Thrift Shop (song)
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| Single by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | |||||||||||
| from the album The Heist | |||||||||||
| B-side | "Ten Thousand Hours" | ||||||||||
| Released | August 27, 2012 | ||||||||||
| Format | CD, digital download | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 2012 | ||||||||||
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| Length | 3:55 | ||||||||||
| Label | Macklemore | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis | ||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Ryan Lewis | ||||||||||
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"Thrift Shop" is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. It was released on August 27, 2012 as Macklemore's eighth career single and the fourth single from their debut studio album, The Heist (2012). It features vocals from Wanz. The song was composed to show Macklemore's esteem for thrift shops and saving money, opposing the flaunting of expensive items many rappers display. Music reviewers praised the song for its humorous lyrics and social critique. It was released in the United Kingdom in January 2013.
Despite being released on Macklemore's independent label with distribution by the Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA), a Warner Music Group Company, the single was a sleeper hit. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and has since sold over 7 million copies in the US alone. The song also reached number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, France, Denmark, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. A music video was released to accompany the song's release on August 29, 2012. The video has garnered more than 1.05 billion views on YouTube. In 2014, the single won two Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.
The song illustrates Macklemore's interest in buying cheap clothing from thrift shops, disdaining designer labels and trends. He claims to enjoy donning "your granddad's clothes" and impulsively buying a sharp-looking but dubious-smelling fur stole just because "it was 99 cents". Macklemore spoke to MTV News about the meaning of the song: "Rappers talk about, oh I buy this and I buy that, and I spend this much money and I make it rain, and this type of champagne and painting the club, and this is the kind of record that's the exact opposite," he explained. "It's the polar opposite of it. It's kind of standing for like let's save some money, let's keep some money away, let's spend as little as possible and look as fresh as possible at the same time."
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