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"Same Love" was unofficially adopted as an anthem by supporters of legalizing same-sex marriage, particularly in reference to Washington Referendum 74, a Washington state referendum to approve or reject the February 2012 bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state.{{cite web |last=McKinley |first=James C. |date=June 30, 2013 |title=Stars Align for a Gay Marriage Anthem |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/arts/music/stars-align-for-a-gay-marriage-anthem.html |access-date=May 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702013025/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/arts/music/stars-align-for-a-gay-marriage-anthem.html |archive-date=July 2, 2013}}

Macklemore explained that the song also came out of his own frustration with hip hop's positions on homosexuality. "Misogyny and homophobia are the two acceptable means of oppression in hip hop culture. It's 2012. There needs to be some accountability. I think that as a society we're evolving and I think that hip hop has always been a representation of what's going on in the world right now."{{cite web |url=http://www.studio360.org/2012/nov/30/macklemores-gay-anthem/ |title=Macklemore's Gay Anthem |work=studio360 |access-date=February 2, 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204070807/http://www.studio360.org/2012/nov/30/macklemores-gay-anthem/ |archive-date=February 4, 2013}}

"Same Love" received critical acclaim. Gary Nunn in The Guardian said that the song was "a far cry from the cheese-fest that usually puts commercial interest first, tenuous rhyming couplets second and poignancy last" and that it "may be the most profound song" hip-hop as a genre has produced.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2013/mar/01/mind-your-language-same-love |first=Gary |last=Nunn |title=Same love; different lyrics |newspaper=The Guardian |date=March 1, 2013 |location=London}} Critic Robert Christgau named it one of the top ten singles of 2012{{cite web |last=Hales |first=Dianne R. |url=http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Rock-Roll/The-Dean-s-List-2012/ba-p/9707 |title=The Dean's List 2012 – The Barnes & Noble Review |publisher=Bnreview.barnesandnoble.com |date=January 14, 2013 |access-date=January 9, 2014}} and wrote that the song was "the best gay marriage song to date in any genre and as corny as it damn well oughta be."{{cite web|title=CG: macklemore|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=macklemore|access-date=May 1, 2013|publisher=Robert Christgau}}

Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone, although giving the album a mixed review, called "Same Love" one of its "virtues".{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-heist-20121109 |title=Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – The Heist |date=November 9, 2012 |publisher=rollingstone.com |access-date=June 10, 2013}} David Jeffries of AllMusic described the track as a "pro-gay marriage highlight".{{cite web |last=Jeffries |first=David |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-heist-mw0002419235 |title=The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |date=October 9, 2012 |access-date=May 1, 2013}} Adam Fleischer of XXL wrote "Lewis provides bright and uplifting instrumentation to perfectly reflect Macklemore's forward-thinking analysis of hip-hop and society's take on homosexuality and same sex marriage."Staff. {{cite web |title=Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Heist |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/reviews/2012/10/macklemore-ryan-lewis-the-heist/ |date=October 9, 2012 |website=XXL |access-date=May 31, 2021}} Billboard listed "Same Love" at number four on their list of Best Songs of 2013, stating that "the triumph of "Same Love" is in its specificity".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5840322/20-best-songs-of-2013-critics-picks?list_page=1 |title=20 Best Songs of 2013: Critics' Picks |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=December 18, 2013 |access-date=February 14, 2014}}

"Same Love" became the first Top 40 song in the U.S. to promote and celebrate same-sex marriage.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/arts/music/stars-align-for-a-gay-marriage-anthem.html?pagewanted=all |title=The New York Times |newspaper=nytimes.com |access-date=February 1, 2014 |first=James C. |last=McKinley Jr |date=June 30, 2013}}

The music video for "Same Love", directed by Ryan Lewis and Jon Jon Augustavo and produced by Tricia Davis, debuted on Lewis's YouTube account on October 2, 2012, and accumulated 350,000 views 24 hours after its debut. The video, spanning decades, depicts the life of the main character and the same-sex partner with whom he falls in love, including the social conflicts which befall them in relation to their sexual orientation, their eventual marriage, and the death of one of the partners in old age. The wedding of the main couple was filmed at All Pilgrims Christian Church in Seattle. Macklemore and Mary Lambert cameo in non-speaking roles in the video. The casting for the video was done by Daniel Torok.{{Cite web |last=Growcoot |first=Matt |date=2025-01-24 |title=Who is Daniel Torok? Trump's New White House Photographer |url=https://petapixel.com/2025/01/24/who-is-daniel-torok-trumps-new-white-house-photographer/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=PetaPixel |language=en}}

