What is the best Macklemore song?

Stadium-sized No. 1 hits share space with mixtape-era cuts and quiet songs about addiction and family, most of them built with Ryan Lewis. Pick the one that still hits hardest.

1. 1
   Can't Hold Us

   A Macklemore & Ryan Lewis single featuring Ray Dalton, first released in 2011, that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Thrift Shop

   A 2012 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis single featuring Wanz that spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013.
   692pts
3. 3
   White Walls

   A single from The Heist featuring ScHoolboy Q and Hollis that peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013.
   546pts
4. 4
   Ten Thousand Hours

   The opening track of The Heist (2012), named after the 10,000-hour rule popularized by Malcolm Gladwell.
   546pts
5. 5
   Glorious

   The June 2017 lead single from Macklemore's solo album Gemini, featuring Skylar Grey, whose video follows his grandmother on her 100th birthday.
   546pts
6. 6
   Otherside

   A Macklemore & Ryan Lewis track about drug and alcohol addiction that samples Red Hot Chili Peppers' song of the same name, later remixed with Fences.
   546pts
7. 7
   Marmalade

   A 2017 single featuring Lil Yachty from Macklemore's solo album Gemini.
   387pts
8. 8
   Kevin

   A 2016 track featuring Leon Bridges from This Unruly Mess I've Made about prescription drug abuse.
   387pts
9. 9
   Same Love

   A 2012 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis single featuring Mary Lambert, written in support of same-sex marriage, that peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
   387pts
10. 10
    Dance Off

    A 2016 track from This Unruly Mess I've Made featuring actor Idris Elba and Anderson .Paak.
    387pts
11. 11
    Downtown

    The 2015 lead single from This Unruly Mess I've Made, featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz, built around a moped ride.
    387pts
12. 12
    Good Old Days

    A nostalgic track featuring Kesha from Macklemore's 2017 solo album Gemini.
    284pts
13. 13
    And We Danced

    A comedic party song from Macklemore's 2009 project The Unplanned Mixtape, featuring a singer credited as Ziggy Stardust.
    284pts
14. 14
    Growing Up

    A 2015 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis single featuring Ed Sheeran, subtitled Sloane's Song and written for Macklemore's daughter.
    284pts
15. 15
    Wing$

    A 2011 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis single, later on The Heist, about growing up obsessed with Nike sneakers and the consumerism behind them.
    0pts
16. 16
    Starting Over

    A track from The Heist featuring Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses in which Macklemore describes relapsing after years of sobriety.
    0pts

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