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Hey Ya!

January 07, 2023

"Hey Ya" redirects here. For other uses, see Hey Ya (disambiguation).

"Hey Ya!" is a song performed by American hip-hop duo Outkast, specifically group 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.

"Hey Ya!"
Single by Outkast
from the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
B-side
Written2000
ReleasedAugust 25, 2003 (2003-08-25)
RecordedDecember 2002–2003
Studio
Genre
Length3:55
Label
Songwriter(s)André 3000
Producer(s)André 3000
Outkast singles chronology
"Land of a Million Drums"
(2002) 		"Hey Ya!"
(2003) 		"The Way You Move"
(2003)
Music video
"Hey Ya!" on YouTube

Writing and recording

André 3000 wrote "Hey Ya!" in 2000 and began work on recording it in December 2002 at Stankonia Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.[1][2] He used an acoustic guitar for accompaniment,[2] inspired by bands such as the Ramones, the Buzzcocks, the Hives,[3] and the Smiths.[4]

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.[2] 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.[2]

Composition

"Hey Ya!" is a song in G major. Each cadential six-measure phrase is constructed using a change of meter on the fourth measure (creating a song with 22 beats in each phrase) and uses a I–IV–V–V/ii chord progression. G major and C major chords are played for one and two 4
4 measures, respectively. André 3000 then uses a deceptive cadence after a 2
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.[5]

The song opens with four pick-up beats as André 3000 counts "one, two, three, oh" and then leads into the first verse. The lyrics begin to describe the protagonist's concerns and doubts about a romantic relationship.[2] He wonders if they are staying together just "for tradition", as in the lines "But does she really wanna [mess around] / But can't stand to see me / Walk out the door?" André 3000 commented, "I think it's more important to be happy than to meet up to...the world's expectations of what a relationship should be. So this is a celebration of how men and women relate to each other in the 2000s".[6] The song then leads into the chorus, which consists of the line "Hey ya!" repeated eight times, accompanied by a synthesizer performing the bassline.[5]

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?"[2] After repeating the chorus, the song leads into a call and response section. André 3000 jokes, "What's cooler than being cool?", and the "fellas'" response, an overdubbed version of his vocals, is "Ice cold", a reference to one of André Benjamin's stage names.[7] He then calls to the "ladies", whose response is overdubbed from vocals by Rabeka Tuinei,[4] who was an assistant to the audio engineer.[2]

The song's breakdown coined the phrase "shake it like a Polaroid picture", a reference to a technique used by some photographers to expedite drying of damp instant film photos taken with film made by the Polaroid Corporation. Photos taken with early versions of the film needed to be dried, and shaking the picture helped it to dry faster.[8] The breakdown also namechecks singer Beyoncé and actress Lucy Liu. The song closes by repeating the chorus and then gradually fading out.[5]

Critical reception

"Hey Ya!" received universal acclaim from music critics and fans alike. PopMatters described the track as "brilliantly rousing" and "spazzy with electrifying multiplicity".[9] Entertainment Weekly highlighted it as the catchiest song on the double album,[10] and Stylus Magazine identified it as one of the best songs in OutKast's history.[11] "Hey Ya!" topped the 2003 Pazz & Jop list, a survey of several hundred music critics conducted by Robert Christgau, with 322 mentions, beating runner-up Beyoncé Knowles' "Crazy in Love" by 119.[12] It was listed at number 15 on Blender's 2005 list of "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born",[13] and Pitchfork included it in its collection of The Pitchfork 500.[14]

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 Flaming Lips-style instrumentation with the energy of Prince's 1983 single "Little Red Corvette".[15] Marcello Carlin of Uncut described the song as "Andre going power pop with overtones of early-'80s electro; The Knack meet side one of The The's Soul Mining."[16]

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 "B.O.B.".[17] Blender described it as a mix of soul music by Ike Turner and new wave music by Devo[18] and later as an "electro/folk-rock/funk/power pop/hip-hop/neo-soul/kitchen sink rave-up".[13] Rolling Stone compared André 3000's vocals to those of "an indie-rock Little Richard" and the backing arrangement to the Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road,[19] later ranking it at number 182 in their list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and ranking it at number four on their 2011 list of the "100 Best Songs of the Aughts".[4][20] According to Acclaimed Music, it is the 18th most celebrated song in popular music history, and the best song of the 2000s.[21]

