" Thrift Shop " is a song from American hip hop duo Macklemore & amp; Ryan Lewis. The album was released on August 27, 2012 as Macklemore's 8th career single and fourth single from their debut studio album, The Heist (2012). It features vocals by Wanz. The song was made to show Macklemore awards for thrift stores and save money, rather than showing off expensive items like many rappers. Many music reviewers praised the song for its cute lyrics and social criticism.
Though released on the independent label Macklemore with distribution by the Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA), a Warner Music Group company, the single was a sleeping hit. It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and has since sold over 7 million copies in the US alone. The song also reached number one in the UK, Ireland, Canada, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. The music video was released simultaneously with the song on August 29, 2012, and has had over 1.1 billion views on YouTube. In 2014, the single won two Grammy Awards, one for Best Rap Performance and one for Best Rap Song.
Video Thrift Shop
Background and composition
This song illustrates Macklemore's interest in buying cheap clothing from thrift stores, underestimating designer labels and trends. He claims to enjoy wearing "your grandfather's clothes" and impulsively buying stealing feathers that look sharp but suspicious just because "it's 99 cents". Macklemore spoke to MTV News about the meaning of the song. "Rappers are talking about, oh I bought this and I bought it, and I spent a lot of money and I made it rain, and kind of champagne and paint the club, and this is kind of note otherwise," he explained. "It's the opposite of that.It's like standing up, let's save some money, let's save some money, let's spend as little as possible and look as fresh as possible at the same time."
Asked why he thought the track was so successful, Macklemore replied, "I think hip-hop runs in waves, and it's something different.This is a concept.This is clearly contrary to the status quo of what people are usually criticized.This is a song that's against everything.How much can you save? How fresh can you look like it does not look like someone else? And on top of that, you have a contagious knock and a hook that sticks in people's heads. "
"Thrift Shop" is written in G key? is minor and has a tempo of 96 beats per minute. The song is clearly supported by a looping saxophone melody.
Maps Thrift Shop
Critical reception
The song received widespread critical acclaim. It has been called a critique of the common product placement in modern hip hop, but New York Times critic Jon Caramanica wrote, "[I] is not strong enough from the hip hop-extravagance clich he wants." Robert Copsey from Digital Spy gives 5 songs from 5 stars, calling it "a rare animal from a song - original, bold and really funny music." Common Sense Media's Kyle Jackson says it is "hilarious and catches the hipster zeitgeist perfectly", defining the song as "eclectic and socially conscious of the turism of lyricism and electronic beats." Entertainment Weekly named the song as the 18th best single of 2012. This song is # 1 in Triple J Hottest's 100th anniversary of 2012.
Performance chart
In the United States, the song debuted on Hot 100 on September 15, 2012. Out next week but re-entered six weeks later on October 20, 2012. The song then continues to chart up to the top ten in the edition dated January 5, 2013. It replaces Bruno Mars's "Locked Out of Heaven" in first place in 16th week on the chart on February 2, 2013 and remains on the chart for six consecutive weeks. It also topped Rap Rapes chart for fifteen weeks. This is the first track in the history of the Digital Song chart to experience a jump in sales in each of the first five weeks on the charts, "Thrift Shop" is the second best-selling single in 2013 in the US after Robin Thicke "Flee", with 6,148,000 copies sold throughout year. In November 2015, the song has sold 7,740,000 downloads in the United States, making it the fifth best-selling digital single of all time in the country.
The song also has a lot of success on the Billboard component chart, remaining on the Digital Songs chart for ten weeks and topping Billboard's Radio Songs chart during two weeks. It also peaked at number one on the On-Demand Track chart and remained for eleven weeks until the week ending March 30, 2013. It set a record on the chart as the first track to reach two million streams in a week since its birth chart. The song also topped the R & D chart; B/Hip-Hop for fourteen weeks in a row. This song is the first title to be independently distributed over Digital Ball's "Billboard" since "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" in February 2010. It is also only the second independent song to reach number one on Billboard Hot 100 chart, almost 20 years after Lisa Loeb's "Stay (I Missed You)" in 1994. Billboard 1 for 2013.
In the United Kingdom, the "Thrift Shop" enters the UK Singles Chart at number twenty four at the end of January 2013, although it has been available as one through iTunes since August 1, 2012. In the following week, the single rises twenty-two positions to number two. Two weeks after entering the chart, the song reached number one on February 10, 2013 - for the week ending February 16, 2013 - making Macklemore and Ryan Lewis only the second act to have number one in the UK with their self-released singles. In July 2013, "Thrift Shop" has sold 680,000 copies in the UK.
In Canada, the song beat the Canadian Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks. This is the country's best-selling digital track in 2013 with 554,000 copies sold (all combined versions).
Wider acceptance
In August 2013, rapper Le1f publicly criticized Macklemore's song on Twitter, claiming that "Thrift Shop" borrowed extensively from its previous song, "Wut".
Several thrift stores have reported an increase in business, especially among students, which they associate with the song. Some locations used in music videos and those around the places used for filming report that their sales do not see a big enough bump, but there is "attention".
Music video
The accompanying music video was directed by Jon Jon Augustavo, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. It was released on YouTube channel Lewis on August 29, 2012. Filming took place at several thrift stores in Seattle, including Goodwill Outlet, Value Village on Capitol Hill, Red Light Vintage and Fremont Vintage Mall, as well as in Seattle locations such as the Unicorn/Narwhal Arcade Bar and the Northwest African American Museum. Macklemore tried to persuade his fellow Seattle striker Sir Mix-a-Lot to appear on the video but he did not return a call. Some local Seattle musicians such as Thomas Gray of Champagne Champagne appeared in the music video, and the DeLorean DMC-12 car was also featured. This video was nominated at the MTV Video Music Awards 2013 for the Video of the Year.
Legacy
Parody
The Sesame Street children show showed a parody of the "Thrift Shop" where Macklemore, as the "Mucklemore" character, showed Oscar the Grouch and other Grouch friends, the right way to recycle their garbage.
Parody is part of the Easter Hour Pessach Shop, which is done for Easter Jewish holidays by Sixteenth cappella group.
American comedian Rucka Rucka Ali parodied the song twice in his album Black Man of Steal . One of his parody was "I'm Obama", the other, "I'm Osama".
Verizon Wireless parodies the song in a 2016 holiday promotion, this time in a laundry.
Media
The song was first used in a YouTube video 2012 by the creator of FaZeClan entitled "FaZe ILLCAMS - Episode 43". By 2017, the video already has over two million views. Many believe that this video launches "Thrift Shop's" popularity.
The song is also used in trailers for films Pain & amp; Get , Internships and Tammy .
"Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a cover version of the "Thrift Shop" as part of his polka medley "NOW I CALLED POLKA!" for her 2014 Fun Obligatory album.
Format and list track
Credits and personnel
- Ryan LewisÃ, - production
- MacklemoreÃ, - vocals, writing
- DV OneÃ, - scratches
- Brooklyn GrinnellÃ, - vocals
- WanzÃ, - vocals
Graphics and certification
See also
- Airplay list 100 number one from 2010s
- Anything You Love ("Weird Al" Yankovic song), a similar theme song from 2008
- List of bestselling singles
- List of bestselling singles in Australia
- List of bestselling singles in the United States
- List number 100 single number one from 2010 (US)
References
External links
- "Thrift Shop" music video on YouTube
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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