Can't Hold Us Feat. Ray Dalton - Music
Can't Hold Us Feat. Ray Dalton by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Artist Biography For Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Were An American Hip-Hop Duo From Seattle Washington Formed In The Winter Of 2008 By Rapper Macklemore And DJ And Record Producer Ryan Lewis. In 2009 They Released Their First Collaborative Effort An EP Titled The VS. EP. They Later Followed Up With VS. Redux The Grammy Award-Winning Album The Heist And This Unruly Mess I've Made. Macklemore And Lewis's Single "Thrift Shop" Reached Number One On The US Billboard Hot 100 In 2013. The Single Was Soon Dubbed The First Song Since 1994 To Top The Hot 100 Chart Without The Support Of A Major Record Label By Billboard Although Macklemore In A Slightly Unusual Recording Contract Pays A Nominal Percentage Of Sales To Use Warner Bros. Records' Radio Promotion Department To Push His Singles. Their Second Single "Can't Hold Us" Also Peaked At Number One On The Hot 100 Chart Making Macklemore And Lewis The First Duo In The Chart's History To Have Their First Two Singles Both Reach The Peak Position. Macklemore And Lewis Released Their Debut Studio Album The Heist On October 9 2012 Which Charted At Number 2 On The US Billboard 200. The Pair Won Four Grammy Awards At The 2014 Ceremony Including Best New Artist Best Rap Album The Heist Best Rap Song And Best Rap Performance "Thrift Shop" . Their Second Album This Unruly Mess I've Made Was Released On February 26 2016. On June 15 2017 Macklemore Announced Via His Official Instagram That The Duo Were On Hiatus. Macklemore And Ryan Lewis Met In 2006 When Lewis Worked On Macklemore's Promotion As A Photographer And They Soon Became Good Friends. Lewis Produced Macklemore's Mixtape The Unplanned In 2008. They Performed Together For The First Time At Bumbershoot At The Sasquatch Music Festival In The Gorge Amphitheatre And At The Outside Lands Music Festival In San Francisco. In 2009 They Formalized The Duo As Macklemore & Ryan Lewis And Released The Debut Extended Play The VS. EP. The Latter Reached No. 7 On The ITunes Hip Hop Chart. They Also Released "Irish Celebration" In December 2009 In Anticipation Of The Release Of The VS. EP. In March 2010 The Duo Released A Free Download "Stay At Home Dad" A Track That Didn't Quite Make VS. In October 2010 They Released The VS. Redux EP. Macklemore And Lewis Used His Experience With Substance Abuse As The Inspiration For The Mixtape's Critically Acclaimed Song "Otherside" Which Samples The Red Hot Chili Peppers Song Of The Same Title. In 2011 They Released The Single "My Oh My" As A Tribute To Recently Deceased Seattle Mariners Broadcaster Dave Niehaus Which Received Extensive Coverage In Seattle Media. On April 8 2011 They Performed The Song At The 2011 Mariners Opening Day To A Sold-Out Crowd Of Nearly 48 000 Attendees. "Wings" Was Released On January 21 2011 And Charted On Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles At Number 12 And Was Followed By "Can't Hold Us" Featuring Ray Dalton On August 16 2011. "Can't Hold Us" Eventually Became The Duo's Second Number 1 On The Billboard Hot 100 On May 18 2013 And Stayed There For 5 Weeks. In February 2011 They Kicked Off A Multi-City Tour In Pullman Washington Which Included Three Sold-Out Shows At Showbox At The Market A Seattle Music Venue. That Same Year The Rapper Appeared At Several U.S. Music Festivals Including Bumbershoot Outside Lands Lollapalooza Rock The Bells SoundSet Sasquatch And Bonnaroo. His Album The Heist Was Released In October 2012. Previously Released Singles "My Oh My" "Wings" And "Can't Hold Us" Were Announced To Be Included On The Album – As Was The Song "Make The Money". "Can't Hold Us" Was Used As The Soundtrack For A Miller Beer Ad In The UK And Ireland In June 2012 Increasing Macklemore And Ryan Lewis's Recognition In Europe. "Same Love" Was Released On July 18 2012 And Later Peaked At Number 11 On The Billboard Hot 100. The Songs "White Walls" Featuring ScHoolboy Q And "Jimmy Iovine" Featuring Ab-Soul Were Confirmed To Be Included On The Album. "Thrift Shop" Was Released On August 27 2012 And Charted At Number 1 On 24 Charts Worldwide Including Topping The Billboard Hot 100 For Six Weeks Giving Them Their