Neon (song)
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| "Neon" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song by John Mayer | ||
| from the album Room for Squares | ||
| Format | Digital download | |
| Recorded | 2001 | |
| Genre | Pop Funk rock |
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| Length | 4:22 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Composer(s) | John Mayer | |
| Producer(s) | John Alagia John Mayer |
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| Room for Squares track listing | ||
| "Your Body Is a Wonderland" (4) |
"Neon" (5) |
City Love (6) |
| Inside Wants Out track listing | ||
| "My Stupid Mouth" (3) |
"Neon" (4) |
"Victoria" (5) |
| Any Given Thursday track listing | ||
| "Comfortable" (6) |
"Neon" (7) |
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| as/is track listing | ||
| "Comfortable" (6) |
"Neon" (7) |
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"Neon" is a song performed by John Mayer and written by Mayer and his former songwriting partner Clay Cook. The two wrote the song while they were known as LoFi Masters.
[edit] Versions
The song appeared twice in Mayer's initial indie EP Inside Wants Out, once simply under the title "Neon", which is a vocal acoustic version, and a second time as "Neon 12:47 AM" which is a live version with a full band, but was notably much shorter than the first version. Mayer then re-recorded the song for his first full studio album Room for Squares, merging elements of the two EP versions (i.e. the length and lyrics of the first and full band as from the second). The song has later appeared on two of Mayer's live albums Any Given Thursday and returning to its acoustic form as a guitar and vocal duet between Mayer and David Ryan Harris on the album as/is.
[edit] Guitar use on "Neon"
The guitar from the cover of Room for Squares is the guitar which Mayer plays on "Neon". "Neon" is the only song from the album that Mayer used this guitar for and he has the guitar tuned uniquely with the low E string dropped to C (I.e. CADGBe). This is not, however, Drop C tuning, as Drop C has the E string dropped to C (I.e. 2 tones), but all other strings are also dropped by one tone (I.e. CGCFAD).
| Studio albums: | Room for Squares · Heavier Things · Continuum |
| EPs: | Inside Wants Out · The Village Sessions |
| Live albums: | Any Given Thursday · As/Is |
| Singles: | "No Such Thing" · "Your Body Is a Wonderland" · "Why Georgia" · "Bigger Than My Body" · "Clarity" · "Daughters" · "Waiting on the World to Change" · "Gravity" |
| Other songs: | "Neon" · "Something's Missing" · "Come Back To Bed" |
| John Mayer Trio: | Try! · "Who Did You Think I Was" · "Live at Yahoo! Music" |
| Affiliated people: | David LaBruyere · Clay Cook · David Ryan Harris · Pino Palladino · Steve Jordan · Chad Franscoviak |
