Know (album)

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Know
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Studio album by
Jason Mraz
ReleasedAugust 10, 2018
Recorded2017–2018
Genre Pop rock
Length36:27
Label Atlantic
Jason Mraz chronology
Yes!
(2014)		Know
(2018)		 Look for the Good
(2020)
Singles from Know
  1. "Have It All"
    Released: April 27, 2018
  2. "Unlonely"
    Released: June 14, 2018
  3. "Might As Well Dance"
    Released: July 6, 2018
  4. "More than Friends"
    Released: October 8, 2018 [1]

Know is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz. The album was released on August 10, 2018 by Atlantic Records. [2] The album's lead single "Have It All" was released on April 27, 2018, accompanied by a video filmed with performing arts students from his hometown of Richmond. [3] [4] The video for the third track released on July 6, 2018, "Might as Well Dance", features footage shot at Mraz's wedding. [5]

Contents

The album is a further collaboration between Jason Mraz and the members of indie-rock-folk band Raining Jane: Mai Bloomfield, Becky Gebhardt, Chaska Potter and Mona Tavakoli, with whom Mraz has been working since 2007, and who were his backing band on his previous album Yes! . [6] The band returns to back him on Know and helped in writing a number of songs as well. The album peaked at number 9 on the US Billboard 200 chart.

Commercial performance

In the United States, Know debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 with 33,000 album-equivalent units, which included 26,000 pure album sales. [7] It is Mraz's fifth top-ten album in the country. [7]

Track listing

Know track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Let's See What the Night Can Do"
  • Jason Mraz
  • Jon Green
Andrew Wells4:05
2."Have It All"
  • Mraz
  • David Hodges
  • Jacob Kasher Hindlin
  • Mona Tavakoli
  • Chaska Lela Potter
  • Mai Sunshine Bloomfield
  • Rebecca Emily Gebhardt
  • Hodges
  • Wells
  • Kasher
3:46
3."More than Friends" (featuring Meghan Trainor)
  • Mraz
  • Green
  • Wells
  • Meghan Trainor
Wells3:01
4."Unlonely"
Wells3:51
5."Better with You"
  • Alagia
  • Wells
2:41
6."No Plans"
Wells2:28
7."Sleeping to Dream"
  • Mraz
  • Peter Stuart
Wells3:42
8."Making It Up"
  • Mraz
  • Bob Schneider
  • Wells
  • Jalhay
2:53
9."Might as Well Dance"Mraz
  • André de Santanna
  • Wells [a]
3:56
10."Love Is Still the Answer"
  • Wilson
  • John Sinclair [a]
  • Brian W. Brundage [a]
6:06
Japanese bonus tracks [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."The Other Side"
  • Mraz
  • Michael Pollack
  • Michael Matosic
2:53
12."Have It All" (Easy Star All-Stars & Michael Goldwasser Reggae Mix)
  • Mraz
  • Hodges
  • Hindlin
  • Tavakoli
  • Potter
  • Bloomfield
  • Gebhardt
4:20
Total length:43:45

Notes

Personnel

Raining Jane

Charts

Chart performance for Know
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 39
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 46
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [13] 10
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15] 27
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [16] 15
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [17] 11
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [18] 22
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [19] 37
Scottish Albums (OCC) [20] 46
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [21] 30
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [22] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 14
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 46
US Billboard 200 [7] 9

Release history

Release history and formats for Know
RegionDateFormatLabel
VariousAugust 10, 2018 CD, digital download Atlantic

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