music.wikisort.org - Composition"Daughters" is the third single from Heavier Things, the 2003 studio album from blues rock singer-songwriter John Mayer. The critically acclaimed song won numerous awards, including the 2005 Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 47th Grammy Awards. It has sold 1,007,000 copies in the US as of May 2013.[1]
2004 single by John Mayer
"Daughters" |
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B-side | "Come Back to Bed", "Home Life" |
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Released | September 28, 2004 |
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Recorded | 2003 |
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Length | 3:59 |
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Label | Columbia |
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Songwriter(s) | John Mayer |
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Producer(s) | Jack Joseph Puig |
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Content
Lyrically, "Daughters" is an admonition to fathers (and to a lesser extent, mothers) to nurture their daughters in their childhood, because the relationship will affect their future relationships with men as adults.[2] He uses his own troubled lover to illustrate his belief.
Mayer has at various times told different, and sometimes conflicting, stories as to the inspiration for the song, ranging from MTV's "Real World" (in a Sirius Morning Mash Up Show interview in May 2007) to an unnamed ex-girlfriend.
In 2010, on VH1's "Storytellers", Mayer stated that he wrote the song about an ex-girlfriend who had trust issues because of her absent father, which led to the decline and eventual split of their relationship.
Personnel
- John Mayer – vocals, guitar
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Jamie Muhoberac – piano
Release controversy
Mayer had been resistant on releasing the song as a single,[3] and was still skeptical despite the Grammy win, which he mentioned in his speech upon receiving the award.[4] On several occasions, Mayer had pushed to release the songs "Come Back to Bed" and "Something's Missing" as singles, as they were more the kind of music he was leaning towards making.[citation needed] However, the label decided that "Daughters" would be more well received by radio. In 2005, Mayer converted the song into an all-out blues song with his group John Mayer Trio on the live album, Try!, stripping away the acoustic elements the song had become known for,[5] although not similar version to the "Electric Guitar Mix" of the song as included on the single's re-release[clarification needed].
Music video
The music video is a grayscale video of Mayer playing the guitar and singing the song in a dark studio, intercut between scenes of a girl (i.e., a "daughter"). The video clip, directed by Mario Sorrenti, features the Australian supermodel Gemma Ward.
Weekly charts
Chart (2004–05) |
Peak position |
Australia (ARIA)[6] |
53 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] |
29 |
US Billboard Hot 100[8] |
19 |
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[9] |
6 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[10] |
2 |
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[11] |
1 |
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[12] |
19 |
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Year-end charts
Chart (2005) |
Position |
US Billboard Hot 100[13] |
83 |
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Certifications
Track listings
All songs are by Mayer unless otherwise noted.
Original release
- "Daughters" – 3:59
- "Come Back to Bed" – 11:56 (Live at the C.W. Mitchell Pavilion, July 24, 2004)
- "Home Life" (David LaBruyere/Mayer) – 6:50 (Live at the Shoreline Amplitheaer, July 16, 2004)
"Come Back to Bed" and "Home Life" are the same live versions that appear on Mayer's as/is volumes released in 2004
Re-release
- "Daughters" – 3:59
- "Daughters" (Electric guitar mix) – 3:59
- "Daughters" (Home demo) – 4:59
"Daughters" was played at the end of the 7th Heaven episode "The Fine Art of Parenting". It was also in the first episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Mayer performed the song himself in the 2015 buddy comedy film Get Hard.
Cover versions
In 2005, trumpeter Rick Braun covered an instrumental version from album "Yours Truly."[16][17]
References
- Brian Mansfield (May 26, 2010). "'Before He Cheats' tops 3 million, and other 'Idol' download news". Idol Chatter. USA Today.
- Miller, Brian (2004). "JOHN MAYER AND HIS INSPIRATION FOR DAUGHTERS" Archived May 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine ArtisanNews.com Retrieved November 15, 2007
- No byline (February 26, 2005), "Backstage Banter". Billboard. 117 (9):69
- Mayer's Grammy speech where he indicated he'd intended other songs for release instead of "Daughters"
- Big Mouth Strikes Again
- "The ARIA Report: Issue 786 (Week Commencing 21 March 2005)". Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 2. Archived from the original (DOC) on March 19, 2005. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- "John Mayer – Daughters" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- "John Mayer Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- "John Mayer Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- "John Mayer Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- "John Mayer Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- "John Mayer Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- "Billboard Top 100 – 2005". Billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- "Yours Truly overview". Allmusic.com.
- "Rick Braun Yours Truly". SmoothViews.com.
External links
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Concert tours |
- John Mayer 2008 Summer Tour
- Born and Raised World Tour
- The Search for Everything World Tour
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Awards for "Daughters" |
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Grammy Award for Song of the Year |
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- "Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2001)
- "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2002)
- "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2003)
- "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2004)
- "Daughters" – John Mayer (songwriter) (2005)
- "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2006)
- "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2007)
- "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2008)
- "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2009)
- "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2010)
- "Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2011)
- "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2012)
- "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2013)
- "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2014)
- "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2015)
- "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2016)
- "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2017)
- "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2018)
- "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2019)
- "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2020)
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На других языках
- [en] Daughters (John Mayer song)
[ru] Daughters (песня Джона Мейера)
«Daughters» (Дочери) — песня американского рок-музыканта и автора песен Джона Мейера с его второго студийного альбома Heavier Things (2003). Песня была написана самим певцом, а продюсером стал Jack Joseph Puig. Удостоена нескольких наград и номинаций, включая Грэмми в категории Лучшая песня года (2005).
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