Just Dance 2016 - Hey Ya! - 5 stars
Hey Ya is a song written and produced by André 3000 for his 2003 album The Love Below part of the hip hop duo OutKast album Speakerboxxx Double The Love Below Hey Ya takes influence from funk and rap to rock music His music offers a show live by a band, the eight whose members are played by Andre 3000, which mimics the performance Beatles 1964 the Ed Sullivan Show song received praise from critics of contemporary music and has won the award for best performance urban Alternative 46th Grammy His version of the song also appeared on the soundtrack of the flight of the Phoenix in 2004 the song was performed Choice Awards Nickelodeon Kids 2004 and the song won the Kids Choice Awards for Favorite song that made OutKast winning the Kids Choice Award for Favorite music Group also, the song was featured on the 2004 compilation album now that what I call music 16.
With The Way You Move, OutKast recorded by other member Big Boi Hey Ya was released by LaFace Records as one of two lead singles from the album He became a commercial success, reaching the top five of most paintings, he entered, and head of the Billboard Hot 100 and ARIA singles chart including in 2009, Billboard named the 20th most successful song of the decade of the 2000s in the United States.
The song popularized the phrase shake like a Polaroid picture and Polaroid Corporation used the song to revitalize public perception of its products.
Andre 3000 wrote Hey Ya in 2000, 2 but started working on the record in December 2002 to Stankonia Studios in Atlanta, Georgia 3 He used an acoustic guitar for accompaniment, 3 inspired by bands like the Ramones Buzzcocks the Hives 4 and 5 Smiths.
Having viewed over the song he recorded the introduction, the first verse and the hook Andre began recording the voice during this time, making dozens takes, he returned to work on the song several evenings later , with session musician Kevin Kendricks execution on the bassline synthesizer 3.
A few months later, André 3000 has worked with Pete Novak at Larrabee Sound Studios in LA André improvises the lyrics from a screenplay he wrote They experimented with various sound effects, including singing through a vocoder and did 30-40 takes for each line 3.
Hey Ya is a G major song Each sentence of six cadence measurement is constructed using a counter to change the fourth measurement and uses a I IV V VI progression major chords of major chords G and C are played for one and two 4 4 measures André 3000 respectively then uses a misleading rate after 2 4 measuring the dominant main string D, resulting in two 4 4 measures an E major chord song moves at a rate of 160 beats per minute, and the vocal range André covers more than one octave and a half, from B to G 3 5 6.
The song begins with three pick fights like Andre 3000 has one, two, three, oh and then drove in the first verse's words begin to describe the concerns and doubts of the protagonist of a romantic relationship 3 He wonders if they remain together just for tradition, as in the lines but not around, but she can really mess like to stand to see me out the door Andre 3000 commented, I think it's more important to be happy to answer the expectations of the world of what a relationship should be so it's a celebration of how men and women relate to each other in the 2000's 7 song then leads into the choir that consists of the line Hey there repeated eight times, accompanied by a synthesizer performing bassline 6.
In the second verse, the protagonist cold feet and wondered what the purpose is to continue the relationship, think about if they say nothing is ever so what makes love the exception After 3 repeated the chorus, the song leads to a call and response section 3000 André jokes what's cooler than being cool, and the response of the guys, a version of overdubbed his voice was icy, a reference to a André Benjamin scene names 8 then he called to the ladies, whose response is overdubbed voice by Rabeka Tuinei, 5 who was an assistant audio engineer 3.
The break coined the phrase of the song shake it like a Polaroid picture, a reference to an incorrect technique used by some photographers to speed up the instant film The first versions of the film needed to dry and shake the image helped to dry faster 9 also ventilating namechecks singer Knowles and actress Lucy Liu singing closes by repeating the chorus and the outlet 6 by gradually molten.
Hey Ya was praised by music critics and fans PopMatters described the track as brilliantly catchy and spazzy electrify with multiplicity 10 Entertainment Weekly, he stressed that the catchy song on the double album, 11 and Stylus Magazine identified him as one of the best songs the history of OutKast Hey Ya in 12 Jop list head Pazz 2003, a survey of several hundred music critics conducted by Robert Christgau with 322 mentions, beating runner-up crazy Beyoncé Knowles in Love 119 13 It was ranked number 15 on Blender's 2005 list of the 500 Greatest Songs Since You were Born, 14 and Pitchfork Media has included in his collection of the Pitchfork 500 15.
