Your Body Is a Wonderland

Infobox Single
Name = Your Body Is a Wonderland


Artist = John Mayer
from Album = Room for Squares
Released = 2002
Format = Digital download
CD single
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Pop
Acoustic rock
Length = 4:09
Label = Columbia
Writer = John Mayer
Producer = John Alagia
B-side = "No Such Thing"
(acoustic version)
"Your Body Is a Wonderland"
(acoustic version)
"Not Myself"
(demo version)
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "No Such Thing"
(2002)
This single = "Your Body Is a Wonderland"
(2002)
Next single = "Why Georgia"
(2003)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Room for Squares
Type = studio
prev_track = "My Stupid Mouth"
prev_no = 3
this_track = "Your Body Is a Wonderland"
track_no = 4
next_track = "Neon"
next_no = 5 "Your Body Is a Wonderland" is the second single released by John Mayer from his first album, 2001's "Room for Squares". Its commercial success was greater than Mayer's prior single, "No Such Thing."Fact|date=September 2007

ong information

A popular misconception is that this song was inspired by his ex-girlfriend, the actress/singer Jennifer Love Hewitt, but this cannot be true as he wrote the song in 2000, and did not meet Hewitt until 2002.Fact|date=March 2008

Lyrics

The line "I'm never speaking up again", sung in the background, is also prominently featured in the chorus to the song "My Stupid Mouth", which appears just before the song on "Room For Squares".

Track listing

All songs are written by John Mayer except where noted otherwise.
# "Your Body Is a Wonderland" - 4:09
# "No Such Thing" (acoustic version) (John Mayer & Clay Cook) – 3:51
# "Your Body Is a Wonderland" (acoustic version) - 4:09
# "Not Myself" (demo version) - 3:36

Reception

Billboard said the song showcases Mayer's "smooth, casual singing style and barroom instrumentation." [Taylor, Chuck (2002-06-29), "Your Body Is a Wonderland". "Billboard". 114 (26):33] In 2003, "Your Body Is a Wonderland" won Mayer the "Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance". The song ranked at #28 on "Blender" magazine's list of the "50 Worst Songs Ever". [ [http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=786 Run for Your Life! It's the 50 Best Songs Ever!] from "Blender.com". Retrieved on May 3, 2008.]

Appearances in the media

In 2006, the song was used in an episode of U.S. version of "The Office", entitled "A Benihana Christmas." Characters Michael Scott and Andy Bernard sing the song as a karaoke duet. Mayer agreed to let the show use the song, in exchange for a Dundie [ [http://www.johnmayer.com/blog/john/200612#239 John Mayer wins a Dundie] in exchange for letting The Office use "Your Body Is a Wonderland".] , which was for "Tallest Music Dude."

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