Song · Outkast
“Ms. Jackson” by Outkast
From the album Stankonia (2000)
“Ms. Jackson” by Outkast appears on 13 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2009 and 2026. It was first released in 2000 on the album Stankonia. Its best result is #30 on The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #806 indie & aaa song of all time and #300 of the '00s.
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"Ms. Jackson" was the second single from Stankonia, Outkast's fourth album, out in October 2000, and it's the one that got the album moving after "B.O.B" won the critics over but missed the Hot 100 entirely. André 3000 and Big Boi trade lead vocals, André adding guitar and backing vocals, and Earthtone III produced and arranged it and played keyboard, with Aaron Mills on bass, Marvin "Chanz" Parkman on piano and Rajinder Kala on congas. Neal Pogue mixed it.
It went all the way to number one in America in February 2001, and topped the charts in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden too. F. Gary Gray's video, with animals nodding along to the beat, won at the BET Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards, and the song itself took the Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Rolling Stone later put it at 55 among the best songs of the 2000s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 410 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2012 | 400 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2019 | 865 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 865 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2020 | 1647 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 64 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2023 | 1063 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 1001 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 30 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 101 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 55 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 268 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 502 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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