First Number 1 Hit In The US. The Heist Debuted On The US Billboard 200 At Number 2 Of The Week Dated October 27 2012 Selling Over 78 000 Copies. On October 30 2012 Macklemore And Lewis Appeared On The Ellen DeGeneres Show Performing Their Single "Same Love" And Then Again On January 18 2013 Performing Their Single "Thrift Shop" Which They Had Sung Previously On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon On December 11 2012. "The Heist World Tour" Began In August 2012 To Promote The Heist. On October 8 2013 They Released Their Fifth And Final Single From The Heist "White Walls" Which Charted At Number 15 On The Billboard Hot 100. On January 26 2014 They Performed "Same Love" At The 56th Annual Grammy Awards Where Queen Latifah Read Marriage Vows For 33 Couples Who Lined The Aisles. "This Is A Love Song Not For Some Of Us But For All Of Us " She Said Followed By An Appearance From Madonna Singing "Open Your Heart". In January 2015 Macklemore Announced Via Twitter That The Duo's Second Studio Album Would Be Released Sometime In The Second Half Of The Year. On August 5 2015 Macklemore Released A Song As A Free Download Titled "Growing Up Sloane's Song " Which Featured Ed Sheeran. On August 27 2015 The Duo Released "Downtown" The First Single Of Their Second Studio Album Which They Performed At The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards On August 30. It Charted At Number 12 On The Billboard Hot 100. On November 22 2015 Macklemore And Ryan Lewis Debuted The Song "Kevin" At The American Music Awards With Leon Bridges. On January 22 2016 The Duo Released "White Privilege II" The Second Promotional Single On This Unruly Mess I've Made. "Spoons" Was Released As The Third Promotional Single On February 14 2016 But Did Not Appear On The Final Album. "Buckshot" & "Kevin" Were Released As The Fourth And Fifth Promotional Singles On February 23 2016. "Dance Off" Was Released As The Second Single From The Album On February 25 2016. Their Album This Unruly Mess I've Made Was Released On February 26 2016. It Charted At Number 4 On The Billboard 200. The Duo Was In The Unsigned Hype In The Source In Early 2012 And Was Also On The Cover Of XXL Magazine As Part Of The Freshman Class Of 2012. Rolling Stone Called Macklemore And Ryan Lewis An "indie Rags-To-Riches Story". "Thrift Shop" Was Voted #1 In Australian Radio Station Triple J's Hottest 100 Of 2012. Their Song "Same Love" Also Featured Highly Coming In At #15 In The Countdown. The Hottest 100 Is The World's Largest Music Poll Held Every Year On Australia Day And Currently Attracts Over One Million Votes From Within Australia And Around The World. There Was A Three-Page Article On Macklemore And Lewis's Career In The February 8 2013 Issue Of ESPN The Magazine. They Received Seven Grammy Award Nominations At The 56th Annual Grammy Awards Which Included Best New Artist Album Of The Year Song Of The Year "Same Love" And Best Music Video "Can't Hold Us" . On January 26 2014 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Won Four Grammy Awards Including Those For Best New Artist Best Rap Album The Heist Best Rap Song And Best Rap Performance "Thrift Shop" . Some Rap Critics Took Issue With Macklemore's Win Over Kendrick Lamar For Best Rap Album. In An Interview With The Source Macklemore Said That Lamar Had A Better Rap Album And Acknowledged That The Hip-Hop Community Would Be Justified In Feeling That Kendrick Was Robbed That Year.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)
Macklemore-&-Ryan-Lewis - The Heist
"Can't Hold Us" Is A Song Written And Performed By American Hip-Hop Duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis And Singer Ray Dalton Originally Released On August 16 2011 As The Second Single From The Duo's Debut Studio Album The Heist. The Song Was A Sleeper Hit Gaining More Attention In 2012. It Reached Number One On The Billboard Hot 100 Making It Their Second Number-One Hit In The United States. It Is Also Their Third Consecutive Number-One Single In Australia. The Music Video Was Nominated For Best Music Video At The 56th Annual Grammy Awards In 2014. The Song Was Also Listed As "The Most-Streamed Song Of 2013" By Spotify. Due To The Major International Success Of The Duo's "Thrift Shop" There Was A Resurgence