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"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 the second single from the duo's fifth album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, on September 9, 2003. The ...
"The Way You Move" music video was designed to be shown in tandem with the video for André 3000's "Hey Ya!". A long-form "The Way You Move/Hey Ya!" video combines both clips with a bridging sequence. The music video opens with Big Boi and Sleepy Brown pulling into a garage that specializes in automotive audio systems. [4]
In 2004, Outkast performed "GhettoMusick" on several televised occasions throughout the promotional cycle for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The song was performed as part of a medley with "Prototype", "The Way You Move" and "Hey Ya!" at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards on August 29; Outkast won the most awards of the ceremony. [30]
It ultimately went certified diamond and 11 times platinum (it’s sold over 5.7 million units as of 2012) and won Album of the Year at the Grammys. “Hey Ya” became their biggest song of all time.
"The Way You Move", featuring Sleepy Brown, was originally supported by urban radio, but crossed over to pop charts, where it supplanted André 3000's "Hey Ya!" as the No. 1 song. The second single from Big Boi was "Ghetto Musick", which featured both members of Outkast and a sample from Patti LaBelle's "Love, Need and Want You". [8]
A contestant's dazzling spin on "Hey Ya" had the coaches on "The Voice" cheering.
Aquemini (/ ə ˈ k w ɛ m ɪ ˌ n aɪ /) is the third studio album by the American hip hop duo Outkast.It was released on September 29, 1998, by LaFace Records and Arista Records.The title is a portmanteau of the two performers' Zodiac signs: Aquarius and Gemini (André 3000), which is indicative of the album's recurring theme of the differing personalities of the two members.
"Rosa Parks" is widely considered one of Outkast's best songs. In 2020, The Ringer ranked the song number eight on their list of the 50 greatest Outkast songs, [9] and in 2021, The Guardian ranked the song number two on their list of the 20 greatest Outkast songs. [10] The song was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 41st Annual Grammy ...