Hey Ya!

Hey Ya! is a song solely written and produced by Andre 3000, one half of the American hip hop duo OutKast. It is also the first single released from his album The Love Below, and one of the first two singles besides Big Boi's "The Way You Move" to be released from their 2003 double album Speakerboxx/The Love Below. The song has become known as one of the greatest songs of all time and also won the Grammy Award for "Best Urban/Alternative Performance".

Music Video
The music video is based around the 1964 debut performance of The Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show" as it follows Andre 3000 performing the song as all of the members of a band called "The Love Below" on a set for a TV show. He also plays Benjamin Andre (The Keyboardist), Possum Jenkins (The Bassist), Ice Cold 3000 (The Vocalist), Dookie Blasingame (The Drummmer), The Love Haters (Background Vocalists), and Johnny Vulture (The Guitarist).

Lyrics
[Intro] One, two, three, uh!

[Verse One - Andre 3000] My baby don't mess around Because she loves me so And this I know for sure. Uh, but does she really wanna But can't stand to see me Walk out the door. Don't try to fight the feelin' 'Cause the thought alone is killing me right now.. Uh, thank god for mom and dad For sticking two together 'Cause we don't know how... UH!

[Chorus:] Hey... ya. Hey ya. Hey... ya. Hey ya. Hey... ya. Hey ya. Hey... ya. Hey ya.

[Verse Two - Andre 3000] You think you've got it Oh, you think you've got it But got it just don't get it 'Til there's nothing at all We get together Oh, we get together But separate's always better when there's feelings involved If what they say is "Nothing is forever" Then what makes, then what makes, then what makes Then what makes, what makes, what makes love the exception So why you, why you Why you, why you, why you are we so in denial When we know we're not happy here... Y'all don't wanna hear me, you just wanna dance

[Chorus] Hey... ya. (oh oh) Hey ya. (oh oh) Hey... ya. (Don't want to meet your daddy, oh oh) Hey ya. (Just want you in my Caddy oh oh) Hey... ya. (oh oh, don't want to meet yo' mama oh oh) Hey ya. (Just want to make you cumma oh oh) Hey... ya. (I'm, oh oh I'm, oh oh) Hey ya. (I'm just being honest oh oh, I'm just being honest)

[Bridge - Andre 3000] Hey, alright now Alright now fellas yeah! Now what's cooler than bein' cool? (Ice cold!) I can't hear ya' I say what's, what's cooler than bein' cool? (Ice cold!) Woo... Alright, alright, alright, alright Alright, alright, alright, alright Alright, alright, alright, alright Alright, alright, OK now ladies (yeah!) Now we gon' break this thing down in just a few seconds Now don't have me to break this thing down for nothing Now I wanna see y'all on your baddest behavior Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor Uh! Here we go... Shake it, shake, shake it, shake it (oh oh) Shake it, shake it, shake, shake it, shake it, shake it (oh oh) Shake it, shake it like a Polaroid picture, shake it, shake it Shh you got to, shake it, shh shake it, shake it, got to shake it (Shake it sugar) shake it like a Polaroid picture

[Verse Three - Andre 3000 (Repeating "Shake it" in background)] Now all Beyoncé's and Lucy Liu's And baby dolls, get on the floor (Get on the floor) You know what to do. You know what to do. You know what to do!

[Chorus] Hey... ya. (oh oh) Hey ya. (oh oh) Hey... ya. (oh oh) Hey ya. (uh oh, hey ya) Hey... ya. (oh oh) Hey ya. (uh, uh, oh oh) Hey... ya. (oh oh) Hey ya. (oh oh)