Jason Thomas Mraz is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002), which spawned the single "The Remedy " that peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
His second studio album Mr. A-Z (2005) peaked at number five on the Billboard 200.
real name: Jason Thomas Mraz
labels: Atlantic Records, Elektra
genres: pop music, pop rock, blue-eyed soul, reggae, alternative rock, alternative hip-hop, funk, jazz
awards: Out100, Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, San Diego Music Awards, Teen Choice Award for Choice Music – Male Artist, Songwriters Hall of Fame, People's Choice Awards
plays: guitar, voice, ukulele, bouzouki, piano, synthesizer
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Mraz was born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia. His parents, Tom Mraz and June Tomes, divorced when he was five years old, leaving Mraz to live with his father while his sister lived with his mother. His father is a postal worker, and his mother is vice president at a branch of Bank of America. He is of partial Czech ancestry on his paternal side.
Soon after moving to San Diego in 1999, Mraz became a roadie for the band Elgin Park. He met future band member Toca Rivera at Java Joe's, a coffee house in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego known for being formative in the careers of Jewel and Steve Poltz. Mraz performed once a week for nearly three years, building a following in San Diego and online.
Mraz's music has been labeled as pop, folk-pop, rock, and blue-eyed soul. He also incorporates elements of folk, hip-hop, jam band, and soft rock into his music.
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"I'm Yours" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz, released in 2008 as the first single from his third studio album We Sing. We Dance.
We Steal Things.. The song was originally released on a limited edition EP called Extra Credit as a demo in 2005 to promote his second studio album Mr.
Sheet music for the song "I'm Yours" shows the key of B major with a moderate tempo of 70 beats per minute, and a chord progression of B-F#-G♯m-E.
The music video debuted on March 14, 2008. Since being added to YouTube, it has been viewed over 820 million times as of late September 2024. It was filmed in Hawaii (Oahu and Kauai) in 2008 with veteran music video director Darren Doane.
"I'm Yours" was featured in the episode "All About Appearances" from the television series Privileged. It was also used for the Australian Seven Network's promotion of the season premiere of Packed to the Rafters.
"I Won't Give Up" is a song by American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz. It was released as the first official single from his fourth studio album, Love Is a Four Letter Word, on December 26, 2011, via iTunes.
It was written by Mraz and Michael Natter, and produced by Joe Chiccarelli.
After "I'm Yours" remained at the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a record 76 weeks ending in October 2009 (peaking at number 6), Mraz headed to the Gulf of Mexico during the summer of 2010 to help with efforts to clean the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Later, he went to a trip to Ghana to fight child slavery alongside the nonprofit organization Free the Slaves. Later, Mraz was in Antarctica, spending time with Al Gore and learning about climate change aboard the National Geographic Explorer. During his activist outings, Mraz wrote and recorded his fourth album, Love Is a Four Letter Word, with producer Joe Chiccarelli. In an interview for Billboard, he confessed that he was less interested in following up his biggest hit than using the power...
"I Won't Give Up" was written by Jason Mraz and Michael Natter, while production was handled by Joe Chiccarelli. The acoustic folk blues and folk-pop ballad features a slower tempo and a sparse arrangement written in the key of E major. Lyrically, it is a poignant ode to a long-lasting relationship, which Mraz says he won't give up on her whatever happens. "Well, I won't give up on us/Even if the skies get rough/I'm giving you all my love/I'm still looking up," he sings. It is guitar led with some additional vocal landscapes towards the end of the song. Mraz told Billboard magazine: "That, to me, has always been my favorite part of making music; the singing and what voices can do and the voices singing in harmony." It is likely that the...
The song received generally favorable reviews. David Greenwald of MTV wrote, "The fresh track's wispy acoustic guitars and patient melody remind us of Irish crooner Damien Rice's 'Delicate,' though when Mraz soars into the chorus, it's with his own signature full-blast hook." Loh Chuan Junn of MSN Music wrote that "The string-drenched, acoustic-guitar-based sound makes for easy listening, and gets into the listener's head after just the first listen. With such an honest revelation of emotions in his lyrics, it's hard to imagine the tune does not stir hearts."
On January 2, 2012, a lyric video was released. Mark Blankenship from NPR found "I Won't Give Up" the best lyric video because "the lyrics are integrated into a story about a man who writes his girlfriend until they can finally reunite." He added he preferred this video to the official one. The official music video was directed by Mark Pellington and released on February 17, 2012. Mraz explained "The story of the video is that we all have our stories. We all have our own version of suffering….and everybody has many things to not give up on."
"Lucky" is a song by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat. It is the third single from Mraz's third studio album We Sing.
We Dance. We Steal Things.
The video was shot in Prague, Czech Republic and the island of Kauai in Hawaii and was released January 16, 2009. Mraz and Caillat's parts in the video were filmed separately. The video follows the context of the song, featuring Mraz and Caillat singing their verses.