In Sales Of Their Previous Singles And Their Album The Heist. In The United Kingdom The Song Debuted In The UK Singles Chart At Number 187 On March 17 2013 Climbing Up To Number 53 The Following Week. It Eventually Peaked At Number Three On The Chart. In Australia "Can't Hold Us" Became Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' Third Consecutive Number-One Single After "Thrift Shop" And "Same Love" Reaching The Top Of The Chart On March 25 2013. In The United States The Song Became A Sleeper Hit And Following A Performance Of The Song On Saturday Night Live The Song Cracked The Top 10 At Number 7 Becoming The Duo's Second Top 10 Hit Following The Number-One Single "Thrift Shop". "Can't Hold Us" Reached Number One On The Billboard Hot 100 During The Week Dated May 17 2013. They Became The First Duo To Place Their Two Debut Singles Atop The Chart. They Also Became The Fifth Act To Place Their Two Debut Singles Atop The Billboard Hot 100 Following Mariah Carey With "Vision Of Love" And "Love Takes Time" Christina Aguilera With "Genie In A Bottle" And "What A Girl Wants" Lady Gaga With "Just Dance" And "Poker Face" And Bruno Mars With "Just The Way You Are" And "Grenade". The Song Stayed At Number One For Five Consecutive Weeks Before Being Surpassed By Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines". As Of January 2014 The Song Has Sold 4 383 000 Downloads In The United States With 4 260 000 Sold In 2013 Making It The Eighth Best-Selling Song Of The Year. With The Helpful Release And Advertisement Of DJ Crue And Several Other Artists/producers Remixes Were Made. One Of The Most Successful One's Was Eminem Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Just Can't Hold Us. This Was Hosted By Ryan Lewis Himself And Produced By Many Artists Such As OfficialDJLithium Who Is Current Day DJ Crue And Sparks Hopes Who Is Currently Known As Jimmy Kang. Sparks Hopes Also Helped With The Dated Release/production Working Closely With Ryan Lewis Going As Far As Helping With The 2013 YouTube Rewind In Order To Remix The Background Track In It. Going As Far As Helping With The Film Production As You Can See Him In The Background Of The Filming. Overall Contributing To The Monumental Success Of The Launch. Macklemore Premiered The Music Video For "Can't Hold Us" On April 17 2013. The Video Was Directed By Ryan Lewis Jason Koenig And Jon Jon Augustavo And Shooting Took Place For 17 Days On 2 Continents And 16 Different Shoots Ranging From The Pacific Northwest To Southern California To New Zealand At Cathedral Cove Where Scenes For The Chronicles Of Narnia Prince Caspian Were Also Shot. Several Prominent Parts Were Filmed On The Tall Ship Lady Washington. The Video Won Two MTV Video Music Awards For Best Hip-Hop Video And Director Of Photography Jason Koenig And Mego Lin Won Best Cinematography The Video Was Nominated For Best Direction And Best Editing Nomination To Jason Koenig And Ryan Lewis. It Also Was Placed At No. 12 On BET Notarized Top 100 In 2013. It Was Nominated For Best Music Video At The 2014 Grammy Awards. In An Interview About “Can’t Hold Us“ And The Tour He Was On Macklemore Was Asked About The Inspiration For The Song And Responded "Ryan Lewis Had The Beat A Long Time Ago Like He Made That Beat In Two Thousand Seven/eight-Ish. And I Was Always Just Kind Of Intimidated To Write To It ‘cause It Sounded Like It Was A Soccer Anthem … . Finally He’s Like “You Do Have To Write To It!“ And I Finally Listened To Him And I I Wrote To It. We Had These Verses In Place When We Were Going On Tour And … I Don’t Remember What We Did To The Hook But It Wasn’t What It Ended Up Being It Was Something Else. And When We Got Back We Knew We Wanted To Knock It Out And We Had Ray Dalton In Mind For It Ray Came Over. He Kinda Had Like A Melody Idea And I Wrote The Lyrics To It And We All Collaborated On What I Wrote And Fine Tuned It And Then Turned It Then Turned It To This Song. But Ryan Put In Tons Of Effort Like With Owuour Arunga Trumpet Trombone Player Greg – I Don’t Know His Last Name Greg Kramer I’m Sorry – But A Bunch Of Amazing Musicians Got On It Awarded All The Arrangements Of Greg For The Trombone It’s Just A Big Collaboration But Ryan Put Tons And Tons Tons Of Hours Into What It Is Today."
