And We Danced (Macklemore song)

"And We Danced"
Single by Macklemore featuring Ziggy Stardust
from the album The Unplanned Mixtape
ReleasedOctober 31, 2011
Recorded2011
GenreAlternative hip hop
Length4:06
LabelMacklemore LLC
Songwriter(s)Ben Haggerty
Producer(s)Ryan Lewis
Macklemore singles chronology
"The Town"
(2009) 		"And We Danced"
(2011) 		"Drug Dealer"
(2016)
Music video
"And We Danced" on YouTube

"And We Danced" is a song by Macklemore, under the alter-ego Raven Bowie, and features singer Ziggy Stardust. It was released as a single on October 31, 2011 by Macklemore LLC.

Background

Unlike later releases by Macklemore like "My Oh My", "Wing$", "Same Love", and the major hits "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us", all taken from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, this release was taken from his 2009 mixtape, The Unplanned Mixtape, and only credits Macklemore and "Ziggy Stardust". Primarily due to the popularity of the single "Thrift Shop", the song charted in 2013 in Austria, France, Ireland and Switzerland.

Music video

The music video was shot in 2011 and was directed by Griff J and Ryan Lewis. The music video was uploaded to Ryan Lewis's YouTube channel and has over 130 million views as of October 2021. Contrary to the song's own release data, it states Macklemore x Ryan Lewis as the artists.[1]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 4
Canada Digital Songs (Billboard)[3] 69
France (SNEP)[4] 89
Ireland (IRMA)[5] 67
Slovenia (SloTop50)[6] 43
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 36

Year-end

Chart (2013) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 10

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United States October 31, 2011[9][10] Digital download Macklemore LLC.

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[11] Gold 25,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[12] Gold 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: MACKLEMORE X RYAN LEWIS - AND WE DANCED [OFFICIAL VIDEO]. YouTube.
  2. ^ "Macklemore feat. Ziggy Stardust – And We Danced" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  3. ^ "Macklemore Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  4. ^ "Macklemore feat. Ziggy Stardust – And We Danced" (in French). Les classement single.
  5. ^ "Top 100 Singles". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  6. ^ "SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart" (in Slovenian). SloTop50. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Macklemore feat. Ziggy Stardust – And We Danced". Swiss Singles Chart.
  8. ^ "JAHRESHITPARADE 2013" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  9. ^ "And We Danced (Single) (2011)". Music Bazar. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  10. ^ "Macklemore x Ryan Lewis – And We Danced". Sunset in the Rearview. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  11. ^ "Italian single certifications – Macklemore feat. Ziggy Stardust – And We Danced" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved July 29, 2019. Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "And We Danced" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
  12. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('And We Danced')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2019.