{"id":1004,"date":"2026-10-26T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:56:22","slug":"mm-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2026\/10\/26\/mm-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1005\" style=\"width:839px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/image-3.png 300w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/image-3-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Won&amp;apos;t Give Up - Jason Mraz (Lyrics)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0cNhpIzUreI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;I Won&#8217;t Give Up&#8221; is a song by American singer-songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Mraz\">Jason Mraz<\/a>. It was released as the first official single from his fourth studio album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Love_Is_a_Four_Letter_Word_(album)\">Love Is a Four Letter Word<\/a><\/em>, on December 26, 2011, via <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ITunes\">iTunes<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Won%27t_Give_Up#cite_note-1\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/sup>It was written by Mraz and Michael Natter, and produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Chiccarelli\">Joe Chiccarelli<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The acoustic <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folk_blues\">folk blues<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folk-pop\">folk-pop<\/a> ballad was written during his activist outings and discusses not giving up on loving someone, loving oneself, and not giving up on one&#8217;s dreams. It received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who agreed that the song is straightforward, emotional and inspiring.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The song was also a success on the charts, debuting at number 8 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100\"><em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100<\/a> chart, becoming his second top-ten single, after &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I&apos;m_Yours_(Jason_Mraz_song)\">I&#8217;m Yours<\/a>&#8221; (2008). Internationally, the song achieved large success, reaching top-ten positions in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ireland\">Ireland<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Netherlands\">Netherlands<\/a>, while reaching top-twenty positions in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria\">Austria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\">Canada<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\">United Kingdom<\/a> and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . &#8220;I Won&#8217;t Give Up&#8221; is a song by American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz. It was released as the first official single from his fourth studio album, Love Is a Four Letter Word, on December 26, 2011, via iTunes.\u00a0\u00a0It was written by Mraz and Michael Natter, and produced by Joe Chiccarelli. 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