Top 10 of 2012: #3 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop 

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - "Thrift Shop"

This is kind of the year of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, eh? They blow up behind "Same Love", which I've mentioned before, a strong argument for marriage equality and one of the two biggest songs of the year touching on similar topics (the other being Frank Ocean's "Bad Religion").

They rattle off a huge banger of song in "Can't Hold Us", which could just have easily been sitting in this same spot. "Can't Hold Us" fits the mold of Outkast's "B.O.B" with that beat that just pushes and pushes, filled with stomps, and handclaps, and a bit of piano, and it never stops. Throw it on the end of your runs and you'll finish strong.

But we're not talking about either of those songs, we're talking about "Thrift Shop", which has a great beat that, I guarantee you, will have you bobbing your head. Macklemore's flow is solid, changing pace and cadence, never seeming out of place. All leading into the hook, which you can't sing out loud in public, but you know you sing it out loud in your car.

It's not as deep as "Same Love", or as bouncy as "Can't Hold Us", but I've been singing about popping tags all fall.