Jason Mraz recently revealed the inspiration for his provocative song 'Butterfly' in an interview with Rolling Stone. The song evokes an array of sexual images relating to a female stripper or pole dancer: "I'm your pole and all you're wearing is your shoes..."
Mraz explains that the song was inspired by watching a burlesque show:
“When I took a break to make this record, I joined my roommate Bushwalla’s band — I was the guitarist and background vocalist,” Mraz said. “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.’"
Watch a Jason Mraz performance of "Butterfly" from 2008:
Meanwhile, another song from Mraz's latest album has just made Billboard chart history. "I'm Yours" has become the longest-running single of all time spending 70 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
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