And We Danced (Macklemore song)

"And We Danced"
Song by Macklemore featuring Ziggy Stardust from the album The Unplanned Mixtape
Format Digital download
Recorded 2009
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length 4:06
Writer Ben Haggerty
Producer

Ryan Lewis

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". Contrary to the 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 the album The Heist which were credited to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, this release "And We Danced" is taken from his 2009 mixtape, The Unplanned Mixtape, and only credits Macklemore and "Ziggy Stardust".

Based mainly on the popularity of the single "Thrift Shop", the song taken from a 2009 recording has charted in 2013 in Austria, France 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 81 million views as of November 2014. Contrary to the song's own release data, it states Macklemore x Ryan Lewis as the artists.[1]

Chart performance

Weekly

Chart (2013) Peak
position
scope="row" Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 4
scope="row" France (SNEP)[3] 89
scope="row" Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[4] 36

Year-end

Chart (2013) Position
scope="row" Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 10

References

  1. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhf5cuXiLTA
  2. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Macklemore feat. Ziggy Stardust – And We Danced" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  3. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Macklemore feat. Ziggy Stardust – And We Danced" (in French). Les classement single.
  4. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Macklemore feat. Ziggy Stardust – And We Danced". Swiss Singles Chart.
  5. ↑ "JAHRESHITPARADE 2013" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 8, 2014.