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Were An American Hip-Hop Duo From Seattle Washington Formed In The Winter Of 2008 By Rapper Macklemore And DJ And Record Producer Ryan Lewis. In 2009 They Released Their First Collaborative Effort An EP Titled The VS. EP. They Later Followed Up With VS. Redux The Grammy Award-Winning Album The Heist And This Unruly Mess I've Made. Macklemore And Lewis's Single "Thrift Shop" Reached Number One On The US Billboard Hot 100 In 2013. The Single Was Soon Dubbed The First Song Since 1994 To Top The Hot 100 Chart Without The Support Of A Major Record Label By Billboard Although Macklemore In A Slightly Unusual Recording Contract Pays A Nominal Percentage Of Sales To Use Warner Bros. Records' Radio Promotion Department To Push His Singles. Their Second Single "Can't Hold Us" Also Peaked At Number One On The Hot 100 Chart Making Macklemore And Lewis The First Duo In The Chart's History To Have Their First Two Singles Both Reach The Peak Position. Macklemore And Lewis Released Their Debut Studio Album The Heist On October 9 2012 Which Charted At Number 2 On The US Billboard 200. The Pair Won Four Grammy Awards At The 2014 Ceremony Including Best New Artist Best Rap Album The Heist Best Rap Song And Best Rap Performance "Thrift Shop" . Their Second Album This Unruly Mess I've Made Was Released On February 26 2016. On June 15 2017 Macklemore Announced Via His Official Instagram That The Duo Were On Hiatus. Macklemore And Ryan Lewis Met In 2006 When Lewis Worked On Macklemore's Promotion As A Photographer And They Soon Became Good Friends. Lewis Produced Macklemore's Mixtape The Unplanned In 2008. They Performed Together For The First Time At Bumbershoot At The Sasquatch Music Festival In The Gorge Amphitheatre And At The Outside Lands Music Festival In San Francisco. In 2009 They Formalized The Duo As Macklemore & Ryan Lewis And Released The Debut Extended Play The VS. EP. The Latter Reached No. 7 On The ITunes Hip Hop Chart. They Also Released "Irish Celebration" In December 2009 In Anticipation Of The Release Of The VS. EP. In March 2010 The Duo Released A Free Download "Stay At Home Dad" A Track That Didn't Quite Make VS. In October 2010 They Released The VS. Redux EP. Macklemore And Lewis Used His Experience With Substance Abuse As The Inspiration For The Mixtape's Critically Acclaimed Song "Otherside" Which Samples The Red Hot Chili Peppers Song Of The Same Title. In 2011 They Released The Single "My Oh My" As A Tribute To Recently Deceased Seattle Mariners Broadcaster Dave Niehaus Which Received Extensive Coverage In Seattle Media. On April 8 2011 They Performed The Song At The 2011 Mariners Opening Day To A Sold-Out Crowd Of Nearly 48 000 Attendees. "Wings" Was Released On January 21 2011 And Charted On Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles At Number 12 And Was Followed By "Can't Hold Us" Featuring Ray Dalton On August 16 2011. "Can't Hold Us" Eventually Became The Duo's Second Number 1 On The Billboard Hot 100 On May 18 2013 And Stayed There For 5 Weeks. In February 2011 They Kicked Off A Multi-City Tour In Pullman Washington Which Included Three Sold-Out Shows At Showbox At The Market A Seattle Music Venue. That Same Year The Rapper Appeared At Several U.S. Music Festivals Including Bumbershoot Outside Lands Lollapalooza Rock The Bells SoundSet Sasquatch And Bonnaroo. His Album The Heist Was Released In October 2012. Previously Released Singles "My Oh My" "Wings" And "Can't Hold Us" Were Announced To Be Included On The Album – As Was The Song "Make The Money". "Can't Hold Us" Was Used As The Soundtrack For A Miller Beer Ad In The UK And Ireland In June 2012 Increasing Macklemore And Ryan Lewis's Recognition In Europe. "Same Love" Was Released On July 18 2012 And Later