New York also likened it to the Beatles and found it to be one of the best singles of 2003.[22] AllMusic described it as an "incandescent" mix of electro, funk, and soul music.[23] NME likened trying to classify the song as "akin to trying to lasso water" and described it as "a monumental barney between the Camberwick Green brass band, a cruise-ship cabaret act, a cartoon gospel choir and a sucker MC hiccuping 'Shake it like a Polaroid pic-chaaaa!' backed up by the cast of an amateur production of The Wizard of Oz. Sort of."[24] In 2011, they placed it at number three on its list of the "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[25] In 2013, the sports website Grantland.com named it the best song of the millennium after a March-Madness style bracket of 64 songs. The music video of the same name was likewise well received by critics, who regarded it as a contemporary piece of post-industrial performance art. In 2014, NME ranked the song at number 18 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time,[26] and in 2021, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 10 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[27]

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 "The Way You Move" debuted; which was at number 25 at the time.[28] It topped the Hot 100 for nine weeks, from December 13, 2003, to February 7, 2004.[29][30] The digital sales topped the Billboard Hot Digital Tracks for 17 consecutive weeks.[31] The song's time at number one bridged two eras, ending Casey Kasem's second tenure as host of American Top 40 and beginning Ryan Seacrest's tenure as host. The song performed well in urban contemporary markets, topping the Rhythmic Top 40 chart and reaching number nine on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. It was also successful in mainstream music, topping the Top 40 Mainstream and Top 40 Tracks and reaching number 13 on the Adult Top 40. The song also crossed over to modern rock radio, and peaked at number 16 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart in December 2003.[32]

"Hey Ya!" was the first song on Apple's iTunes to reach one million downloads[33] and in September 2005, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the single platinum for shipping one million copies.[34] 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".[35]

The song also performed well in Europe. In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number six on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number three after 12 weeks, remaining on the chart for a total of 21 weeks.[36] "Hey Ya!" topped the Norwegian singles chart for seven weeks, and it reached the top in Sweden for the first week of 2004.[37][38] It performed well across the continent, reaching the top ten in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland.[39][40][41][42][43][44] "Hey Ya!" debuted at number 17 on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart, and later topped the chart for two consecutive weeks.[45] The song remained on the chart for 16 weeks[45] and was certified 9× platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association.[46] The song charted at number 61 for the 2003 end of year chart[47] and was listed at number 15 on the 2004 chart[48] and number five on the 2004 urban chart.[49] It was also successful in New Zealand, reaching number two and staying on the RIANZ Singles Chart for 23 weeks.[50]

The lyric "shake it like a Polaroid picture", along with the song's commercial success, helped to temporarily revitalize the Polaroid Corporation, which had declared bankruptcy in 2001. Because modern Polaroid film is sealed behind a clear plastic window, casually waving the picture has no effect on the film's development. Vigorously shaking the film may actually distort the image by causing the film to separate prematurely and creating blobs in the final image.[51] Nevertheless, Polaroid sought to capitalize on the allusion, hiring Ryan Berger of the Euro RSCG advertising agency.[52] Polaroid sponsored parties for OutKast at which Euro RSCG distributed Polaroid cameras.[53] OutKast also made a deal to hold Polaroid cameras during some of its performances. While Polaroid did not release sales figures, its public image, which was in decline with the growing popularity of digital cameras, was bolstered by the song.[54] However despite the welcome exposure, Polaroid would eventually discontinue the sale of original Polaroid cameras and film, and again declare bankruptcy in 2008.[55]

Accolades

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.[56] 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,[57] and a "The Way You Move/Hey Ya!" video combining both clips with a bridging sequence was released on the OutKast: The Videos DVD.[58]

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 British Invasion, by having the American band the Love Below becoming popular on a British television program. The music video was filmed using motion control photography in two days in August 2003 on a sound stage at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California.[56] The cast included more than 100 women. Each of André 3000's parts was shot several times from different angles, and he performed the song 23 times during the course of filming.[56] Because releasing "Hey Ya!" as a single was a last-minute decision, André did not have time to choreograph the parts, and all of the dancing was improvised.[6] Ice Cold 3000's sequences were the first filmed, resulting in the character's energetic performance, and Johnny Vulture's were the last, so André, exhausted from the previous takes, sat on a stool for those sequences.[56]

Synopsis

 
The eight versions of André 3000 in the music video, performing on a set inspired by the Beatles' American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show

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.[56]

