Hey Ya!

"Hey Ya!"
Single by Outkast
from the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
B-side
Written2000
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2003 (2003-09-09)
RecordedDecember 2002–2003
Studio
Genre
Length3:55
Label
Songwriter(s)André Benjamin
Producer(s)André 3000
Outkast singles chronology
"GhettoMusick"
(2003)
"Hey Ya!"
(2003)
"The Way You Move"
(2003)
Music video
"Hey Ya!" on YouTube

"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 September 9, 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 10 in Rolling Stone's 2021 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

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