Hey Ya!

"Hey Ya!" is a song by Outkast. Outkast is an American hip-hop music group. André 3000 wrote the song. He is one of the members of Outkast. "Hey Ya!" was released as a single on August 25, 2003.[1] It is a song on the group's fifth album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The song was number one on music charts in many countries.[2][3][4] Many people think "Hey Ya!" is one of the best songs from the 2000s.[5][6][7][8]

"Hey Ya!"
Single by Outkast
from 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
"Hey Ya!" at YouTube

Releases

"Hey Ya!" was released as a single in many different ways. It was released as a vinyl single, maxi single, and CD single.

  • American 7-inch vinyl single[9]
  1. "Hey Ya!" (radio edit)
  2. "Hey Ya!" (instrumental)
  • Australian CD maxi single[10]
  1. "Hey Ya!" (radio edit)
  2. "Ghetto Musick" (radio edit)
  3. "Ghetto Musick" (Benny Benassi remix)
  4. "Hey Ya!" (Enhanced CD video)
  • European CD single[11]
  1. "Hey Ya!" (radio edit)
  2. "Ghetto Musick" (radio edit)
  • German CD maxi single[12]
  1. "Hey Ya!" (radio edit)
  2. "Ghetto Musick" (radio edit)
  3. "Ghetto Musick" (Benny Benassi remix)
  4. "Hey Ya!" (Enhanced CD video)

  • UK 12-inch vinyl single[13]
  1. "Hey Ya!" (radio edit)
  2. "Ghetto Musick"
  3. "My Favourite Things"
  • UK CD maxi single[14]
  1. "Hey Ya!"
  2. "Ghetto Musick" (radio edit)
  3. "My Favourite Things"
  4. "Hey Ya!" (Enhanced CD video)

References

  1. October 18, 2003 Billboard Issue. October 18, 2003. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  2. "'Remember' Jackson? He's Back Atop Country". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media) 116 (6): 64. February 7, 2004. ISSN 0006-2510 . https://books.google.com/books?id=XREEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64. Retrieved May 27, 2013. 
  3. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  4. "lescharts.com - Outkast - Hey Ya!". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  5. ""Hey Ya" By OutKast Was The First Song On ITunes To Reach One Million Downloads | DailyRapFacts". dailyrapfacts.com. October 21, 2019. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  6. Brown, Ethan (October 16, 2003). "Dynamic Duo". New York. New York Media. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  7. "150 Best Tracks Of The Past 50 Years (10–01)". NME. IPC Media. October 6, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  8. "500 Best Songs of All Time: 50-1". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/outkast-hey-ya-4-1225328/. Retrieved September 15, 2021. 
  9. Hey Ya! (single). OutKast. Arista Records. 2004. 82876-61104-7. 
  10. Hey Ya! (single). OutKast. Arista Records. 2003. 882876 558042. 
  11. Hey Ya! (single). OutKast. Arista Records. 2003. 82876558032. 
  12. "Hey Ya!" (in Deutsch). Amazon.de. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  13. Hey Ya! (single). OutKast. Arista Records. 2003. 82876 57953 1. 
  14. "Hey Ya! [CD 2]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved May 5, 2013.