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 MTV's Total Request Live on September 5, 2003, at number 10.[59] It topped the countdown for 19 days[60] and retired at number eight on November 24, having spent 50 days on the program.[61] At the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, the video won four awards for Video of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Special Effects, and Best Art Direction.[62] It was also nominated for Best Direction but lost to Jay-Z's "99 Problems".[62] "Hey Ya!" was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the 46th Grammy Awards, but it lost to Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt".[35] In Canada, the video topped MuchMusic's Countdown for the week beginning January 30, 2004,[63] and it won the award for Best International Video by a group at the 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards.[64] In 2006, Stylus Magazine listed it at number 72 on its "Top 100 Music Videos of All Time", comparing André 3000's dancing to James Brown's performances in the early 1970s.[65]

Formats and track listings

Credits and personnel

The credits for "Hey Ya!" are adapted from the liner notes of Speakerboxx/The Love Below.[72]

Recording

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

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Hey Ya!"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[46] 9× Platinum 630,000 
Canada (Music Canada)[122] Gold 20,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[123] Platinum 90,000 
Germany (BVMI)[124] 2× Platinum 600,000 
Italy (FIMI)[125] Platinum 50,000 
New Zealand (RMNZ)[126] Gold 5,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[127] Platinum 10,000*
Sweden (GLF)[128] Platinum 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[129] 3× Platinum 1,800,000 
United States (RIAA)[34] Platinum 1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Hey Ya!"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States August 25, 2003
Arista [130]
Australia November 10, 2003 CD
[131]
United Kingdom [132]

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.[133] 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".[134] The cover received international airplay and spawned many other copycat acoustic versions.[135]

An acoustic cover of the song, sung by Sam Lloyd in his role as Ted Buckland appeared in the 2009 episode of Scrubs My Soul On Fire, Part 2.[136] In 2015, Postmodern Jukebox released a Scott Bradlee arrangement of "Hey Ya!" with a big band tempo and 1960s feel. Featuring Sara Niemietz on lead vocals, their version was featured in Billboard magazine,[137] Time magazine online,[138] and the New York Daily News.[139]

