I'm On Fire (Bonus Track)

Recorded in 2009 during the Battle Studies sessions, with John Mayer covering Bruce Springsteen's 1984 song. Mayer sang and played acoustic guitar, with Pino Palladino on bass and Steve Jordan on drums and percussion. Released by Columbia in 2009 as an iTunes exclusive bonus track on Battle Studies, I'm On Fire placed Mayer's version within the album's restrained guitar-led sessions. It connected his singer-songwriter period to one of Springsteen's most widely covered 1980s recordings. The track remains a documented Battle Studies-era bonus recording and one of Mayer's studio covers. Its later digital availability kept it in circulation beyond the original preorder and deluxe-album context.