Peaked At Number 11 On The Billboard Hot 100. The Songs "White Walls" Featuring ScHoolboy Q And "Jimmy Iovine" Featuring Ab-Soul Were Confirmed To Be Included On The Album. "Thrift Shop" Was Released On August 27 2012 And Charted At Number 1 On 24 Charts Worldwide Including Topping The Billboard Hot 100 For Six Weeks Giving Them Their First Number 1 Hit In The US. The Heist Debuted On The US Billboard 200 At Number 2 Of The Week Dated October 27 2012 Selling Over 78 000 Copies. On October 30 2012 Macklemore And Lewis Appeared On The Ellen DeGeneres Show Performing Their Single "Same Love" And Then Again On January 18 2013 Performing Their Single "Thrift Shop" Which They Had Sung Previously On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon On December 11 2012. "The Heist World Tour" Began In August 2012 To Promote The Heist. On October 8 2013 They Released Their Fifth And Final Single From The Heist "White Walls" Which Charted At Number 15 On The Billboard Hot 100. On January 26 2014 They Performed "Same Love" At The 56th Annual Grammy Awards Where Queen Latifah Read Marriage Vows For 33 Couples Who Lined The Aisles. "This Is A Love Song Not For Some Of Us But For All Of Us " She Said Followed By An Appearance From Madonna Singing "Open Your Heart". In January 2015 Macklemore Announced Via Twitter That The Duo's Second Studio Album Would Be Released Sometime In The Second Half Of The Year. On August 5 2015 Macklemore Released A Song As A Free Download Titled "Growing Up Sloane's Song " Which Featured Ed Sheeran. On August 27 2015 The Duo Released "Downtown" The First Single Of Their Second Studio Album Which They Performed At The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards On August 30. It Charted At Number 12 On The Billboard Hot 100. On November 22 2015 Macklemore And Ryan Lewis Debuted The Song "Kevin" At The American Music Awards With Leon Bridges. On January 22 2016 The Duo Released "White Privilege II" The Second Promotional Single On This Unruly Mess I've Made. "Spoons" Was Released As The Third Promotional Single On February 14 2016 But Did Not Appear On The Final Album. "Buckshot" & "Kevin" Were Released As The Fourth And Fifth Promotional Singles On February 23 2016. "Dance Off" Was Released As The Second Single From The Album On February 25 2016. Their Album This Unruly Mess I've Made Was Released On February 26 2016. It Charted At Number 4 On The Billboard 200. The Duo Was In The Unsigned Hype In The Source In Early 2012 And Was Also On The Cover Of XXL Magazine As Part Of The Freshman Class Of 2012. Rolling Stone Called Macklemore And Ryan Lewis An "indie Rags-To-Riches Story". "Thrift Shop" Was Voted #1 In Australian Radio Station Triple J's Hottest 100 Of 2012. Their Song "Same Love" Also Featured Highly Coming In At #15 In The Countdown. The Hottest 100 Is The World's Largest Music Poll Held Every Year On Australia Day And Currently Attracts Over One Million Votes From Within Australia And Around The World. There Was A Three-Page Article On Macklemore And Lewis's Career In The February 8 2013 Issue Of ESPN The Magazine. They Received Seven Grammy Award Nominations At The 56th Annual Grammy Awards Which Included Best New Artist Album Of The Year Song Of The Year "Same Love" And Best Music Video "Can't Hold Us" . On January 26 2014 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Won Four Grammy Awards Including Those For Best New Artist Best Rap Album The Heist Best Rap Song And Best Rap Performance "Thrift Shop" . Some Rap Critics Took Issue With Macklemore's Win Over Kendrick Lamar For Best Rap Album. In An Interview With The Source Macklemore Said That Lamar Had A Better Rap Album And Acknowledged That The Hip-Hop Community Would Be Justified In Feeling That Kendrick Was Robbed That Year.
