500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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OutKast, 'Hey Ya!'
Writer: André 3000
Producer: André 3000
Released: Sept. '03, LaFace
32 weeks; No. 1
Not a likely recipe for a hit: a rock song with a bizarre 11/4 time signature by half of a hip-hop duo. Dré played almost all the instruments on this irresistible party jam — he said that its guitar chords, the first he ever learned, were inspired by "the Ramones, the Buzzcocks, the Smiths." Fun fact: The "ladies" who cheer halfway in are one lone woman, engineer Rabeka Tuinei.
Appears on: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (LaFace/Arista)
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