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"The Way You Move"
#1 weeks: 1
weeks: 2004-02-14
genre: hip hop, soul, funk, jazz
artist: OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown
album: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
writers: Big Boi, Carl-Mo, Sleepy Brown
producers: Big Boi, Carl-Mo
label:
formats: DVD single, 12" single, CD single ( AUS only)
lengths: 3:55

"The Way You Move" is a 2003 number-one single recorded by Big Boi of the hip-hop duo OutKast, released on LaFace Records. The song features OutKast mentor Sleepy Brown on guest vocals. It and "Hey Ya!", recorded by André 3000, the other member of the duo, were released as the first singles from OutKast's double album project Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, which includes a solo album from each member. Released from Big Boi's Speakerboxxxhalf of the double-album, "The Way You Move" peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming OutKast's third number-one single. In 2009 it was named the 22nd most successful song of the 2000s, on the BillboardHot 100 Songs of the Decade.

"The Way You Move" is credited to Big Boi, Sleepy Brown, and the song's producer, Carlton Mahone; Big Boi also does some co-production. Combining elements of bass music, Atlanta-style southern hip hop, and 1970s soul music, "The Way You Move" is Big Boi's light-hearted dedication to women. The song's instrumental track is punctuated with the prominent live horn section "Hornz Unlimited" of Atlanta reminiscent of Earth Wind and Fire, and the chorus and bridge feature Sleepy Brown singing in style inspired by the work of Motown star Marvin Gaye.

The song's music video, directed by Bryan Barber, features Big Boi as the proprietor of a rim shop. The video's performance shots eventually gravitate to other locations during the video's running time, featuring several young women who Big Boi, dressed in a pimp's suit, attempts to pick up. The video features an appearance from Fonzworth Bentley and another from actress Ki Toy Johnson.

"The Way You Move" music video was designed to be shown in tandem with the video for André 3000's "Hey Ya!". A long-form "The Way You Move/Hey Ya!" video combines both clips with a bridging sequence.

"The Way You Move" spent eight weeks at the number-two position behind "Hey Ya!" before finally replacing it at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 7, 2004, where it stayed for one week. That was the sixth time a recording act has replaced itself on the Billboardpop chart. "The Way You Move" was ranked number five on the 2004 Billboard Year-End Chart. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, "The Way You Move" peaked at number two (seven positions higher than "Hey Ya!"), and reached the top of the Hot Rap Tracks chart.

In 2004, Saxophonist Kenny G and Funk legends Earth, Wind, & Fire released a cover of the song "The Way You Move" with Philip Bailey and Maurice White on vocals. The song appears on Kenny G's At Last... The Duets Albumand Earth, Wind, & Fire's 2005 album IlluminationThe song went to number 12 on the Adult Contemporary Chart.