Editing Hey Ya! (section)

==Critical reception==
"Hey Ya!" received widespread acclaim from [[music critics]]. ''[[PopMatters]]'' described the track as "brilliantly rousing" and "spazzy with electrifying multiplicity".<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/outkast-speakerboxxx/ | title=OutKast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | magazine=[[PopMatters]] | date=October 17, 2003 | access-date=May 27, 2013 | author=Fuchs, Cynthia}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' highlighted it as the catchiest song on the double album,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/article/2003/09/15/speakerboxxxthe-love-below/ | title=Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=September 15, 2003 | access-date=May 27, 2013 | author=Hermes, Will}}</ref> and ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' identified it as one of the best songs in OutKast's history.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1341 | title=Outkast – Speakerboxxx / The Love Below – Review | magazine=[[Stylus Magazine]] | date=September 23, 2003 | access-date=May 27, 2013 | author=Southall, Nick | archive-date=November 6, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106053618/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1341 | url-status=dead }}</ref> "Hey Ya!" topped the 2003 [[Pazz & Jop]] list, a survey of several hundred music critics conducted by [[Robert Christgau]], with 322 mentions, beating runner-up [[Beyoncé]] and [[Jay-Z]]'s "[[Crazy in Love]]" by 119.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres03.php | title=The 2003 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll | publisher=[[Voice Media Group]] | work=[[The Village Voice]] | date=February 17, 2004 | access-date=May 27, 2013}}</ref> It was listed at number 15 on ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''{{'}}s 2005 list of "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born",<ref name="blender-born">{{cite journal | title=The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born: 11-50 | journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |date=October 2005 | publisher=Alpha Media Group}}</ref> and ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' included it in its collection of ''[[The Pitchfork 500]]''.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Plagenhoef |editor1-first=Scott |editor2-last=Schreiber |editor2-first=Ryan |date=November 2008 |title=[[The Pitchfork 500]] |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |page=179 |isbn=978-1-4165-6202-3 }}</ref>

The song's unusual arrangement drew comparisons to artists from a variety of genres. ''Pitchfork'' referred to it as the apex of the album and added that it successfully mixed [[The Flaming Lips|Flaming Lips]]-style instrumentation with the energy of [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s 1983 single "[[Little Red Corvette]]".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11796-speakerboxxxthe-love-below/ | title=OutKast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] | date=September 22, 2013 | access-date=May 27, 2013 | author=DiCrescenzo, Brent}}</ref> Marcello Carlin of ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' described the song as "Andre going [[power pop]] with overtones of early-'80s [[electro music|electro]]; [[The Knack]] meet side one of [[The The]]'s ''[[Soul Mining]]''."<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 1, 2003|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/divide-and-rule-19098/|title=Divide and Rule|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref>

Subsequently, ''Pitchfork'' gave it the number two slot in its "The Top 100 Singles of 2000–2004" feature in January 2005, bested only by OutKast's own "[[B.O.B (song)|B.O.B]]".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5949-the-top-100-singles-of-2000-04-part-one/10/ | title=Staff Lists: The Top 100 Singles of 2000-04 | publisher=Pitchfork Media | date=January 31, 2005 | access-date=May 27, 2013 | author=Bowers, William}}</ref> ''Blender'' described it as a mix of [[soul music]] by [[Ike Turner]] and [[new wave music]] by [[Devo]]<ref>{{cite journal | title=OutKast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | journal=Blender |date=November 2003 | issue=118 | publisher=Alpha Media Group | author=Ex, Kris}}</ref> and later as an "[[Electro music|electro]]/[[Folk rock|folk-rock]]/[[funk]]/[[power pop]]/[[hip-hop]]/[[Neo soul|neo-soul]]/kitchen sink [[rave]]-up".<ref name="blender-born" /> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' compared André 3000's vocals to those of "an [[indie-rock]] [[Little Richard]]" and the backing arrangement to [[the Beatles]]' 1969 album ''[[Abbey Road]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/outkast/albums/album/290754/review/6068251/speakerboxxxthe_love_below | title=Outkast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | publisher=Wenner Media | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=September 24, 2013 | access-date=May 27, 2013 | author=Caramanica, Jon | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525091116/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/outkast/albums/album/290754/review/6068251/speakerboxxxthe_love_below | archive-date=May 25, 2009}}</ref> later ranking it at number 182 in their list of [[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] and ranking it at number four on their 2011 list of the "100 Best Songs of the Aughts".<ref name="rs" /><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-songs-of-the-aughts-20110617/outkast-hey-ya-20110616 | title=100 Best Songs of the 2000s: OutKast, 'Hey Ya' | publisher=Wenner Media | magazine=Rolling Stone | access-date=May 27, 2013}}</ref>

''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' also likened it to the Beatles and found it to be one of the best singles of 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/pop/reviews/n_9274/ | title=Dynamic Duo | publisher=New York Media | work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] | date=October 16, 2003 | access-date=May 27, 2013 | author=Brown, Ethan}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] described it as an "incandescent" mix of electro, funk, and soul music.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/speakerboxxx-the-love-below-mw0000226528 | title=Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast | publisher=[[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=May 27, 2013 | author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' likened trying to classify the song as "akin to trying to lasso water" and described it as "a monumental barney between the ''[[Camberwick Green]]'' [[brass band]], a cruise-ship [[cabaret]] act, a cartoon [[gospel choir]] and a sucker [[Master of ceremonies|MC]] hiccuping {{'}}''Shake it like a Polaroid pic-chaaaa!''{{'}} backed up by the cast of an amateur production of ''[[Adaptations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Oz]]''. Sort of."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/outkast/7235 | title=Outkast: Hey Ya | publisher=[[IPC Media]] | work=[[NME]] | date=September 12, 2005 | access-date=May 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2011, they placed it at number three on its list of the "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/list/150-best-tracks-of-the-past-15-years/248648/page/15 | title=150 Best Tracks Of The Past 50 Years (10–01) | publisher=IPC Media | work=NME | date=October 6, 2011 | access-date=May 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2013, the sports website ''[[Grantland]]'' named it the best song of the millennium after a [[March Madness pools|March Madness]] style bracket of 64 songs. The music video of the same name was likewise well received by critics, who regarded it as a contemporary piece of post-industrial performance art. In 2014, ''NME'' ranked the song at number 18 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-100-1/330996/1/1#83 | title= OutKast, Hey Ya! (2003) — The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time: 100-1 | magazine=NME  | access-date=February 10, 2014 }}</ref> and in 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the song at number 10 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.<ref name="500 Best Songs of All Time: 50-1">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/outkast-hey-ya-4-1225328/ | title= 500 Best Songs of All Time: 50-1 | magazine=Rolling Stone | access-date=September 15, 2021 }}</ref>