Editing Hey Ya! (section)

==Writing and recording==
[[André 3000]] wrote "Hey Ya!" in 2000 and began work on recording it in December 2002 at Stankonia Studios in [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref name="clatl">{{cite web| url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-168326-the-making-of-outkast-s-aquemini| title=The Making of Outkast's Aquemini| last=Carmichael| first=Rodney| work=Creative Loafing| date=June 24, 2010| access-date=May 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name="road">{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484730/making-outkasts-hey-ya.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121035753/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484730/making-outkasts-hey-ya.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 21, 2011 | title=Road To The Grammys: The Making Of Outkast's 'Hey Ya!' | publisher=[[MTV News]]. [[Viacom Media Networks]] | date=February 2, 2004 | access-date=May 27, 2013 | author=Moss, Corey}}</ref> He used an [[acoustic guitar]] for accompaniment,<ref name="road" /> inspired by bands such as the [[Ramones]], [[Buzzcocks]], [[the Hives]],<ref>[https://www.stereogum.com/3252/hives_show_inspired_hey_ya/news/ Hives Show Inspired "Hey Ya!"] via [[Stereogum]]</ref> and [[the Smiths]].<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596025/hey_ya | title=Hey Ya! | publisher=[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]] | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | access-date=May 27, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413230618/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596025/hey_ya | archive-date=April 13, 2010}}</ref>

André recorded the introduction, the first verse, the [[hook (music)|hook]], and the vocals around the same time, using several dozen takes. He returned to work on the song several evenings later, with [[session musician]] Kevin Kendricks performing the [[bassline]] on the [[synthesizer]].<ref name="road" /> Months later, André 3000 worked with Pete Novak at the Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles. They experimented with various sound effects, including singing through a [[vocoder]], and did 30 to 40 takes for each line.<ref name="road" />