Talk:Hey Ya!

message: Excellent work. Alientraveller 18:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA pass

message: It looks like this article is on its way to FA status, and it seems that I just missed the peer review, so allow me to give you some suggestions. Well, one in particular. I'd recommend expanding the section on the musical elements of the song. In particular, information on instrumentation, structure, harmony and melody would be appreciated. It seems like there is a lot to say about it in comparison to other hip hop songs, so there should be more than a short paragraph about the music. -- Cielomobile talk / contribs 10:50, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion for expanding the scope of the article 

message: That last chord sure sounds like E minor to me. I've changed the article appropriately. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 07:38, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The sheet music states it's E major.  Please cite a reliable source if you change it to E minor again.  17Drew 17:46, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Google's pretty much split on it (some say E, some say Em). The closest thing to official sheet music said E, so you may be right. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 08:43, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going with an E Power chord.  No third, so it's neither major nor minor.  And if you're singing along, you can make it either.  So everyone's right, depending on what they're singing at the time. 59.167.40.235 09:23, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

text: That's lovely, but unsourced.  There's a published source stating that it's in E major; if you disagree, you need to provide a reliable source stating that it's in E minor.  17Drew 20:12, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: E major??

message: Show support for September 10, the day after the single's original release, here (9 is currently occupied).  –thedemonhog talk • edits • box 23:58, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Raul made a last minute change and the article is on the front page today (9).  –thedemonhog talk • edits • box 16:21, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main page date request 

message: "The song popularized the phrase "shake it like a Polaroid picture" in popular culture, and the Polaroid Corporation used the song to revitalize the public's perception of its products."
I'd dispute that "shake it like a polaroid picture" is a popular phrase in common usage, or any usage! this is some sort of imagined point of view with no basis in reality! 81.131.9.94 00:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was going to ask the same question. Popular in which English speaking culture? I'm reasonably confident to say that, outside of the song, the phrase is unknown. Ozdaren 01:51, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Look it up and see.  I see the phrase in print all of the time, and find it rather irritating, because I can't imagine anyone using it has ever shaken a polaroid picture.  KP Botany 03:01, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

text: I stand by my claim. A few drops of rain don't make a storm. Any how, now I understand where it may be popular, the home of all things 'interesting' the US (possibily only online?). Ozdaren 06:32, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's right, if it's US-based it *must* be worthless.  Just because you don't think it's popular does not make it so.  I'd say that the chain of links given is more than enough evidence. DestradoZero 14:51, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hold onto your horses friend, there is no need to get personal about this. This expression is relatively unknown in many other parts of the English speaking world. You seem a passionate fan of this group. I'm not trying to show disrespect to your interests. Ozdaren 09:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popularized phrase???? 

message: Good job, it's about the song, and doesn't go all over the place, it's well written and researched extensively and your references appear to say what you say they say. Nicely done.  KP Botany 03:02, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Well done popular culture article 

message: Um, lately there has been some vandalism on this page with frequent use of the "n-word" and I think we really think we need to stop this Wikiracism fast.  I am black and many of my black friends view rap music related pages on wikipedia...it's just very offensive and hurtful to the black community.-Signalfire0093 19:25, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The purpose of vandalism is more along the lines of disruption than it is sensitivity.  So far as I can tell, all of the vandalism has been promptly reverted, and politely asking vandals to stop on the talk page isn't going to prove effective.  17Drew 19:28, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

text: If there's any significant and blatant vandalism to today's featured article, just make a report to administrator intervention against vandalism. Often we block quite quickly in that instance (despite what the page says).--Chaser - T 19:30, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The seven-year-olds will be back in school on Monday. The only way to stop this is to take it off the front page, and everyone would object to that.  I like to see popular culture articles on the main page.  They're hard to research and write well for Wikipedia, and the editors did a great job on this one.  Let's focus on that, and not on the unattended children.  Every main page article suffers the same fate, ridiculous amounts of vandalism. It's never new or original, but the article is.  KP Botany 23:14, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  vandalism....racist? 

