Synopsis
John Mayer performs "Your Body Is A Wonderland" in an intimate, dreamlike setting built around romance and playful sensuality. The video cuts between Mayer singing and playing guitar and surreal images of porcelain dolls, bubble gum, and a woman portrayed by Holly Lynch. Its soft lighting and bedroom imagery echo the song's private, tactile mood, while the handmade-looking visual details give the otherwise straightforward love song a slightly whimsical, childlike atmosphere.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was released in 2002, following the song's June 3, 2002 release as the second single from Mayer's debut album, *Room for Squares*.
- Holly Lynch appears as the woman in the video. The clip also includes footage of Mayer performing live, intercut with porcelain-doll and bubble-gum imagery.
- The song won John Mayer the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003. He also performed it during the ceremony, making it part of his first Grammy appearance.
- "Your Body Is A Wonderland" later became a pop-culture reference point through *The Office* episode "A Benihana Christmas," in which Michael Scott and Andy Bernard perform it as a karaoke duet. Mayer reportedly allowed its use in exchange for a Dundie award.