The description of the video links to the website of Music4Marriage.org, an initiative to encourage musical support for Washington State Referendum 74; the organization dissolved after its passage.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0 |title=MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – SAME LOVE feat. MARY LAMBERT (OFFICIAL VIDEO) |author=Ryan Lewis Productions |publisher=YouTube |date=October 2, 2012}}

The video received the 2013 MTV Video Music Award for Best Video with a Message.

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On October 30, 2012, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show performing the single "Same Love".{{cite web |url=http://seattlemag.com/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-perform-same-love-ellen |title=Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Perform 'Same Love' on Ellen |date=November 27, 2018 |work=Seattle Magazine |access-date=May 31, 2021}}

It was performed live on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report on May 1, 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/425990/may-01-2013/macklemore---ryan-lewis----same-love- |title=The Colbert Report |work=Comedy Central |access-date=February 2, 2016}}

It was performed live at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on August 25, 2013 with Jennifer Hudson joining Macklemore, Lewis and Lambert on stage.{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2013/08/26/_same_love_macklemore_s_mtv_vma_performance_deserves_more_attention_than.html |title=Macklemore's "Same Love" Is the Only VMA Performance Worth Remembering |date=August 26, 2013 |work=Slate.com |access-date=January 28, 2014}}

The song was performed during the 56th Grammy Awards where Macklemore, Lewis, and Lambert were joined onstage by Queen Latifah who oversaw and officiated the weddings of 33 same-sex and opposite-sex couples. Towards the end of the performance, Madonna joined in with a rendition of her song "Open Your Heart".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/macklemore-queen-latifah-turn-same-love-into-mass-grammy-wedding-20140126 |title=Macklemore, Queen Latifah Turn 'Same Love' Into Mass Grammy Wedding |date=January 26, 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 28, 2014}}

The song was performed during the 2017 National Rugby League Grand Final in Sydney, Australia.{{Cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/pm-warns-abbott-backs-macklemore-to-perform-at-nrl-grand-final/news-story/5e1a369931e3265239fa19dde0f3f9f6 |title=Subscribe {{!}} theaustralian|website=www.theaustralian.com.au|access-date=September 29, 2017}} Several conservative politicians actively opposing marriage equality in Australia criticized the decision to include the song prior to the performance.{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-28/macklemore-singing-at-gf-like-seeping-sewage-into-debutante-ball/8998442 |title=Macklemore singing at grand final like 'seeping sewage into debutante ball' |date=September 28, 2017 |work=ABC News |access-date=September 29, 2017}} Macklemore responded to the criticism by promising to "go harder".{{Cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/cowboys-dudded-in-favour-of-american-artist-macklemore/news-story/8daf88cf2be7f7f98fe9eb9a99b2d752 |title=Macklemore hits back at 'angry men' |work=NewsComAu |access-date=September 29, 2017}}

The single was released on July 18, 2012. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 the week of February 16, 2013 at number 99 and later peaked at number 11. On the US Rap chart, "Same Love" placed within the Top 5, peaking at number 2. This gave Macklemore and Ryan Lewis simultaneous Top 5 songs, along with "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us". "Same Love" also reached number 1 in New Zealand, number 4 on the Canadian Hot 100, and number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and in Ireland.{{cite web | url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=title&placement=Same+Love | title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know }} As of September 2013, the song has sold over 2 million copies in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-sept-22-2013-songs-brit-back-204122521.html |title=Week Ending Sept. 22, 2013. Songs: The Brit Is Back |last=Grein |first=Paul |work=Yahoo! Music |publisher=Yahoo! |date=September 25, 2013 |access-date=September 25, 2013}}

The song also replaced "Thrift Shop" at number 1 on the Australian ARIA Charts in January 2013,{{cite web |url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/singles/743 |title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles Chart| Australia's Official Top 50 Songs |publisher=ARIA Charts |date=January 21, 2013 |access-date=March 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120091421/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/singles/743 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |url-status=dead}} making Macklemore only the third artist to replace themselves at number one on the ARIA Charts after Madonna in 1985 and the Black Eyed Peas in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/33225/chartifacts |title=Chartifacts – ARIA Music News |publisher=Ariacharts.com.au |access-date=March 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514225238/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/33225/chartifacts |archive-date=May 14, 2014}} The song reached the peak once again in 2017, following the legalisation of same sex marriage in Australia.

