Ms. Jackson

This article is about the song by Outkast. For the song by Panic! at the Disco, see Miss Jackson.

"Ms. Jackson"
Single by Outkast
from the album Stankonia
B-side
ReleasedOctober 24, 2000 (2000-10-24)
StudioStankonia Recording (Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre
Length
  • 4:30 (album version)
  • 4:03 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Earthtone III
Outkast singles chronology
"B.O.B"
(2000) 		"Ms. Jackson"
(2000) 		"So Fresh, So Clean"
(2001)
Audio sample
Music video
"Ms. Jackson" on YouTube

"Ms. Jackson" is a song by the American hip hop duo Outkast, consisting of André 3000 and Big Boi. It was released on October 24, 2000, as the second single from Outkast's fourth album, Stankonia. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week on February 17, 2001, and reached number one in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Rolling Stone ranked it 55th on its "100 Best Songs of the 2000s" list in June 2011 and at number 145 on its "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list in 2021.[3][4] In October 2011, NME placed it at number 81 on its list of the "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[5]

"Ms. Jackson" won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards. The music video, directed by F. Gary Gray, which features animals nodding along to the song, won the BET Award for Video of the Year and MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video. The single helped sell the album following the commercial underperformance of the lead single, "B.O.B", which, despite near universal acclaim from critics, failed to chart on the Hot 100 and only reached number 69 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.[6]

  1. ^ Smith, Troy (April 13, 2021). "200 greatest hip-hop songs of all time". Cleveland.com. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  2. ^ Harrington, Jim (2015). "OutKast - "Ms. Jackson". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 799.
  3. ^ "100 Best Songs of the 2000s". Rolling Stone. June 17, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Schiller, Rebecca (October 6, 2011). "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". NME. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  6. ^ "Stankonia - OutKast | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2020.