Hey Ya!

"Hey Ya!" is a single by the hip-hop act OutKast from their 2003 album "Speakerboxx/The Love Below". The song was recorded as apart of "The Love Below', Andre 3000's half of the album and was inspired by his love of early-80's alternative rock bands like The Buzzcocks and The Smiths. The track became an across-the-board smash and peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and also charted on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop chart (#9) and Billboard Modern Rock chart (#16), two charts which only very rarely cross over with one another. The song's widespread appeal was described in the book "The Pitchfork 500": "Pop fans, rock fans, rap fans, children, Mennonites, high-school principals, the elderly, terrorists — everybody loved this song. Animals loved it. Silverware loved it. You could play it in a forest with nobody to hear it and have complete faith that the very trees would throw up their branches."

[Intro: André 3000] One, two, three, uh! [Verse 1: André 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? (Ah) Don't try to fight the feeling '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 (C'mon) [Chorus: André 3000] Hey ya! Hey ya! Hey ya! Hey ya! Hey ya! Hey ya! Hey ya! Hey ya! [Verse 2: André 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 (Ah!) We get together, oh, we get together But separate's always better when there's feelings involved (Ah) 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 oh, why oh, why oh, why oh, why oh Are we so in denial when we know we're not happy here? Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance [Chorus: André 3000] Hey ya! (Uh-oh) Hey ya! (Uh-oh) Don't want to meet your daddy Hey ya! (Uh-oh) Just want you in my Caddy (Uh-oh) Hey ya! (Uh-oh) Don't want to meet your mama (Uh-oh) Hey ya! Uh-oh Just want to make you cumma (Uh-oh) Hey ya! Uh-oh I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm just being honest (Uh-oh) Hey ya! I'm just being honest [Bridge 1: André 3000] Hey, alright now, alright now, fellas (Yeah?) Now, what's cooler than being cool? (Ice Cold!) I can't hear ya I say what's, what's cooler than being cool? (Ice Cold!) Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright Okay now, ladies (Yeah?) Now, we gon' break this thing down in just a few seconds Now don't have me break this thing down for nothing Now I want to see y'all on your baddest behavior Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor Ah, here we go! [Refrain: André 3000] Shake it, sh-shake it, shake it, sh-shake it (Uh-oh) Shake it, sh-shake it, Shake it, shake it, sh-shake it (Uh-oh) Shake it like a Polaroid picture, hey ya! Shake it, sh-shake it, shake it, sh-shake it Shake it, shake it (okay), shake it, sugar Shake it like a Polaroid picture [Bridge 2: André 3000] Now all the Beyoncés and Lucy Lius And baby dolls, get on the floor You know what to do, oh, you know what to do You know what to do [Chorus: André 3000] Hey ya! (Uh-oh) Hey ya! (Uh-oh) Hey ya! (Uh-oh) Hey ya! (Uh-oh, hey ya!) Hey ya! (Uh-oh) Hey ya! (Oh, oh, uh-oh) Hey ya! (Uh-oh) Hey ya! (Uh-oh)