Jack Johnson is one of those artists who has written just one song and made a career out of recording it in slightly different ways.

OK, I say that with some degree of confidence, but the truth is I only own one full album of his (Brushfire Fairytales) and I’ve only heard a handful of songs apart from that album. So maybe he does things that are completely unexpected on the rest of his discography. But somehow I doubt it.

Of the various incarnations of the single Jack Johnson song, two stand out in my mind as the best of the bunch.

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