Any Given Thursday

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Any Given Thursday is a live CD/DVD by John Mayer, recorded in Birmingham, Alabama on September 12, 2002 during the Room for Squares tour. The album quickly peaked at #17 on the Billboard 200 chart. It features mostly songs from Room for Squares, but also features "Something's Missing", which appeared on Heavier Things, his following album; "Comfortable" from his original EP Inside Wants Out. The live album also features "Man On The Side" (co-written with Cook) and "Covered in Rain" neither of which had never been released on a studio recording. "Covered in Rain", according to a documentary included in the DVD release, is "part two" of the song "City Love", which features the line "covered in rain. The concert features songs previously not heard, such as "Something's Missing", which later appeared on Heavier Things and (as of 2007) is the only song to have appeared on every live release.

In Australia, the DVD is certified 2x platinum by ARIA for sales of 30,000 copies.

Track listing

All songs written by John Mayer unless noted otherwise.

Disc one

1. "3x5" – 8:05
2. "No Such Thing" (Clay Cook, John Mayer) – 4:46
3. "Back to You" – 4:36
4. "City Love" – 5:11
5. "Something's Missing" – 6:47
6. "Man on the Side" Medley – 8:46
   • "Lenny" (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
   • "Man on the Side" (Cook, Mayer)
7. "Message in a Bottle" (The Police) – 5:06
   • Features "Jóga" (DVD version only) (Björk)
8. "Love Song for No One" (Cook, Mayer) – 3:35

Disc two

1. "Why Georgia" – 8:24
2. "Your Body Is a Wonderland" – 6:05
3. "My Stupid Mouth" – 5:02
4. "Covered in Rain" – 10:25
5. "83" Medley – 7:29
   • "83" (Mayer)
   • "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (Robert Hazard)
   • "Let's Hear It for the Boy" (Deniece Williams)
6. "Comfortable" (Cook, Mayer) – 7:37
7. "Neon" – 10:22
   • Features a drum solo and a bass guitar solo

DVD version

1. Introduction
2. "3x5" – 8:05
3. "No Such Thing" (Cook, Mayer) – 4:46
4. "Back to You" – 4:36
5. "City Love" – 5:11
6. "Something's Missing" – 6:47
7. "Man on the Side" Medley – 8:46
   • "Lenny" (Vaughan)
   • "Man on the Side" (Cook, Mayer)
8. "Message in a Bottle" (The Police) – 5:06
   • Features "Jóga" as an interlude (Björk)
9. "Love Song for No One" (Cook, Mayer) – 3:35
10. "Why Georgia" – 8:24
11. "Your Body Is a Wonderland" – 6:05
12. "My Stupid Mouth" – 5:02
13. "Covered in Rain" – 10:25
14. "83" Medley – 7:29
    • "83" (Mayer)
    • "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (Hazard)
    • "Let's Hear It For The Boy" (Williams)
15. "Comfortable" (Cook, Mayer) – 7:37
16. "Neon" – 10:22
    • Features a drum solo and a bass guitar solo
17. Credits

Personnel

• John Mayer – vocals, guitars, keyboards
• Michael Chaves – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
• David LaBruyere – bass guitars
• Stephen Chopek – drums, percussion

Differences between the DVD and CD releases

• The song "Jóga" (originally by experimental musical artist Björk) does not appear on the CD release due to copyright troubles; however, does appear on the DVD.
• Between many songs, the CD contains some brief comments by Mayer. On the DVD these comments tend to be longer, including a few long monologues by Mayer referred by Mayer himself as "John's Story Time" (on the DVD commentary).
• Extended introductory explanations to songs (such as "City Love").

DVD special features

• An audio commentary of the concert by Mayer and his friend Scotty Crowe (whose blog is hosted on Mayer's site as of 2007).
• A photo gallery from the tour (not exclusively the concert shown in the video itself).
• A documentary of an interview with Mayer entitled "The Morning After" in which Mayer talks about his influences, some meanings of songs and just general information about Mayer. The video is taken the Friday morning after the concert.

Miscellanea

• The album was recorded four years to the day prior to the U.S. release of Mayer's third studio album Continuum.
• On the concert, Mayer pre-empts playing "Your Body Is a Wonderland" by telling the audience that he wrote the song there, in Birmingham.