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Hey Ya redirects here For other uses see Hey Ya disambiguation Hey Ya is a song performed by American hip hop duo Outkast specifically group member Andre 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 Hey Ya Single by Outkastfrom the album Speakerboxxx The Love BelowB side Ghetto Musick My Favourite Things InstrumentalWritten2000ReleasedAugust 25 2003 2003 08 25 RecordedDecember 2002 2003StudioKarma Tree Sound Atlanta Georgia Larrabee Sound Los Angeles California GenreHip hopfunkpopsoulLength3 55LabelAristaBMGSongwriter s Andre 3000Producer s Andre 3000Outkast singles chronology Land of a Million Drums 2002 Hey Ya 2003 The Way You Move 2003 Music video Hey Ya on YouTube Contents 1 Writing and recording 2 Composition 3 Critical reception 4 Commercial performance and impact 5 Accolades 6 Music video 6 1 Background 6 2 Synopsis 6 3 Performance 7 Formats and track listings 8 Credits and personnel 9 Charts 9 1 Weekly charts 9 2 Year end charts 9 3 Decade end charts 9 4 All time charts 10 Certifications 11 Release history 12 Cover versions 13 ReferencesWriting and recording EditAndre 3000 wrote Hey Ya in 2000 and began work on recording it in December 2002 at Stankonia Studios in Atlanta Georgia 1 2 He used an acoustic guitar for accompaniment 2 inspired by bands such as the Ramones the Buzzcocks the Hives 3 and the Smiths 4 Andre 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 2 Months later Andre 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 2 Composition Edit Hey Ya is a song in G major Each cadential six measure phrase is constructed using a change of meter on the fourth measure creating a song with 22 beats in each phrase and uses a I IV V V ii chord progression G major and C major chords are played for one and two 44 measures respectively Andre 3000 then uses a deceptive cadence after a 24 measure of the dominant D major chord leading into two 44 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 Andre s vocal range spans more than an octave and a half from B3 to G5 5 The song opens with four pick up beats as Andre 3000 counts one two three oh and then leads into the first verse The lyrics begin to describe the protagonist s concerns and doubts about a romantic relationship 2 He wonders if they are staying together just for tradition as in the lines But does she really wanna mess around But can t stand to see me Walk out the door Andre 3000 commented I think it s more important to be happy than to meet up to the world s expectations of what a relationship should be So this is a celebration of how men and women relate to each other in the 2000s 6 The song then leads into the chorus which consists of the line Hey ya repeated eight times accompanied by a synthesizer performing the bassline 5 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 2 After repeating the chorus the song leads into a call and response section Andre 3000 jokes What s cooler than being cool and the fellas response an overdubbed version of his vocals is Ice cold a reference to one of Andre Benjamin s stage names 7 He then calls to the ladies whose response is overdubbed from vocals by Rabeka Tuinei 4 who was an assistant to the audio engineer 2 The song s breakdown coined the phrase shake it like a Polaroid picture a reference to a technique used by some photographers to expedite drying of damp instant film photos taken with film made by the Polaroid Corporation Photos taken with early versions of the film needed to be dried and shaking the picture helped it to dry faster 8 The breakdown also namechecks singer Beyonce and actress Lucy Liu The song closes by repeating the chorus and then gradually fading out 5 Critical reception Edit Hey Ya received universal acclaim from music critics and fans alike PopMatters described the track as brilliantly rousing and spazzy with electrifying multiplicity 9 Entertainment Weekly highlighted it as the catchiest song on the double album 10 and Stylus Magazine identified it as one of the best songs in OutKast s history 11 Hey Ya topped the 2003 Pazz amp Jop list a survey of several hundred music critics conducted by Robert Christgau with 322 mentions beating runner up Beyonce Knowles Crazy in Love by 119 12 It was listed at number 15 on Blender s 2005 list of The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born 13 and Pitchfork included it in its collection of The Pitchfork 500 14 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 Flaming Lips style instrumentation with the energy of Prince s 1983 single Little Red Corvette 15 Marcello Carlin of Uncut described the song as Andre going power pop with overtones of early 80s electro The Knack meet side one of The The s Soul Mining 16 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 B O B 17 Blender described it as a mix of soul music by Ike Turner and new wave music by Devo 18 and later as an electro folk rock funk power pop hip hop neo soul kitchen sink rave up 13 Rolling Stone compared Andre 3000 s vocals to those of an indie rock Little Richard and the backing arrangement to the Beatles 1969 album Abbey Road 19 later ranking it at number 182 in their list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and ranking it at number four on their 2011 list of the 100 Best Songs of the Aughts 4 20 According to Acclaimed Music it is the 18th most celebrated song in popular music history and the best song of the 2000s 21 New York also likened it to the Beatles and found it to be one of the best singles of 2003 22 AllMusic described it as an incandescent mix of electro funk and soul music 23 NME likened trying to classify the song as akin to trying to lasso water and described it as a monumental barney between the Camberwick Green brass band a cruise ship cabaret act a cartoon gospel choir and a sucker MC hiccuping Shake it like a Polaroid pic chaaaa backed up by the cast of an amateur production of The Wizard of Oz Sort of 24 In 2011 they placed it at number three on its list of the 