Same Love

"Same Love"
Single by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert
from the album The Heist
ReleasedJuly 18, 2012
RecordedFebruary 2012
Genre
Length5:20
LabelMacklemore 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)
7" vinyl issue
Music video
"Same Love" on YouTube

"Same Love" is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, released as the third single from their 2012 debut studio album, The Heist. The track, featuring vocals by Seattle-based singer Mary Lambert, talks about the issue of gay and lesbian rights and was recorded during the campaign for Washington Referendum 74, which, upon approval in November 2012, legalized same-sex marriage in Washington State. The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, number 1 in Australia and New Zealand, and the top 10 in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom. The song was nominated at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year.[2]

The cover artwork for the single shows a photograph of Macklemore's uncle, John Haggerty, and his husband, Sean.[3]

  1. ^ "Macklemore & Lewis' "Same Love" is more than a pro-gay marriage anthem · Hear This · The A.V. Club". avclub.com. January 24, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Grammy Awards 2014: Full Nominations List". Billboard. December 6, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  3. ^ Dru Dinero (August 10, 2012). "Macklemore brings the love". Seattle Gay News.