Same Love

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"Same Love"
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Single by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert
from the album The Heist
ReleasedJuly 18, 2012
RecordedFebruary 2012
Genre
Length5:20
Label Macklemore LLC
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ryan Lewis
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis singles chronology
"Wings"
(2011)
"Same Love"
(2012)
"Thrift Shop"
(2012)
Mary Lambert singles chronology
"Same Love"
(2012)
"She Keeps Me Warm"
(2013)

On October 30, 2012, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show performing the single "Same Love". [15] It was performed live on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report on May 1, 2013. [16]

It was performed live at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on August 25, 2013 with Jennifer Hudson joining Macklemore, Lewis and Lambert on stage. [17]

The song was performed during the 56th Grammy Awards where Macklemore, Lewis, and Lambert were joined onstage by Queen Latifah who oversaw and officiated the weddings of 33 same-sex and opposite-sex couples. Towards the end of the performance, Madonna joined in with a rendition of her song "Open Your Heart". [18]

The song was performed during the 2017 National Rugby League Grand Final in Sydney, Australia. [19] Several conservative politicians actively opposing marriage equality in Australia criticized the decision to include the song prior to the performance. [20] Macklemore responded to the criticism by promising to "go harder". [21]

Chart performance

The single was released on July 18, 2012. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 the week of February 16, 2013 at number 99 and later peaked at number 11. On the US Rap chart, "Same Love" placed within the Top 5, peaking at number 2. This gave Macklemore and Ryan Lewis simultaneous Top 5 songs, along with "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us". "Same Love" also reached number 1 in New Zealand, number 4 on the Canadian Hot 100, and number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and in Ireland. [22] As of September 2013, the song has sold over 2 million copies in the United States. [23]

The song also replaced "Thrift Shop" at number 1 on the Australian ARIA Charts in January 2013, [24] making Macklemore only the third artist to replace themselves at number one on the ARIA Charts after Madonna in 1985 and the Black Eyed Peas in 2009. [25] The song reached the peak once again in 2017, following the legalisation of same sex marriage in Australia.

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyAwardResult
2013 MTV Video Music Award Best Video with a Social Message Won
2014 Grammy Award (56th) Song of the Year [26] Nominated

Track listing

Digital download / 7"

  1. "Same Love" (featuring Mary Lambert) – 5:20

Same Love – Remixes

  1. "Same Love" (Cutmore Club Mix; featuring Mary Lambert) – 5:52
  2. "Same Love" (Cutmore Radio Edit; featuring Mary Lambert) – 3:53

Credits and personnel

Credits and personnel are adapted from The Heist album liner notes. [27]

Charts and certifications

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [70] 6× Platinum420,000
Canada (Music Canada) [71] Platinum80,000*
Italy (FIMI) [72] Gold15,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [73] 2× Platinum30,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [74] Platinum600,000
United States (RIAA) [75] 4× Platinum4,000,000 / 2,000,000 [23]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

"She Keeps Me Warm"

"She Keeps Me Warm"
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Single by Mary Lambert
from the album Welcome to the Age of My Body
ReleasedJuly 30, 2013 (2013-07-30) [76]
Genre
Length3:51
Label Self-released [77]
Songwriter(s) Mary Lambert
Mary Lambert singles chronology
"Same Love"
(2012)
"She Keeps Me Warm"
(2013)
"Secrets"
(2014)

"She Keeps Me Warm" is a song written and performed by Mary Lambert, derived from the chorus she provided to "Same Love". [78] [79] It is included on Lambert's debut major-label EP, Welcome to the Age of My Body (2013), and was released to American hot adult contemporary radio in the summer of 2013 as her first solo single. [79]

Background and content

"She Keeps Me Warm" (and the chorus it shares with "Same Love") was inspired by Lambert's experiences with love and growing up homosexual in a religious family. Lambert explained to Entertainment Tonight at the 56th Grammy Awards that the song came about as a result of her wanting to write a song that was "genuine and authentic to [her] experience". [80] While written from the particular perspective of a lesbian, the song's themes of love and security in relationships have a universal appeal, which contributed to its warm reception on pop radio. [79] Chad Rufer, PD of KZZO Sacramento, suggested to Billboard that the original version "has more of a political stance than Lambert's" and that the re-worked "She Keeps Me Warm" is "simply a great pop song about falling in love." [79]

Music video

The music video for "She Keeps Me Warm" was directed by Mego Lin and premiered on VEVO on August 24, 2013. [81] It features Bryn Santillan. [82] An official lyric video was released December 17, 2013 in support of the song's parent EP. [83]

Chart performance

"She Keeps Me Warm" debuted at number 38 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart for the week ending January 25, 2014. [79]

Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [84] 20

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