Digital download / 7"

1. "Same Love" (featuring Mary Lambert) – 5:20

Same Love – Remixes

1. "Same Love" (Cutmore Club Mix; featuring Mary Lambert) – 5:52
2. "Same Love" (Cutmore Radio Edit; featuring Mary Lambert) – 3:53

Credits and personnel are adapted from The Heist album liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|others=Macklemore & Ryan Lewis|title=The Heist|year=2012|type=CD liner notes|publisher=Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC|id=}}

• Macklemore – writer, mixing, recording
• Ryan Lewis – writer, producer, mixing, recording
• Mary Lambert – writer
• Josh Rawlings – piano
• Andrew Joslyn – violin
• Natalie Hall – cello
• Greg Kramer – trombone

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| album = Welcome to the Age of My Body

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"She Keeps Me Warm" is a song written and performed by Mary Lambert, derived from the chorus she provided to "Same Love".{{cite news |last1=Rudolph |first1=Christopher |title=Mary Lambert Turns Macklemore's 'Same Love' Chorus Into 'She Keeps Me Warm' (VIDEO) |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/mary-lambert-she-keeps-me-warm_n_3658709.html |date=July 26, 2013 |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |title=Mary Lambert's 'She Keeps Me Warm' Rises At Radio After Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Success |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5885481/mary-lamberts-she-keeps-me-warm-rises-at-radio-after-macklemore-ryan-lewis |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |access-date=January 29, 2014}} It is included on Lambert's debut major-label EP, Welcome to the Age of My Body (2013), and was released to American hot adult contemporary radio in the summer of 2013 as her first solo single.

"She Keeps Me Warm" (and the chorus it shares with "Same Love") was inspired by Lambert's experiences with love and growing up homosexual in a religious family. Lambert explained to Entertainment Tonight at the 56th Grammy Awards that the song came about as a result of her wanting to write a song that was "genuine and authentic to [her] experience".{{cite web |last1=Seemayer |first1=Zach |title=Mary Lambert: Why I Wrote 'Same Love' |url=http://www.etonline.com/awards/142890_Same_Love_Singer_Mary_Lambert_Talks_About_Hit_Song_s_Success_at_Grammy_Awards/ |website=Entertainment Tonight |publisher=CBS Corporation |access-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001500/http://www.etonline.com/awards/142890_Same_Love_Singer_Mary_Lambert_Talks_About_Hit_Song_s_Success_at_Grammy_Awards/ |url-status=dead }} While written from the particular perspective of a lesbian, the song's themes of love and security in relationships have a universal appeal, which contributed to its warm reception on pop radio. Chad Rufer, PD of KZZO Sacramento, suggested to Billboard that the original version "has more of a political stance than Lambert's" and that the re-worked "She Keeps Me Warm" is "simply a great pop song about falling in love."

The music video for "She Keeps Me Warm" was directed by Mego Lin and premiered on VEVO on August 24, 2013.{{cite web |author1=MaryLambertVEVO |title=Mary Lambert – She Keeps Me Warm (2013 Version) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhqH-r7Xj0E |website=YouTube |date=August 24, 2013 |access-date=October 9, 2014}} It features Bryn Santillan.[https://vimeo.com/74687675 "DP/Director- “She Keeps Me Warm” [Official Video] – Mary Lambert" by Mego Lin] An official lyric video was released December 17, 2013 in support of the song's parent EP.{{cite web |author1=MaryLambertVEVO |title=Mary Lambert – She Keeps Me Warm |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG4nRI9Wmzk |website=YouTube |date=December 17, 2013 |access-date=October 9, 2014}}

"She Keeps Me Warm" debuted at number 38 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart for the week ending January 25, 2014.

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