message: Shouldn't there be some mention of the video clip for Phil Collins' Two Hearts. I may be wrong, but it seems to me like OutKast just ripped off that one. But then, I don't know whether anyone has documented the similarities. .... 22:51, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe they are both based off the well known Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. 128.227.104.191 23:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: But...were all the Beatles played by the same person? Methinks not. But I could be wrong. 58.161.122.82 13:17, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See this reference, used for much of the Music video section.  Barber came up with the idea for basing it off of The Ed Sullivan Show, and they had André 3000 play the different members because of the different "levels and characters" in the song; it doesn't mention "Two Hearts" at all.  17Drew 00:24, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two Hearts 

message: I added twice a live cover version by M. Pokora and restored a cover by a band previously added by an anonymous user. WesleyDodds reverted twice my changes, saying : 1/ "Live covers aren't worth including" ; 2/ "Artists often cover songs live; we can't list them all. That covers album is not notable."
I disagree. If these additions were disruptive edits or false informations, I would understand that WesleyDodds revert them, of course. But the live cover was sourced and performed by a notable artist. Btw, this information is summarized in less than a single line (19 words) in this 30,170-byte article, and I think it's reasonable (of course, I would agree if this info were the subject of a entire paragraph). Please, can you cite the exact sentence from WP:GUIDELINE proving that live cover versions shouldn't be included in the article about a song ? In addition, the fact that "artists often cover songs live; we can't list them all" is not a good reason per WP:NOTPAPER.
About the cover version on the album Punk Goes Crunk, although I know nothing about this band and this album, it gets its own article on WP and has a review from Allmusic. Therefore, this album is notable, and the cover version can be added in the article.
More important, I think these reverts by WesleyDodds looks like WP:OWN. This behaviour seems to be an illustration of this sentence : "Unless it is wrong or has errors, please do not make such changes or comments without my/his approval" (WP:OWN#Comments). I assume good faith and I really think WesleyDodds wants to help, but I think this behaviour could block other Wikipedians (including myself) to participate in this article because their editions, although they are sourced, are likely to be removed (moreover, I also added chart positions in this article a few months ago, and my changes were also removed by WesleyDodds).
PS: Sorry for my English! Europe22 (talk) 19:02, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cover versions

message: I'm pretty sure the cover (which has a 15-second preview in the article) purportedly by Matt Weddle is actually by Obadiah Parker.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.93.244 (talk) 18:42, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Matt Weddle? 

message: When I saw this video years ago there was a different guy presenting the video at the beginning. Now on Youtube I can only find the video with another guy wearing a hat. Any idea why they changed it? --Liquidmetalrob (talk) 13:42, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different TV hosts? 

message: The article contains 2 dead links which weren't able to be retreived by the WayBack Machine. The first paragraph of the "Cover versions" section is completely unsourced. Some of the writing is also a bit off, so the article might need a copyedit. The state of the references is also concerning. Till 07:49, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Concerns 

message: Someone forgot to add there was a parody of the song by Orlando Jones on MadTV titled "Hey Mad". I had never even heard of "Hey Ya" until it was parodied that night on MadTV, which means there were millions of other people exposed to the song for the first time through MadTV. For the editors, that have not seen the parody, Orlando uploaded it himself on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUrXt_1_R90 Stopde (talk) 23:03, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  MadTV "Hey Mad" 

message: Since the image :File:Heyya.jpg has been removed by one editor citing WP:NFC, I am starting a discussion here so that the images are not deleted simply for being orphaned.
The screenshot is from an award-winning video that is covered with paragraphs of critical commentary and has ten reliable sources.  The screenshot shows both how the video was inspired by The Beatles' performance on the Ed Sullivan Show and how Andre 3000 plays all of the characters in the band, which is how it won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects.  With it winning that award plus the overall Video of the Year plus its nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video shows that the video is notable and the screenshot helps increase the readers understanding of the song and its elimination would be detrimental to their reading of the article. With all of these factors, the image passes the points of WP:NFCC. Aspects (talk) 19:12, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no critical commentary about the contents of the image in the article. Aspects you have been told to stop these disruptive discussions. Werieth (talk) 19:16, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: There is significant commentary on the video, and given the awards, it would be notable in its own right.  The image depicts what is described in the first two paragraphs and significantly adds to the reader's understanding of the video. That the music-sample was also removed and subsequently deleted by default suggests Werieth's application of WP:NFC is misguided. - hahnchen 20:24, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I suggest taking a look at :Category:FA-Class song articles and :Category:GA-Class song articles, and their accompanying image reviews. - hahnchen 20:34, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fair use of video screenshot 

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message: In the "composition" section I just read this: "Having already been handed the song by his creator" he continued to... Is this a joke about how this song is obviously so good it's a gift from God, or just a confusing way of saying he already composed most of it by that point?
2001:569:7BA2:1D00:A9BF:19ED:DE47:5ACE (talk) 23:33, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "his creator"?