Song by Song: "Hey Ya!" Trivia Quiz

Answer: André 3000

Born André Lauren Benjamin, André 3000 is a member of the southern hip hop duo Outkast. He is also an actor who has appeared in television shows such as "Families" and "The Shield." As a record producer, André also produced this song.

Answer: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

"Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" was Outkast's fifth studio album. The single "Hey Ya!" was released on August 25, 2003 with "Ghetto Musick" and an instrumental version of "My Favourite Things" on the B-Side. The song belongs to the funk, soul, and pop genres.

Answer: mess around

"One, two, three!
My baby don't mess around
Because she loves me so
This I know fo sho!"

"Hey Ya!" peaked at number twenty on the decade-end US Billboard Hot 100 chart for the 2000-2009 decade. The record was certified platinum in the U.S. by RIAA and 2X platinum by BPI in the United Kingdom.

Answer: Mom and Dad

"But does she really wanna
But can't stand to see me walk out the door
Don't try to fight the feeling
Because the thought alone is killin' me right now
Thank God for Mom and Dad
For sticking to together
Like we don't know how."

The song was even titled "Thank God for Mom and Dad" at one point. This former title, according to Rolling Stone magazine, "makes plain its complicated lyrics about the challenges of keeping a romantic relationship afloat."

The song went through several versions, one with Kevin Kendricks, a former member of the American funk band Cameo, recording the synth and bass parts.

Answer: Caddy

"Hey ya! (y'all don't want to here me, ya just want to dance) Hey ya!
Don't want to meet your daddy (oh ohh), just want you in my Caddy (oh ohh)
Hey ya! (oh, oh!) Hey ya! (oh, oh!)"

"Caddy" here is shorthand for a Cadillac car. The Cadillac is a frequent trope in southern hip hop culture. Justin P. Shaw writes in "Just Bought a Cadillac: Hip Hop and Caddy Culture" that the Cadillac "represents the Sunday morning church car for a certain demographic as well as the Sunday afternoon-evening recreational car for another demographic. The Cadillac, perhaps more than any other car, has become a symbol of success, but not just any success - the American Dream, an attainable sort of success."

Answer: Ice cold!

"Now, what cooler than being cool?
Ice cold!
I can't hear ya! I say what's, what's cooler than being cool?
Ice cold!"

The video for "Hey Ya" debuted on September 5, 2003 on MTV's Total Request Live. The video, which modeled itself on the Beatles' appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964, won four awards at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards: Video of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Special Effects, and Best Art Direction.

Answer: sugar

"Now we gonna break this thang down for just a few seconds
Now don't have me break this thang down for nothin'
I want to see you on your badest behavior!
Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor!"

"Hey Ya!" was recorded at Stankonia Studios and Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia and at Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California. It was released on the Arista and BMG labels.

A big band version of "Hey Ya!" arranged by Scott Bradlee was released In 2015 by Postmodern Jukebox. Sara Niemietz performed lead vocals on the song.

Answer: Polaroid

The allusion is in reference to the way people sometimes shake instant Polaroid photographs to get them to develop faster. The first Polaroid camera, the Model 95, went on sale in 1948. Polaroid stopped making instant film cameras in 2007, four years after this song was released.

Answer: Best Urban/Alternative Performance

It won a Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative Performance at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards on February 8, 2004 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The album from which the song was drawn also won Album of the Year. The song was additionally nominated in the category of Best Video.

While it did not win the Grammy for Best Video, it did win the Best Video category at the MTV Europe Music Awards, the BET Awards, and the Soul Train Music Awards.

Answer: US Hot Country Songs

"Hey Ya" peaked at number one on the US Rhythmic, Mainstream Top 40, and Billboard Hot 100 charts. It peaked at number nine on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and at number sixteen on the US Alternative Airplay chart. A worldwide sensation, the song entered the top ten on charts in the UK, Switzerland, Sweden, Scotland, Norway, New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Germany, France, Finland, Canada, Denmark, and Australia.