The music video features André and his band The Love Below re-creating The Beatles' performance of “I Want To Hold Your Hand” on The Ed Sullivan Show from February 9, 1964.

It was cool at the time, but it didn’t really work. We had one of the verses with him singing through a vocoder. There were lots of ideas that were interesting, but I’m happy with the way it turned it out. If I had the files, I could let you hear 20 different versions of that song.

There were so many different versions of that song. We a lot of vocals and lived with them and trashed them. It’s hard to explain, but listening to that song, the way the loop comes back around, is kinda how I devised “Hey Ya.” And I had to tell her that she is a big part of that song.Įngineer Pete Novak said the following about the recording process: I had to tell Aretha Franklin that “Say A Little Prayer” had a lot to do with the song “Hey Ya!” They’re similar. The story was set in the 50’s, so the song was me trying do a Woody Allen kinda thing, a humorous kind of honesty.Īndré also revealed another source of inspiration in the creation of the song:

Moments from my life spark a thought when I’m writing. The song isn’t autobiographical, it’s more like fantasies or tangents based on real life.

It’s about some people who stay together in relationships because of tradition, because somebody told them, “You guys are supposed to stay together.” But you pretty much end up being unhappy for the rest of your life. “Hey Ya!” is pretty much about the state of relationships in the 2000s. André said the following about the concept of this genre-bending song: “Hey Ya!” is the first single from André 3000’s half of OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below double album. Hey, all right now, all right 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!) All right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right All right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right 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! 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 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

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