“Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz

"Thrift Shop" was the fourth single from The Heist, the 2012 debut album by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, with Wanz singing alongside. Lewis produced it and wrote the music, Macklemore wrote the words, DJ D.V. One added turntables, and the joke lands every time: while plenty of rappers flaunt the expensive stuff, Macklemore sings the praises of secondhand racks and money kept in the pocket. Critics loved its humor and its sly social critique.

It came out on Macklemore's own independent label, with distribution through ADA, and still turned into a sleeper smash: number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and in the UK, Ireland, Canada, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, more than 6 million sold in the US, and Billboard's top song of 2013. At the 2014 Grammys it won Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.