The unusual arrangement song has attracted artists comparisons of various kinds Pitchfork spoke like the top of the album and added that successfully blended style instrumentation Flaming Lips with the energy of only 1983 Little Red Corvette Prince 16.
, Pitchfork Media gave then number two under in its 100 Best Singles of 2000 2004 office in January 2005, beaten only by the own BOB 17 Blender described as a mixture of soul music by Ike Turner and new wave music OutKast by Devo 18 and later as a kitchen electro folk-rock power pop hip-hop funk neo-soul rave sink -up 14 Rolling Stone compared the voice of Andre 3000 to those of a Little Richard indie rock and arrangement support Beatles 1969 album Abbey Road 19 later the ranking at number 182 in their 500 Greatest songs list of all time and the ranking at number four on their list of 2011 top 100 songs of the aughts May 20.
New York also compared to The Beatles and found it to be one of the best singles of 2003 21 AllMusic described as an incandescent mixture of electro, funk and soul music 22 NME compared to trying to classify the song as similar to trying Lasso water and described it as a monumental barney between green brass band Camberwick a cabaret cruise ship, a gospel choir and a cartoon MC Shake it like a polaroid hiccup sucker-peak chaaaa supported by the distribution of an amateur production of the Wizard of Oz Sort 23.
In 2011, they placed it at number three on the list of 150 best songs of the past 15 years 24 In 2013, the sports site named the best song of the millennium after a March Madness style bracket 64 songs Music Video the same name was also well received by critics, who regarded him as a contemporary piece of art post-industrial performance in 2014, NME ranked the song at 18 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time 25.
Hey Ya succeeded in North America, first week Charting on ending October 18, 2003 to 57 of the Billboard Hot 100, three weeks after the way he moved his debut; who was 25 at the time 26 He led the Hot 100 for nine weeks, from 13 December 2003 to 7 February 2004 27 28 Digital sales tops the Billboard Hot Digital Tracks for 17 consecutive weeks 29.
The well-performed song on urban contemporary markets, lead the standings Top Rhythmic 40 and reaching number nine on Singles Hot RB Hip-Hop Tracks He also managed to traditional music, leading the mainstream top 40 and top 40 tracks and reaching number 13 of the adult 40 Top.
Because the song is influenced by funk and rock origins of indie rock have allowed him to touch alternative cards peaking at a moderately successful number 16 on the Modern Rock Tracks and because of the number of the song 1 hit on the pop charts, it leads to often play on modern rock radio stations despite the hit number 16 30.
In September 2005, the Recording Industry Association of America certified the single platinum to send one million copies to 31 the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, the song won Best Urban Alternative Performance and was nominated for Record of year, but lost to Coldplay Clocks 32.
The song has also performed well in Europe In the UK, it debuted at number six on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number three after 12 weeks remaining on the chart for a total of 21 weeks 33 Hey Ya leading Norwegian singles chart for seven weeks, and it reached the top in Sweden for the first week 2004 34 35 it performed well across the continent, reaching the top ten in Austria Finland France, Germany, Ireland and Switzerland 36 37 38 39 40 41.
Hey Ya debuted at number 17 on the ARIA singles chart in Australia and later head of the table for two consecutive weeks 42 The song remained on the card 42 for 16 weeks and was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association 31 the song charted at number 61 graphic of the end of 2003, 43 and was listed at number 15 on the chart in 2004 44 and number five on urban graphic 2004 45 He also managed the New Zealand, reaching number two and stay on the Singles Chart for 23 weeks RIANZ 46.
The lyrics shake it like a Polaroid picture, and the commercial success of the song, has helped revitalize the Polaroid Corporation Polaroid Because the current film is sealed behind a clear plastic window, waving casually image has not effect on the development of the film vigorously shaking the film may cause image distortion by ensuring that the film prematurely separate and create blobs in the final image 47, however, Polaroid sought to take advantage of the hint, hiring Ryan Berger of the advertising agency Euro RSCG 48 Polaroid sponsored parties for OutKast, where Euro RSCG distributed 49 Polaroid cameras.
