helped to temporarily revitalize the
Accolades
Year | Organization | Award | Result |
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2004 | BET Awards | Video of the Year | Won |
Viewer's Choice | Nominated | ||
Grammy Award | Record of the Year | Nominated | |
Best Urban/Alternative Performance | Won | ||
Best Music Video | Nominated | ||
iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards | Best International Group Video | Won | |
Peoples Choice: Favourite International Group | Nominated | ||
MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Song | Won | |
Best Video | Won | ||
MTV Video Music Award | Video of the Year | Won | |
Best Hip-Hop Video |
Won | ||
Best Direction | Nominated | ||
Best Visual Effects | Won | ||
Best Art Direction | Won | ||
MTV Video Music Awards Japan | Video of the Year | Nominated | |
Best Pop Video | Nominated | ||
NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Duo or Group | Won | |
Outstanding Music Video | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Song | Nominated | ||
Soul Train Music Awards | Best Video of the Year | Won |
Music video
Background
The song's music video, directed by Bryan Barber, is conceptually similar to the video for former Beatle's Paul McCartney's song "Coming Up", but is also based on the Beatles' landmark appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. However, it sets the action in London.[57] The beginning and end of the video blend with those of "The Way You Move" so that the two can be watched in either order,[58] and a "The Way You Move/Hey Ya!" video combining both clips with a bridging sequence was released on the OutKast: The Videos DVD.[59]
After listening to the song, Barber was inspired to create a video around the Beatles' appearance on Sullivan's show based on the song's musical structure, but André 3000 had never seen this footage. Barber showed the footage to André 3000 and came up with the idea of reversing the
Synopsis
In the video, André 3000 plays all eight members of the fictional band The Love Below: keyboardist Benjamin André, bassist Possum Aloysius Jenkins, vocalist André "Ice Cold" 3000, drummer Dookie Blossom Gain III, three backing vocalists the Love Haters, and guitarist Johnny Vulture.[57]
The video opens with the band's manager Antwan (Big Boi) talking to Ice Cold and Dookie backstage. Meanwhile, the television presenter, portrayed by Ryan Phillippe (another version featured an energetic Phillippe), tries to calm a crowd of screaming girls on a show being broadcast live in black-and-white. Afterwards, he introduces the band and they start performing. While the girls in the audience scream loudly, one girl is carried off by security after rushing the stage, and another faints. A family is shown dancing to the broadcast at home. When Ice Cold instructs listeners to "shake it like a Polaroid picture", some of the girls begin taking pictures and shaking them. Ice Cold dances with one of the girls on stage, and the video closes with several friends of the band watching and discussing the performance.
Performance
The video debuted on
Formats and track listings
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Credits and personnel
The credits for "Hey Ya!" are adapted from the liner notes of Speakerboxx/The Love Below.[73]
Recording
- Recorded at: Stankonia Studios and Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia; Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California.
Personnel
- André 3000 – vocals, guitars, keyboards, production, audio programming
- Kevin Kendricks – keyboards
- John Frye – recording engineer
- Pete Novak – recording engineer
- Robert Hannon – recording engineer
- Mike Nicholson – recording engineer
- Josh Monroy – assistant recording engineer
- Warren Bletcher – assistant recording engineer
- Jared Robbins – assistant recording engineer
- Rabeka Tuinei – assistant recording engineer, additional vocals
- Neal Pogue – audio mixer
- Greg Price – assistant audio mixer
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[47] | 11× Platinum | 770,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada)[125] | Gold | 20,000* |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[126] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI)[127] | 2× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI)[128] | Platinum | 50,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[129] | Gold | 5,000* |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[130] | Platinum | 10,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[131] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Sweden (GLF)[132] | Platinum | 20,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[133] | 3× Platinum | 1,800,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[35] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | August 25, 2003 |
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Arista | [134] |
Sweden | October 24, 2003 | CD |
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[135] |
Australia | November 10, 2003 | [136] | ||
United Kingdom | [137] |
Cover versions
The rock influences of "Hey Ya!" have allowed many other artists to release cover versions of the song. In 2006, Mat Weddle, frontman of the unsigned folk band Obadiah Parker, performed an acoustic cover of the song at a local open mic night, and a friend of his posted a video of the performance on YouTube, which quickly became virally popular online.[138] Inspired by slowcore band Red House Painters, Weddle's version moves at a much slower tempo backed by a rhythmic guitar strum and converts the breakdown into a "staccato chime".[139] The cover received international airplay and spawned many other copycat acoustic versions.[140]
An acoustic cover of the song, sung by
British alternative metal band Sleep Token released a cover in 2018 as a single. This version saw lead singer Vessel accompanied solely by piano and only included the first two verses and the chorus.
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