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"Can't Hold Us" is a song written and performed by American hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and singer Ray Dalton, originally released on August 16, 2011 as the second single from the duo's debut studio album, The Heist.
The song was a sleeper hit, gaining more attention in 2012. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their second number-one hit in the United States. It is also their third consecutive number-one single in Australia. The music video was nominated for Best Music Video at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014. The song was also listed as "The Most-Streamed Song of 2013" by Spotify.
Due to the major international success of the duo's "Thrift Shop", there was a resurgence in sales of their previous singles and their album The Heist.
In the United Kingdom, the song debuted in the UK Singles Chart at number 187 on March 17, 2013, climbing up to number 53 the following week. It eventually peaked at number three on the chart. In Australia, "Can't Hold Us" became Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' third consecutive number-one single after "Thrift Shop" and "Same Love", reaching the top of the chart on March 25, 2013. In the United States, the song became a sleeper hit, and following a performance of the song on Saturday Night Live, the song cracked the top 10 at number 7, becoming the duo's second top 10 hit, following the number-one single "Thrift Shop". "Can't Hold Us" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week dated May 17, 2013. They became the first duo to place their two debut singles atop the chart. They also became the fifth act to place their two debut singles atop the Billboard Hot 100, following Mariah Carey with "Vision of Love" and "Love Takes Time", Christina Aguilera with "Genie in a Bottle" and "What a Girl Wants", Lady Gaga with "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" and Bruno Mars with "Just the Way You Are" and "Grenade". The song stayed at number one for five consecutive weeks before being surpassed by Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines". As of January 2014, the song has sold 4,383,000 downloads in the United States with 4,260,000 sold in 2013, making it the eighth best-selling song of the year.
With the helpful release and advertisement of DJ crue and several other artists/producers, remixes were made. One of the most successful one's was Eminem, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Just Can't Hold Us. This was hosted by Ryan Lewis himself and produced by many artists such as OfficialDJLithium who is current day DJ Crue, and Sparks Hopes who is currently known as Jimmy Kang.
Sparks Hopes also helped with the dated release/production working closely with Ryan Lewis, going as far as helping with the 2013 YouTube rewind in order to remix the background track in it. Going as far as helping with the film production, as you can see him in the background of the filming. Overall contributing to the monumental success of the launch.
Macklemore premiered the music video for "Can't Hold Us" on April 17, 2013. The video was directed by Ryan Lewis, Jason Koenig and Jon Jon Augustavo, and shooting took place for 17 days, on 2 continents and 16 different shoots, ranging from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California to New Zealand at Cathedral Cove where scenes for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian were also shot. Several prominent parts were filmed on the tall ship Lady Washington.
The video won two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Hip-Hop Video and Director of Photography Jason Koenig, and Mego Lin won Best Cinematography, the video was nominated for Best Direction and Best Editing Nomination to Jason Koenig and Ryan Lewis. It also was placed at No. 12 on BET Notarized Top 100 in 2013. It was nominated for Best Music Video at the 2014 Grammy Awards.
In an interview about “Can’t Hold Us“ and the tour he was on, Macklemore was asked about the inspiration for the song and responded:
"Ryan [Lewis] had the beat a long time ago, like he made that beat in two thousand seven/eight-ish. And I was always just kind of intimidated to write to it, ‘cause it sounded like it was a soccer anthem […]. Finally he’s like “You do have to write to it!“ and I finally listened to him and I, I wrote to it. We had these verses in place when we were going on tour and […] I don’t remember what we did to the hook, but it wasn’t what it ended up being, it was something else. And when we got back, we knew we wanted to knock it out and we had Ray Dalton in mind for it, Ray came over. He kinda had like a melody idea and I wrote the lyrics to it and we all collaborated on what I wrote and fine tuned it and then turned it then turned it to this song. But Ryan put in tons of effort like with Owuour Arunga, trumpet, trombone player Greg – I don’t know his last name; Greg [Kramer], I’m sorry –, but a bunch of amazing musicians got on it, awarded all the arrangements of Greg for the trombone, it’s just a big collaboration, but Ryan put tons and tons, tons of hours into what it is today." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.