OutKast has reached an agreement to take Polaroid cameras during some of his Polaroid performance does not release sales figures, but its public image, already in decline with the growing popularity of digital cameras has been enhanced by the song 50.
The music video for the song, directed by Bryan Barber is based on the historical aspect of the Beatles in the Ed Sullivan Show February 9, 1964, but sets the action in London 51 The beginning and end of the video mix with those of The Way You Move so that both can be viewed in any order, 52 and the way You Move Hey Ya video combining the two clips with a transition sequence was released on DVD 53 OutKast videos.
After listening to the song, Barber was inspired to create a video about the appearance of the Beatles on the show Sullivan based on the musical structure of the song, but Andre 3000 Barber had never seen these pictures showed images Andre 3000 and came up with the idea of overthrowing the British invasion with the US group the Love Below becoming popular on a British TV show 51 the video was shot over two days in August 2003 on a soundstage at Universal studios in Los Angeles, California.
The cast included more than 100 women each party Andre 3000 was shot several times from different angles, and he performed the song 23 times during the filming 51 Because the release Hey Ya as one was a decision last minute, Andre did not have time to choreograph the parties and all the dances were improvised 7 Ice Cold 3000 sequences s were the first shot, which the energy performance of the character, and Johnny Vulture s were the last, so Andrew, exhausted by the previous catch, sitting on a stool of these sequences 51.
The eight versions of Andre 3000 in the music video, the show on a set inspired by the Beatles' US debut on the Ed Sullivan Show.
In the video, Andre 3000 plays the eight members of The Love Below Benjamin Andre keyboardist, bassist Possum Jenkins, singer Ice Cold 3000, drummer Dookie Blasingame, three vocalists support The Love Haters, and Johnny Vulture 51 guitarist.
The video begins with the group director of Antwan Big Boi talk to Ice Cold 3000 and Dookie Blasingame scenes Meanwhile, the television presenter, starring Ryan Phillippe another version featured an energetic Phillippe tries to calm a crowd of girls screaming on a live show broadcast in black and white band performs while the girls in the audience scream loudly; a girl is taken away by security after rushing the stage, and another fainting.
A family is shown dancing to the spread at home when André 3000 orders shake it like a Polaroid picture, some of the girls start to take pictures and shake Ice Cold 3000 dance with girls on stage and the video ends with several friends of the band to watch and discuss the performance.
It was also nominated for best direction, but lost to Jay-Z's 99 Problems 57 Hey Ya was nominated for best music video at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to the cover of Johnny Cash Nine inch Nails Hurt 32 in Canada, the video MuchMusic head countdown for the week beginning January 30, 2004, 58, won the award for best international video by a group at MuchMusic video Awards 2004 59 in 2006, Stylus Magazine ranked at number 72 on the Top 100 Music videos of all time, comparing Andre 3000 from dance to James Brown performance in the early 1970s 60.
The Hey Ya rock influences have allowed many other artists to release cover versions of the song in 2006, Mat Weddle, singer of the folk group unsigned Obadiah Parker conducted an acoustic cover of the song at a local open mic night, and a friend of his posted a video of the performance on YouTube, which has quickly become virally popular online 61 Inspired by the group slowcore Red House Painters Weddle of moves version at a much slower pace by Strum guitar rhythmic and converts decomposition jerky chime cover 62 received airplay internationally and gave birth to many other acoustic copycat versions 63.
In 2015, Postmodern Jukebox issued a Scott Bradlee Hey Ya arrangement with a large band of tempo and mood of the 1960s Starring Sara Niemietz vocals, the song and the video, 64 drew the attention of Billboard magazine, the 65 online Time magazine, 66 and 67 New York Daily News.
A cover of the song was also performed by the character Ted Scrubs in the TV series, and later by the empty spaces.
The credits for Hey Ya are adapted from Speakerboxx line of notes The Love Below 74.
Recorded at Stankonia Studios and Sound Tree Studios in Atlanta, Georgia; Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California.
Andre 3000 song guitars producing audio programming keyboards.
Assistant recording engineer Rabeka Tuinei, additional voices.
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