Billboard is celebrating the s with essays on the songs that we feel most define the decade that was -- the songs that both shaped and reflected the music and culture of the period -- with help telling their stories from some of the artists, behind-the-scenes collaborators and industry insiders involved. The city of Seattle was on a hot streak in Enter: "Thrift Shop. The success of "Thrift Shop" was remarkable given how profoundly low-brow the whole project was. The song's hook singer was holding down an office job at the time of the song's release. I came back the next day and it had tripled in size, and I said, uh oh, and started pushing it out to my Facebook people, and the rest, as they say, is history. There's like, 'Oh my gosh, there's nothing like this on the radio! But the song's real gift was the later-in-life discovery of Wanz, a fifty-something baritone from Seattle who was working at the time as a software test engineer. His chunky drone is the heart and soul of "Thrift Shop"; he's the voice who sings the only part you remember: " This is f--king awesome. I had never been on tour before.


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It was released on August 27, as Macklemore's eighth career single and the fourth single from their debut studio album, The Heist The song's lyrics show Macklemore's esteem for thrift shops and saving money, rather than flaunting expensive items like many rappers. Many music reviewers praised the song for its humorous lyrics and social critique. A music video was released simultaneously with the song on August 29, , and has had more than 1. The song illustrates Macklemore's interest in buying cheap clothing from thrift shops , disdaining designer labels and trends. He claims to enjoy donning "your granddad's clothes" and impulsively buying a sharp-looking but dubious-smelling fur stole just because "it was 99 cents".