Wow always thought it was original smh, andre just like the rest of em

MUSIC!

What's the Neptunes thread (kinda scared to see it lol)

Huh

Everybody knows this

I dig for old 70s records always didn't pay bloodstone no mind like that

And i don't even know how someone else ain't notice it earlier

Great find op

Just because it says "hey ya" doesn't mean its interpolated lol. The music too different

@op going to become a contortionist with that stretch

Pats version was pimps fav song at the time. Can’t remem how outkast got on it

It's called an interpolation and it's still sampling. This is a good find bro as someone interested in becoming a producer I'm always curious to see the unknown sources to iconic beats like this one. Thanks for posting even tho it is snitching this is a legendary find

i know lol

jus wanted his particular take on it

I didnt even notice u were save me wtf

Avi changes f*** with my head

LETS SEE

It’s not close enough to be an interpolation exactly but it’s clearly a homage:

• the title phrase (phonetically), the way it’s sung and its rhythmic placement are all the exact same; the only difference is notation (even then the melodic contour is the same)
• both songs are in G major and employ a lot of modal interchange
• both have a very uptempo groove
• both are 70s soul and funk based songs

Anyone who doesn’t hear it just isn’t listening. Also it’s just the hook refrain of the old song in OP that’s being used for Hey Ya btw (0:47-0:54)

The difference in the two hook phrases is technically equal to this: voca.ro/1eEZl3AvxXKj

Now that we’ve broken down the hook melody of Hey Ya…let’s talk about the verse melody

It's not the song itself in its music and lyrical pairing that's deceptively jovial - the melody
is deceptively jovial as well. Hum that melody of "my baby don't mess around because she loves me so and this I know fasho". There's not much bright and upbeat about that movement. It feels more like a death mass than a nursery rhyme.

As I was thinking, I was reminded of how Kurt Cobain moves the melody for the verses in Smells Like Teen Spirit. Something slightly hopeful yet mostly melancholic. Then I wondered

Actually… why does that Hey Ya melody feel like Smells Like Teen Spirit?

Bring your friends
My baby don't…
vocaroo.com/1kYm9guxZE3t

• Descending minor i-vii-vi-v melody
  (Smells Like Teen Spirit) which is the
  same as a descending major VI-V-IV-Ill
  melody (Hey Ya)

…friends, it's fun to lose and to…
...mess around because she loves…
vocaroo.com/1eOKHdDw6ewq

• v-vi-v-iv-ji-iv-v in an up-down-
  descending-up movement (Smells Like Teen Spirit) is the exact same as Ill-IV-Ill-Il-I-I1-Ill (Hey Ya)

bloodstone is one of the greatest groups of all time. they were one of the only bands to be signed to Isley bros label - T-Neck 😎

Bloodstone made “Natural High”. They’re goated off that beautiful ass song alone.

Ps I do hear somewhat an interpolation. But it doesn’t bother me. I feel like “Hey Ya” utilizes it in a different way.

“Hey Ya” is an amazingly clever genius cynical song. A lot of meta commentary within it about what the song actually became in pop culture. S*** is 4D chess.

thats why it caught me!

its incredible but Rocket to Russia is like Doom 2 to Doom 1 in my eyes

you put it like a pro

Hey Ya is straight one of the greatest songs ever made across multiple categories: pop music, hip hop, crossover-wise, melody-wise, hook, all that

How it literally says hey ya in the song

Well dang! I still don't hear too strong of a resemblance but that's crazy, OP really uncovered a secret here

Not really the same

Can you link that source? If true op found some secrets