# 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.

*By YPB Team · Published November 8, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-macklemore-song*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Can't Hold Us** — score 1000/1000
   A Macklemore & Ryan Lewis single featuring Ray Dalton, first released in 2011, that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013.
2. **Thrift Shop** — score 692/1000
   A 2012 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis single featuring Wanz that spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013.
3. **White Walls** — score 546/1000
   A single from The Heist featuring ScHoolboy Q and Hollis that peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013.
4. **Ten Thousand Hours** — score 546/1000
   The opening track of The Heist (2012), named after the 10,000-hour rule popularized by Malcolm Gladwell.
5. **Glorious** — score 546/1000
   The June 2017 lead single from Macklemore's solo album Gemini, featuring Skylar Grey, whose video follows his grandmother on her 100th birthday.
6. **Otherside** — score 546/1000
   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.
7. **Marmalade** — score 387/1000
   A 2017 single featuring Lil Yachty from Macklemore's solo album Gemini.
8. **Kevin** — score 387/1000
   A 2016 track featuring Leon Bridges from This Unruly Mess I've Made about prescription drug abuse.
9. **Same Love** — score 387/1000
   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.
10. **Dance Off** — score 387/1000
   A 2016 track from This Unruly Mess I've Made featuring actor Idris Elba and Anderson .Paak.
11. **Downtown** — score 387/1000
   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.
12. **Good Old Days** — score 284/1000
   A nostalgic track featuring Kesha from Macklemore's 2017 solo album Gemini.
13. **And We Danced** — score 284/1000
   A comedic party song from Macklemore's 2009 project The Unplanned Mixtape, featuring a singer credited as Ziggy Stardust.
14. **Growing Up** — score 284/1000
   A 2015 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis single featuring Ed Sheeran, subtitled Sloane's Song and written for Macklemore's daughter.
15. **Wing$** — score 0/1000
   A 2011 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis single, later on The Heist, about growing up obsessed with Nike sneakers and the consumerism behind them.
16. **Starting Over** — score 0/1000
   A track from The Heist featuring Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses in which Macklemore describes relapsing after years of sobriety.

Tags: hip-hop, music, macklemore, ryan lewis