John Mayer Pairs With Judd Apatow for Funnyordie.com Video

The latest installment in John Mayer's quest to become a viral video superstar (which include running around in a Borat thong, a bling-flaunting "In the Studio" clip with Kanye West and a VH1 TV special) pairs the part-time comedian with producer-of-the-moment Judd Apatow, actress Kristen Bell and others for a spot on Will Ferrell's FunnyOrDie.com.

In "Makin' Music with John Mayer," the guitarist "takes YOU behind the scenes of his song-writing process" (apparently very different from the one he live-blogged about over the weekend) for a look at why he needs a drug addict-for-hire, a focus group and a team of songwriters to pen him tracks about "when you're fucking one supermodel and you make the other ones jealous." At the end, Mayer declares "If I wasn't thought of as a young Bruce Springsteen before, I sure am now!" Click above for the whole thing, and watch out for cameos from Apatow regulars Martin Starr and Steve Bannos.

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Song Stories

“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry | 1984

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.

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