Top 5 John Mayer Songs

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John Mayer is a singer-songwriter and producer. Although John Mayer began his music career mainly performing acoustic rock, he moved towards the blues genre. He has won several Grammy Awards for his music which include Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album. Thus, this is a list of some of his best songs. I hope you enjoy.










5. Gravity

Writer: John Mayer
Producer: John Mayer, Steve Jordan
Albums: Try! (Live; John Mayer Trio), Continuum (Studio), and Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles (Live)

In a concert, John Mayer explained the meaning of the song in this way:

"...Umm, this is a song about... making sure you still love yourself... making sure you still have your head on, making sure you still say no the way your mom would say no. And I will need it every damn day of my life because it's easier to mess up than it is to stay here."

4. Comfortable

Writer: John Mayer, Clay Cook.
Album: Inside Wants Out (Studio), Any Given Thursday (Live)

It expresses a past relationship that he misses. He says that all of his songs  are

“emotionally autobiographical, even if some aren’t line for line true to my life.”

3. Waiting On The World To Change

Writer: John Mayer
Producer: John Mayer, Steve Jordan
Album: Continuum (Studio), Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles (Live)

This song centers on him and his generation's inactivity in thought to current world situations. He traits this inactivity to an absence of potential.

"You cannot avoid war in life, you cannot avoid the fear of terrorism, you cannot avoid those things now, they are a part of everyday demeanor. So in that sense it's become more of an acceptable thing to comment on because it's just so much of a white elephant."

Related: Download Paradise Valley by John Mayer at Amazon.

2. Man On The Side

Writers: John Mayer, Clay Cook
Albums: Any Given Thursday (Live)

The song is about being the less significant man in a triangle of love. Sort of the rebound person for the girl.

1. Daughters

Writer: John Mayer
Producer: Jack Joseph Puig
Album: Heavier Things (Studio), Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles (Live)

The song is an advisory to fathers and a little bit to mothers to nurture their daughters during childhood, because the relationship will affect their relationships with men as adults.

Bonus: Your Body Is a Wonderland

Writer: John Mayer
Producer: John Alagia
Album: Room for Squares (Studio)

John Mayer has said that he wrote the song about his first girlfriend. The song was first called "Strawberry Wonderland" but was later changed.

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