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Lucky (Jason Mraz song)

"Lucky" is a song by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat. It is the third single from Mraz's third studio album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The song has been on the Billboard charts as well as on the other music charts worldwide.
A Spanish version of the song, called "Suerte", was recorded alongside Mexican singer Ximena SariƱana for the Latin American and Spanish re-edition of the album.[2] Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Jason Mraz and Lil Wayne also did a remix of the song "Lucky" and later was released on Z100. Dianna Agron and Chord Overstreet performed a cover version of the song on a 2010 episode of Glee.[3]

 

 

Mraz became a fan of Caillat after hearing her music on MySpace. He then cold-called her to see if she'd want to write and sing together. In an interview with VH1, Mraz stated that he "played a songwriting game" with friends to see how the lyrics would go.[4] Mraz and Caillat performed the song on Saturday Night Live on January 31, 2009.[5] They performed the song again on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in February.

 

"Lucky" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 96 for the issue dated January 31, 2009. On the same week it had a debut on the Pop 100 chart at 84 and moved to a peak of 48. The next week the song rose to number 84 on the Hot 100 and peaked at number 48.[6] On the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks, the song is already a Top 10 hit, reaching #9.
The song has also charted on the Dutch Top 40 at number 27 and moved to peak of 8.
On the Canadian Hot 100 charted on 70 and moved to 56. The song re-entry on the Canadian Charts on the issue of April 30, 2009 at #99.[7]
It also charted on the Swiss Singles Chart charts at 34 but started going down the following weeks.[6]

 

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