Counting down my favorite songs from the new John Mayer album, Sob Rock…

#3. ‘Til the Right One Comes’

Few people deliver breezy pop as well as John Mayer, and this song is a great example of how he spins gold out of a very simple ditty.

‘Til the Right One Comes’ gives me definite Paul Simon vibes, and its keyboards hint at Talking Heads’ ‘This Must Be the Place.’ I don’t know if he was deliberately seeking to invoke 80s world music (minus the drums) but that’s the feeling I get.

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