On my iPod – Butterfly by Jason Mraz
I may be a little late in discovering this song considering it was included on Jason Mraz’s 2008 album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. I’ve always been a bit indifferent about Mraz, but this track has so much heat and passion behind it, I cannot help but love it.
Mraz told the story of the song to Rolling Stone (Source Butterfly Songfacts): “When I took a break to make this record, I joined my roommate Bushwalla’s band — I was the guitarist and background vocalist. There was a young woman in the band who would also do a burlesque show and invited us to go see her. And I was watching this burlesque show thinking, ‘Man, I wonder if my music is played in any exotic clubs anywhere in the world? I sincerely doubt it. ’ That challenged me: I went home, and I thought, ‘I’m going to see if I can’t write a song that a young woman would want to model her shoes to.’ I don’t know if the girl ever found out, but it’s definitely one of the more fun songs in the live show.”
Pour yourself a glass of wine, cuddle up with someone cute and enjoy!
