Downtown (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis song)

"Downtown"
Single by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz
from the album This Unruly Mess I've Made
Released August 27, 2015 (2015-08-27)
Format Digital download
Recorded July 2015
Genre Hip hop[1]
Length 4:52
Label Macklemore LLC
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Ryan Lewis
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis singles chronology
"Arrows"
(2014)		 "Downtown"
(2015)		 "Dance Off"
(2016)

"Downtown" is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz. The song was officially released on August 27, 2015 as the lead single from their second studio album This Unruly Mess I've Made (2016). A music video for the song was uploaded to Ryan Lewis' own YouTube channel on the day of the song's release. As of August 2016, the video has over 125 million views.

Background

On the song Macklemore said, “Ryan [Lewis] made a beat on the road called ’moping around,’ I got the beat, I thought it said moped.” “Coincidentally we had both purchased mopeds for being on the road so we could go around, leave the venues that we were performing at, and I wrote a song about mopeds, which now a year and a half later is out in the world.”[2]

Critical reception

AXS described the song as a sequel to the duo's successful single "Thrift Shop",[3] while USA Today called it "a hip hop recreation of Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk"."[1] It came at #18 on the annual Triple J Hottest 100 for 2015.[4] However, Time named "Downtown" the fifth-worst song of 2015.[5]

Chart performance

In the United States, "Downtown" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated September 12, 2015 at number 94.[6] Its chart debut was fueled by sales of 11,000 digital downloads in its first two days, along with 886,000 domestic streams during the same period, nearly all from views of the song's music video.[7] The next week, following its first full week of availability and a performance at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, the song jumped to number 18 with the week's largest gain in digital download sales,[8] having sold 95,000 copies and logged 5.7 million streams for the week.[9] It has since peaked at number 12.[10] As of November 2015, "Downtown" has sold 772,000 copies domestically.[11] Macklemore and Ryan Lewis also performed the song live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on September 9, 2015. [12]

In Australia, "Downtown" entered the Australian Singles Chart at number nine as the second highest debut on the week commencing September 7, 2015.[13] The song rose to number two on the week commencing September 14, 2015.[14] On the week commencing October 5, 2015, "Downtown" replaced Justin Bieber's "What Do You Mean?" at number one after being blocked from the position for three weeks,[15][16] becoming Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' fourth number one single in the country.[17] It has since been certified triple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[18]

Music video

The official music video for the song, lasting five minutes and 23 seconds, was uploaded on August 27, 2015 to Ryan Lewis' own YouTube channel. It was directed by Macklemore, Lewis, and Jason Koenig, and was filmed in Spokane, Washington.[19] Ken Griffey Jr. is featured in the music video. As of October 2016, it had over 130,000,000 views on YouTube.

In popular culture

Media

"Downtown" was used in the movie trailers for "Dirty Grandpa", along with the trailers for The Secret Life of Pets.

Track listing

Digital download[20]
No. Title Length
1. "Downtown" (featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz) 4:52

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[21] 1
Australia Urban (ARIA)[22] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[23] 45
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[24] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[25] 26
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[26] 8
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[27] 21
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[28] 18
France (SNEP)[29] 37
Germany (Official German Charts)[30] 30
Ireland (IRMA)[31] 2
Italy (FIMI)[32] 33
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[33] 54
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[34] 35
Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[35] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[36] 3
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[37] 9
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[38] 40
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[39] 19
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[40] 53
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[41] 48
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[42] 11
UK Indie (Official Charts Company)[43] 2
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[44] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 12
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[45] 6
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[46] 9
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[47] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
Australia (ARIA)[48] 11
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[49] 56
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[50] 38
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[51] 95
US Billboard Hot 100[52] 84

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[18] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Belgium (BEA)[53] Gold 15,000*
Italy (FIMI)[54] Gold 25,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[55] Platinum 0*
United Kingdom (BPI)[56] Gold 400,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[57] Platinum 772,000[11]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Label Format
Worldwide August 27, 2015 Macklemore LLC Digital download[20]

References

  1. 1 2 McDermott, Maeve (August 27, 2015). "What exactly is going on in 'Downtown', Macklemore's bizarre new song?". ENTERTAiNTHiS!. USA Today Life. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ Garibaldi, Christina (4 September 2015). "Macklemore and Ryan Lewis purchases mopeds to get around". MTV. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Pankey, William (August 27, 2015). "Watch Macklemore attempt to re-create 'Thrift Shop' with new video 'Downtown'". AXS. AEG Worldwide. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ "1-100 List - Hottest 100 2015 - triple j". Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Top 10 Worst Songs". Time. December 1, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Hot 100: The Week of September 12, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
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  8. ↑ "The Hot 100: The Week of September 19, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ Mendizabal, Amaya (September 9, 2015). "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' 'Downtown' Cruises Up the Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Hot 100 Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  11. 1 2 Mansell, Henry (November 21, 2015). "Hip Hop Single Sales: Drake, Justin Timberlake & The Weeknd". HipHopDX. Cheri Media Group. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
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  54. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz – Downtown" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz in the field Filtra. Select 2015 in the field Anno. The certification will load automatically
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  56. ↑ "British single certifications – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz – Downtown". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Downtown in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
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