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==Composition== "Hey Ya!" is a song in [[G major]]. Each cadential six-[[bar (music)|measure]] [[phrase (music)|phrase]] is constructed using a change of [[meter (music)|meter]] on the fourth measure (creating a song with 22 quarter note beats per phrase) and uses a I–IV–V–VI [[chord progression]]. G major and [[C major]] chords are played for one and two {{music|time|4|4}} measures, respectively. André 3000 then uses a [[deceptive cadence]] after a {{music|time|2|4}} measure of the [[Dominant (music)|dominant]] [[D major]] chord, leading into two {{music|time|4|4}} measures of an [[E major]] chord (against a G note in the melody implying E minor). The song moves at a [[tempo]] of 159 beats per minute, and André's vocal range spans more than an octave and a half, from B<sub>3</sub> to G<sub>5</sub>.<ref name="sheet">Sheet music for "Hey Ya!" [[Hal Leonard Corporation]]. 2009.</ref> The song opens with three [[Pick-up notes|pick-up beats]] as André 3000 counts "one, two, three, oh" (with the "oh" on beat 1) and then leads into the first verse. The lyrics begin to describe the protagonist's concerns and doubts about a romantic relationship.<ref name="road" /> He wonders if they are staying together just "for tradition", as in the lines "But does she really wanna [mess around] / But can't stand to see me / Walk out the door?" André 3000 commented, "I think it's more important to be happy than to meet up to...the world's expectations of what a relationship should be. So this is a celebration of how men and women relate to each other in the 2000s".<ref name="magic">{{cite web | url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1480271/20031107/outkast.jhtml | title=OutKast: Two is the Magic Number | publisher=[[VH1]]. Viacom Media Networks | date=November 7, 2003 | access-date=May 27, 2013 |author1=Ives, Brian |author2=Bottomley, C. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020185035/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1480271/20031107/outkast.jhtml | archive-date=October 20, 2012}}</ref> The song then leads into the [[refrain|chorus]], which consists of the line "Hey ya!" repeated eight times, accompanied by a synthesizer performing the bassline.<ref name="sheet" /> During the second verse, the protagonist gets cold feet and wonders what the purpose of continuing the relationship is, pondering the question, "If they say nothing is forever...then what makes love the exception?"<ref name="road" /> After repeating the chorus, the song leads into a [[call and response (music)|call and response]] section. André 3000 jokes, "What's cooler than being cool?", and the "fellas'" response, an [[overdubbed]] version of his vocals, is "Ice cold", a reference to one of André Benjamin's stage names.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/sep/18/popandrock.outkast | title='I'm addicted to creating' | publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]] | work=[[The Observer]] | date=September 18, 2005 | access-date=May 27, 2013 | author=Vernon, Polly}}</ref> He then calls to the "ladies", whose response is overdubbed from vocals by Rabeka Tuinei,<ref name="rs" /> who was an assistant to the [[audio engineer]].<ref name="road" /> The song's [[Break (music)|breakdown]] coined the phrase "shake it like a Polaroid picture", a reference to a technique used by some photographers to 'allegedly' expedite drying of damp [[instant film]] photos taken with film made by the [[Polaroid Corporation]]. It is an [[Instant camera#In popular culture|ongoing urban myth]] that shaking photos taken by the instant camera, dried faster.<ref>{{cite web |title=Polaroid warns buyers not to 'shake it' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/17/polaroid.warns.reut/ |website=CNN |access-date=August 9, 2020 |date=February 18, 2004}}</ref> The breakdown also [[namecheck]]s singer [[Beyoncé]] and actress [[Lucy Liu]], in a turn of phrase alluding to the song "[[Independent Women Part I]]", which was performed by [[Destiny's Child]] for the [[Charlie's Angels (2000 film)|2000 film adaptation]] of ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'', in which Liu starred. Though the line "now all Beyoncés and Lucy Lius" is meant to mean "now all the independent women", André 3000 says he included the lyric because the music video for "Independent Women Part I" was playing on his TV as he wrote "Hey Ya!".<ref>{{cite web |title=The History Of 'Hey Ya!', As Explained By André 3000|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hey-ya-history_n_3682470|access-date=January 30, 2020 |date=September 12, 2013}}</ref> The song closes by repeating the chorus and then gradually fading out.<ref name="sheet" />
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