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Inside Wants Out by John Mayer
Inside Wants Out is an EP by John Mayer, released in 1999. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 14 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “No Such Thing”, on 14 lists with a best position of #16.
Inside Wants Out, John Mayer's debut EP, came out in 1999, while he was still a club-circuit guitar slinger in Atlanta. He'd quit Berklee College of Music in Boston and headed south in 1997 alongside his guitar buddy Clay Cook, and when their duo Lo-Fi Masters fizzled he kept plugging away at local gigs, sharpening his chops and gathering a small following.
It's a folky, mostly acoustic affair, and it doubles as a sketchbook for what came next: "Back to You", "No Such Thing", "My Stupid Mouth" and "Neon" were all cut again for Room for Squares, his first full-length, in 2001. Columbia gave the EP a second life on August 2, 2002, minus "Neon 12:47 AM".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Inside Wants Out on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Such Thing | 14 | #16 | – | 2002–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.