Jason Mraz has made history. His hit I’m Yours became the longest-running song on the Hot 100 chart in Billboard’s 51 year history. No other music artist has claimed this feat on the zenith of music’s mountain peaks. He’s surprising.
Although Mraz refers to I’m Yours as being “genre-less,” it’s not. It’s reggae-scar.He’s the male version of Gwen Stefani, but stripped back.Period. It is what it is.
No music is ever genre-less. Human beings have been creating ‘unique’music for centuries, that Mraz has borrowed from or been influenced by. Let’s cut the crap.
However, I’m Yours is the only song to hit No.1 on the major 4 radio-centric based charts. These being: The Mainstream Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40, Pop Songs and in addition, Triple A.
I so knew this was going to happen. When vacationing in Hawaii, (The Obama Sunshine State of the USA — get there or be square!), it was the one song you ever heard performed live in all 5 live entertainment venues you walked passed on the way to dinner. The song when performed by local Hawaiian artists (either white or Polynesian and Asian) had varying degrees of Hawaiian guitar twang to it, but there was no denying it was an unofficial American national anthem for Summer.
The Hawaiian people have great taste in music by the way. They pick fusion artists THE BEST out of any state in the US (as well as growing ‘savior’presidents). This is Hawaii’s forte, as being the ‘defending military outpost’of America. If we trust Hawaii with that job, we should also trust Hawaii to pick our music hits, no? Yes!
People in recession need two things; the need to escape somewhere tropical and also the need to feel useful and wanted. The lyrics of I’m Yours and its exotic reggae beats, mediated that vibe really well. What sets Mraz apart, as a white guy with a big hit, is that he borrowed heavily from Jamaica. To say this song is genre-less is kinda lame, but we applaud him today anyway. False humility (the humorous version of it) fused with amazing talent, is why Mraz goes icognito, to clean up the music stakes. Hopefully, now that he’s achieved honors in music, he can now be a man, and reference his music influences a bit more clearly.
He caught the Obama Hawaiian vibe in America, at the turn of history. He owes his success in America as much to Barack Obama as he does to Bob Marley. Let’s call Jace The Ace out on that. America is not that gullible, but the excuse of “genre-less” was very cute. For good music that sounds exactly like Jason Mraz, order Katacahfire albums on iTunes. Jason Mraz’s We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things is a brilliant masterpiece. If you haven’t bought your copy, buy it today. I loved it. Still do. Live in concert, this man is phenomenal.
Congrats Mr Mraz!
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Jason Mraz actually drove onto our parking lot when my buddy and I were filming a parody of HIS song, I’m Yours! It was awesome! He showed up in a limo with his security guy and everything and got out and started telling me to quit doing his music! My buddy kept filming so we have it ALL on video!
It’s on my youtube channel. Check it out. It’s called:
Scandal: Jason Mraz CRASHES My Video ‘It’s Yours’– A Parody of “I’m Yours”