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The Lazy Song

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The Lazy Song is a Reggae and Ska act. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, Jason Mraz and Sugar Ray. Those roots explain a lot about how The Lazy Song arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Set Fire to the Rain, Locked Out of Heaven, Party Rock Anthem, See You Again and Super Bass, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bennett, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around The Lazy Song, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Bennett. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"The Lazy Song" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars for his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010). It was serviced to contemporary hit radios in the United States on February 15, 2011, as the album's third single by Atlantic and Elektra. Development of "The Lazy Song" began while Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine were hanging around the studio and did not feel like working. The trio produced the track under their alias, the Smeezingtons, and wrote the song in collaboration with rapper K'naan. Musically, "The Lazy Song" borrows "heavily from roots reggae" and compared to the reggae style of Jason Mraz, while lyrically it is an anthem to laziness.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Lazy SongThe BeatlesJason MrazSugar RayBennettSet Fire to the RainLocked Out of HeavenParty Rock AnthemSee You AgainSuper BassCastle on the HillMoves Like JaggerBeauty and a Beat

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The Lazy Song connections

The Lazy Song grew out of The Beatles, Jason Mraz and Sugar Ray, shares an orbit with Set Fire to the Rain, Locked Out of Heaven, Party Rock Anthem and See You Again, went on to shape Bennett. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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