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"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 didn't 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" has been described as borrowing "heavily from roots reggae" and has been compared to the reggae style of Jason Mraz, while lyrically it is an anthem to laziness.

"The Lazy Song" reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, while it topped the charts in Denmark and in the United Kingdom. It charted on most markets within the top five. It was certified seven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), five times by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and four times by Music Canada (MC), respectively. It was one of the best selling digital singles of 2011 with sales of 6.5 million copies. Cameron Duddy and Mars directed the accompanying music video, in which Mars hangs out with five dancers wearing monkey masks while jesting around in his underwear. Mars sang "The Lazy Song" on the television show American Idol and performed it during The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour (2010–12), the Hooligans in Wondaland Tour (2011), and occasionally on The Moonshine Jungle Tour (2013–14).

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Relationships

writer:K’naan (Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist)
Philip Lawrence (urban songwriter/producer, of The Smeezingtons)
Ari Levine
Bruno Mars (US singer)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Bruno-mars-the-lazy-song-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/130998 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0039503568 [info]
Songfacts:https://www.songfacts.com/facts/bruno-mars/the-lazy-song [info]
Wikidata:Q194499 [info]

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
2021-10-16Sleepy Singing (live 2021-10-16, unarchived karaoke)cover and liveNanashi Mumei44:53
Bruno Mars ‘The Lazy Song’coverWalt Ribeiro3:22
Lazy SongcoverJason Chen feat. Gerald Ko2:58
The Lazy SongcoverNorth Shore1:54
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:07
The Lazy SongcoverChir Cataran3:29
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:15
The Lazy SongcoverKidz Bop3:09
The Lazy SongcoverJake Coco3:11
The Lazy SongcoverSabrina5:05
The Lazy SongcoverKidz Bop3:11
The Lazy SongcoverWalker Campbell3:11
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:10
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:10
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:10
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:09
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:13
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:09
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:10
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:10
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:08
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:16
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:16
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:09
The Lazy SongBruno Mars5:05
The Lazy SongBruno Mars?:??
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:10
The Lazy SongcoverAlex Goot3:14
The Lazy Song (radio edit)Bruno Mars3:10
The Lazy Songcover and instrumentalMidnite String Quartet2:58
The Lazy SongBruno Mars3:10
The Lazy Song (new version)Bruno Mars3:10