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Jason Mraz’s new album and Dancing With the Stars appearance have revived his career. As the song says, he “won’t give up.”

“It’s just been wild,” Mraz says about his whirlwind year. “Honestly, I couldn’t have planned it.”

When talking about being a fan favourite on DWTS, Mraz says, “I had no idea I would do this well. I thought I would go on the show and do a couple of dances, and hopefully one of them would be to my song, “I Feel Like Dancing”…I had no idea that I would connect to dance, to my body, and even to fans. I’m already deeper into this than I imagined I would be. I canceled all my plans for the rest of the year because I realized, ‘Uh oh. I’m really on this show.’ I’m very surprised.”

Since 2008’s “I’m Yours,” the singer has had his best year. Mraz released a 15th-anniversary version of “We Sing. We Dance,” the album that produced “I’m Yours,” along with his eighth studio album.