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years 25 In 2013 the sports website Grantland com named it the best song of the millennium after a March Madness style bracket of 64 songs The music video of the same name was likewise well received by critics who regarded it as a contemporary piece of post industrial performance art In 2014 NME ranked the song at number 18 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time 26 and in 2021 Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 10 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 27 Commercial performance and impact Edit 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 The Way You Move debuted which was at number 25 at the time 28 It topped the Hot 100 for nine weeks from December 13 2003 to February 7 2004 29 30 The digital sales topped the Billboard Hot Digital Tracks for 17 consecutive weeks 31 The song s time at number one bridged two eras ending Casey Kasem s second tenure as host of American Top 40 and beginning Ryan Seacrest s tenure as host The song performed well in urban contemporary markets topping the Rhythmic Top 40 chart and reaching number nine on the Hot R amp B Hip Hop Singles amp Tracks It was also successful in mainstream music topping the Top 40 Mainstream and Top 40 Tracks and reaching number 13 on the Adult Top 40 The song also crossed over to modern rock radio and peaked at number 16 on Billboard s Alternative Songs chart in December 2003 32 Hey Ya was the first song on Apple s iTunes to reach one million downloads 33 and in September 2005 the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA certified the single platinum for shipping one million copies 34 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 35 The song also performed well in Europe In the United Kingdom it debuted at number six on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number three after 12 weeks remaining on the chart for a total of 21 weeks 36 Hey Ya topped the Norwegian singles chart for seven weeks and it reached the top in Sweden for the first week of 2004 37 38 It performed well across the continent reaching the top ten in Austria Finland France Germany Ireland and Switzerland 39 40 41 42 43 44 Hey Ya debuted at number 17 on Australia s ARIA Singles Chart and later topped the chart for two consecutive weeks 45 The song remained on the chart for 16 weeks 45 and was certified 9 platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association 46 The song charted at number 61 for the 2003 end of year chart 47 and was listed at number 15 on the 2004 chart 48 and number five on the 2004 urban chart 49 It was also successful in New Zealand reaching number two and staying on the RIANZ Singles Chart for 23 weeks 50 The lyric shake it like a Polaroid picture along with the song s commercial success helped to temporarily revitalize the Polaroid Corporation which had declared bankruptcy in 2001 Because modern Polaroid film is sealed behind a clear plastic window casually waving the picture has no effect on the film s development Vigorously shaking the film may actually distort the image by causing the film to separate prematurely and creating blobs in the final image 51 Nevertheless Polaroid sought to capitalize on the allusion hiring Ryan Berger of the Euro RSCG advertising agency 52 Polaroid sponsored parties for OutKast at which Euro RSCG distributed Polaroid cameras 53 OutKast also made a deal to hold Polaroid cameras during some of its performances While Polaroid did not release sales figures its public image which was in decline with the growing popularity of digital cameras was bolstered by the song 54 However despite the welcome exposure Polaroid would eventually discontinue the sale of original Polaroid cameras and film and again declare bankruptcy in 2008 55 Accolades EditAccolades for Hey Ya Year Organization Award Result2004 BET Awards Video of the Year WonViewer s Choice NominatedGrammy Award Record of the Year NominatedBest Urban Alternative Performance WonBest Music Video NominatediHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards Best International Group Video WonPeoples Choice Favourite International Group NominatedMTV Europe Music Awards Best Song WonBest Video WonMTV Video Music Award Video of the Year WonBest Hip Hop Video WonBest Direction NominatedBest Visual Effects WonBest Art Direction WonMTV Video Music Awards Japan Video of the Year NominatedBest Pop Video NominatedNAACP Image Awards Outstanding Duo or Group WonOutstanding Music Video NominatedOutstanding Song NominatedSoul Train Music Awards Best Video of the Year WonMusic video EditBackground Edit 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 56 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 57 and a The Way You Move Hey Ya video combining both clips with a bridging sequence was released on the OutKast The Videos DVD 58 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 Andre 3000 had never seen this footage Barber showed the footage to Andre 3000 and came up with the idea of reversing the British Invasion by having the American band the Love Below becoming popular on a British television program The music video was filmed using motion control photography in two days in August 2003 on a sound stage at Universal Studios in Los Angeles California 56 The cast included more than 100 women Each of Andre 3000 s parts was shot several times from different angles and he performed the song 23 times during the course of filming 56 Because releasing Hey Ya as a single was a last minute decision Andre did not have time to choreograph the parts and all of the dancing was improvised 6 Ice Cold 3000 s sequences were the first filmed resulting in the character s energetic performance and Johnny Vulture s were the last so Andre exhausted from the previous takes sat on a stool for those sequences 56 Synopsis Edit The eight versions of Andre 3000 in the music video performing on a set inspired by the Beatles American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show In the video Andre 