John Mayer Daughters Lyrics Meaning

2004 single by John Mayer

“Daughters”
Single by John Mayer
from the album Heavier Things
B-side	“Come Back to Bed”, “Home Life”
Released	September 28, 2004
Recorded	2003
Genre	Acoustic rock blues rock
Length	3:59
Etiket	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	John Mayer
Producer(s)	Jack Joseph Puig
John Mayer singles chronology
“Clarity” (2004) “Daughters” (2004) “Go!” (2005)

“Daughters” is the third single from
Heavier Things, the 2003 sanggar 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 2022.^[1]

Content

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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 “Cak benar World” (in a Sirius Morning Mash Up Show interview in May 2007) to an unnamed ex-girlfriend.

In 2022, 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

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• John Mayer – vocals, guitar
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Jamie Muhoberac – piano

Release controversy

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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]
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Try!, stripping away the acoustic elements the song tenggat become known for,^[5]
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Music video

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The music video is a grayscale video of Mayer playing the guitar and singing the song in a dark padepokan, intercut between scenes of a girl (i.e., a “daughter”). The video clip, directed by Mario Sorrenti, features the Australian supermodel Gemma Ward.

Chart performance

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Certifications

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Track listings

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All songs are by Mayer unless otherwise noted.

Original release

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1. “Daughters” – 3:59
2. “Come Back to Bed” – 11:56 (Live at the C.W. Mitchell Pavilion, July 24, 2004)
3. “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

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1. “Daughters” – 3:59
2. “Daughters” (Electric guitar mix) – 3:59
3. “Daughters” (Home demo) – 4:59

Appearances in media

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“Daughters” was played at the end of the
7th Heaven
fragmen “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 2022 buddy comedy gambar hidup
Get Hard.

Cover versions

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In 2005, trumpeter Rick Braun covered an instrumental version from album “Yours Truly.”^[16]
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References

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External links

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• John Mayer playing “Daughters” live
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  in New York
• “Daughters” music video on YouTube
• John Mayer – Daughters (Live at the GRAMMYs)
  on YouTube
• “Daughters” lyrics, at Yahoo! Music
• “John Mayer and His Inspiration for Daughters” (requires RealPlayer)