I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)

"I'm Yours"
Single by Jason Mraz
from the album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
ReleasedFebruary 12, 2008
Recorded2007
Genre
Length
  • 4:03 (album version)
  • 3:35 (radio edit)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Jason Mraz
Producer(s)Martin Terefe
Jason Mraz singles chronology
"Geek in the Pink"
(2006) 		"I'm Yours"
(2008) 		"Make It Mine"
(2008)

"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. A–Z. It was performed in his 2004 and 2005 gigs and already became a crowd favorite before its release. "I'm Yours" was nominated for Song of the Year[8] and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards.

"I'm Yours" was a huge commercial success in the United States. The song peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100; and spent 76 weeks on the chart, breaking the record for the longest charting song on the chart, previously held by LeAnn Rimes' song "How Do I Live" with 69 weeks on the chart; this record has since been broken and is currently held by "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals, which spent 91 weeks on the chart. As of January 2013, it is the tenth best-selling digital song of all time in the US, selling over 6 million downloads,[9] and 12.2 million worldwide. It is also the most certified Reggae song in the US as of August 10, 2023.[10]

In July 2021, it surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify.[11] It remains Mraz's biggest US hit single to date. It was the only song to crack Billboard's top 600 of all time chart despite never cracking the top 5.[12]

Mraz first launched the song from the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, at Michele Clark's Sunset Sessions in 2008. He also sang a version on Sesame Street titled "Outdoors" and released a successful remixed version featuring Lil Wayne and Jah Cure.[13]

  1. ^ Mongredien, Phil (April 14, 2012). "Jason Mraz: Love Is a Four Letter Word – review". The Guardian. Retrieved October 15, 2019. Given that his 2008 breakthrough was courtesy of the anaemic cod-reggae of "I'm Yours"...
  2. ^ Rosen, Jody (April 17, 2012). "Love Is a Four Letter Word". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2012. Inspired, perhaps, by the massive success of his lite-reggae anthem "I'm Yours," "...
  3. ^ Nickoloff, Anne (October 26, 2018). "Jason Mraz joins Contemporary Youth Orchestra for summer 2019 concert". cleveland.com. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Caramanica, Jon (April 23, 2012). "CD reviews 4/24: Jason Mraz and Train". StarTribune. Retrieved January 8, 2020. Mraz, well, he would never hurt you. That's been clear for years, but never more so than on his 2008 hit "I'm Yours," one of the most indelible pop songs of the last decade. "I'm Yours" found an unlikely counterpart in "Hey, Soul Sister," released the following year by the band Train. Both were expressions of fealty, and both indicated the continuing vitality of maligned soft rock.
  5. ^ Paiva, Derek (September 3, 2009). "Jason Mraz shatters music biz record with Hawaii-influenced "I'm Yours"". Hawai'i Magazine. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  6. ^ Alistair Wood (October 5, 2015). Ukulele For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-119-13597-5.
  7. ^ Molanphy, Chris (July 15, 2023). "Lenny on Mars Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  8. ^ Official Grammy Nominee List Archived January 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "The Nielsen Company & Billboard's 2012 Music Industry Report". The Nielsen Company (Press release). Business Wire. January 4, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  10. ^ Collective, World Music Views Staff Writers (August 11, 2023). "Jason Mraz 'I'm Yours' Becomes The Most Certified Reggae Song Of All Time In The US: 13x Platinum". WMV. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  11. ^ "Jason Mraz's 'I'm Yours' reaches 1 billion streams on Spotify". InqPOP!. July 7, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  12. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  13. ^ "I'm Yours Remix wa wa effect". YouTube. March 28, 2010. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2011.