It looks like John Mayer’s brand new album Battle Studies, released this past Tuesday, is on the fast track to top the Billboard Top 200 chart.   This would be the second time John will have an album take the top spot week of release.   Of special interest to all you country fans will be the upbeat third track on the album,  “Half of My Heart” which he recorded with Taylor Swift.

John has not historically recorded a lot of collaborations so this record was a bit of an exception for him.  In fact, he has never put a song out with another artist’s name under the title.

John had this to say in a recent interview with Access Hollywood, “I don’t normally make records to share tracks with people. I’ve never had somebody’s name underneath the title of my song and I couldn’t be happier that she’s on there.”    John said he considers Taylor a friend, noting, “I think she’s a really remarkable person and it’ll be nice to have her name on the record for the rest of my life.”

John went on to say that he thinks it’s “totally sweet” that “Taylor Swift is the last person to know she’s Taylor Swift.”  He elaborates, “It’s almost like Taylor Swift is like a character in a movie about a small town girl who has her dreams come true and what any small town girl would do when their dreams come true is to freak out.  I still like it that she freaks out, but pretty soon she’s gonna have to stop because it’s sort of like, ‘You’re that good. You’re that good. You might have to go to therapy and have someone else tell you you’re that good.’” He adds, “It’s great to have someone who’s hugely talented and still is able to receive the pleasure in all moments.”

The album is currently sitting at #1 in the “Rock” category at Amazon.com and #5 overall.

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