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Hey Ya!

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Hey Ya! is a Funk and Hip hop act. Their catalogue also touches House. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, Little Richard, Ramones, Buzzcocks and The Smiths. Those roots explain a lot about how Hey Ya! arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Shake It Off, Take Me to Church, Bad Romance, Habits and I'm Not the Only One, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Hey Ya!, reaching back through The Beatles. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"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", which was recorded by Outkast's other member Big Boi and featured Sleepy Brown, "Hey Ya!" was released by Arista Records as the second single from the duo's fifth album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, on August 25, 2003. The track became a commercial success, reaching number one in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Norway, and Sweden. "Hey Ya!" received critical acclaim upon release, and is consistently ranked as one of the greatest songs of the 2000s. The song was ranked number 10 in Rolling Stone's 2021 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Hey Ya!The BeatlesLittle RichardRamonesBuzzcocksThe SmithsThe HivesColdplayBeyoncéShake It OffTake Me to ChurchBad RomanceHabitsI'm Not the Only OneGenie in a BottleWhat Is Love

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Hey Ya! connections

Hey Ya! grew out of The Beatles, Little Richard, Ramones and Buzzcocks, shares an orbit with Shake It Off, Take Me to Church, Bad Romance and Habits. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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