"Wordplay" is a song by

Jason Mraz Jason Thomas Mraz (; born June 23, 1977) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, ''Waiting for My Rocket to Come'' (2002), which spawned the single " The Remedy (I Won't ...

released as the first single from his 2005 album '' Mr. A–Z''. The song was Mraz's second entry on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 81 after " The Remedy (I Won't Worry)". The song was the most successful single from ''Mr. A–Z''.

Music video

Directed by

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, the

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starts with Mraz, his band, and a wizard (who magically plays the guitar) all playing their instruments in a field. He is then seen sitting on fallen tree playing his guitar. While he is playing his guitar an old man can be seen walking by who cannot stand listening to the music he is playing. The old man then begins the process of

stoning Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave misdeeds since ancient times. The Torah and Ta ...

him to try to get him to stop. Throughout the video more and more people gather to continue stoning him. The wizard, who is playing the guitar, is actually Mraz himself dressed as the wizard. The video then continues to show all of the previous shots. It ends with him extremely injured from being stoned and then fades to black.

Track listing

# " I'm Yours" (original demo) # "Wordplay"amazon.co
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/ref> # "Life Is Wonderful" (alternate version) (featuring Gregory Page)

Personnel

– lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars *Jack Daley – bass guitar *Lyle Workman – electric guitar, Dobro resonator guitar * Nir "Nir Z" Zidkyahu – drums *

Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (born May 27, 1966) is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the bands Jellyfish (band), Jellyfish, the Moog Cookbook, and Imperial Drag. He has also spent several years as a member of Beck's ba ...

– keyboards *Bashiri Johnson – percussion *Josh Deutsch – castanets, production, executive production *Kevin Kadish – acoustic guitar, production *Samuel "Vaughn" Merrick – engineering *David Thoener – mixing *

Ted Jensen Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' ''Hotel California'', Green Day's '' American Idiot'' and Norah Jones' ''Come Away with Me''. Biography Ted ...

– mastering

Charts

References

{{Jason Mraz 2005 singles Jason Mraz songs Song recordings produced by Steve Lillywhite Songs written by Jason Mraz 2005 songs Atlantic Records singles Songs written by Kevin Kadish