3000 plays all eight members of the fictional band The Love Below keyboardist Benjamin Andre bassist Possum Aloysius Jenkins vocalist Andre Ice Cold 3000 drummer Dookie Blossom Gain III three backing vocalists the Love Haters and guitarist Johnny Vulture 56 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 Edit The video debuted on MTV s Total Request Live on September 5 2003 at number 10 59 It topped the countdown for 19 days 60 and retired at number eight on November 24 having spent 50 days on the program 61 At the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards the video won four awards for Video of the Year Best Hip Hop Video Best Special Effects and Best Art Direction 62 It was also nominated for Best Direction but lost to Jay Z s 99 Problems 62 Hey Ya was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the 46th Grammy Awards but it lost to Johnny Cash s cover of Nine Inch Nails Hurt 35 In Canada the video topped MuchMusic s Countdown for the week beginning January 30 2004 63 and it won the award for Best International Video by a group at the 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards 64 In 2006 Stylus Magazine listed it at number 72 on its Top 100 Music Videos of All Time comparing Andre 3000 s dancing to James Brown s performances in the early 1970s 65 Formats and track listings EditAmerican 7 inch vinyl single 66 Hey Ya radio edit Hey Ya instrumental Australian CD maxi single 67 Hey Ya radio edit Ghetto Musick radio edit Ghetto Musick Benny Benassi remix Hey Ya Enhanced CD video European CD single 68 Hey Ya radio edit Ghetto Musick radio edit German CD maxi single 69 Hey Ya radio edit Ghetto Musick radio edit Ghetto Musick Benny Benassi remix Hey Ya Enhanced CD video UK 12 inch vinyl single 70 Hey Ya radio edit Ghetto Musick My Favourite Things UK CD maxi single 71 Hey Ya Ghetto Musick radio edit My Favourite Things Hey Ya Enhanced CD video Credits and personnel EditThe credits for Hey Ya are adapted from the liner notes of Speakerboxx The Love Below 72 Recording Recorded at Stankonia Studios and Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta Georgia Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles California Personnel Andre 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 mixerCharts EditWeekly charts Edit 2003 2004 weekly chart performance for Hey Ya Chart 2003 2004 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 45 1Australian Urban ARIA 73 1Austria O3 Austria Top 40 39 4Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 74 18Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 75 10Canada Nielsen SoundScan 76 1Croatia HRT 77 2Czech Republic IFPI 78 1Denmark Tracklisten 79 2Europe Eurochart Hot 100 80 2Finland Suomen virallinen lista 40 10France SNEP 41 7Germany Official German Charts 42 6Hungary Radios Top 40 81 34Hungary Dance Top 40 82 5Ireland IRMA 43 2Italy FIMI 83 3Netherlands Dutch Top 40 84 22Netherlands Single Top 100 85 15New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 50 2Norway VG lista 37 1Romania Romanian Top 100 86 71Scotland OCC 87 6Sweden Sverigetopplistan 38 1Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 44 9UK Singles OCC 36 3UK Hip Hop R amp B OCC 88 1US Billboard Hot 100 89 1US Adult Top 40 Billboard 90 13US Alternative Airplay Billboard 91 16US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 92 9US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 93 1US Rhythmic Billboard 94 12020 weekly chart performance for Hey Ya Chart 2020 PeakpositionPoland Polish Airplay Top 100 95 66 Year end charts Edit 2003 year end chart performance for Hey Ya Chart 2003 PositionAustralia ARIA 47 61Germany Media Control Charts 96 173Ireland IRMA 97 57Italy FIMI 98 43Netherlands Dutch Top 40 99 201Sweden Sverigetopplistan 100 9UK Singles OCC 101 682004 year end chart performance for Hey Ya Chart 2004 PositionAustralia ARIA 48 15Australian Urban ARIA 49 5Austria O3 Austria Top 75 102 16Belgium Ultratop 40 Wallonia 103 35Europe Eurochart Hot 100 104 7France SNEP 105 42Germany Media Control Charts 106 34Italy FIMI 107 22Netherlands Dutch Top 40 108 98Netherlands Single Top 100 109 84New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 110 47Sweden Sverigetopplistan 111 33Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 112 31UK Singles OCC 113 25US Billboard Hot 100 114 8US Adult Top 40 Billboard 115 25US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 116 49US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 117 7US Rhythmic Billboard 118 17Decade end charts Edit Decade end chart performance for Hey Ya Chart 2000 2009 PositionAustralia ARIA 119 74US Billboard Hot 100 120 20All time charts Edit All time chart performance for Hey Ya Chart 1958 2018 PositionUS Billboard Hot 100 121 145Certifications EditCertifications and sales for Hey Ya Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 46 9 Platinum 630 000 Canada Music Canada 122 Gold 20 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 123 Platinum 90 000 Germany BVMI 124 2 Platinum 600 000 Italy FIMI 125 Platinum 50 000 New Zealand RMNZ 126 Gold 5 000 Norway IFPI Norway 127 Platinum 10 000 Sweden GLF 128 Platinum 20 000 United Kingdom BPI 129 3 Platinum 1 800 000 United States RIAA 34 Platinum 1 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history EditRelease dates and formats for Hey Ya Region Date Format s Label s Ref United States August 25 2003 Contemporary hitalternative radio Arista 130 Australia November 10 2003 CD AristaBMG 131 United Kingdom 132 Cover versions EditThe 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 133 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 134 The cover received international airplay and spawned many other copycat acoustic versions 135 An acoustic cover of the song sung by Sam Lloyd in his role as Ted Buckland appeared in the 2009 episode of Scrubs My Soul On Fire Part 2 136 In 2015 Postmodern Jukebox released a Scott Bradlee arrangement of Hey Ya with a big band tempo 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