Riley Green Puts A Country Spin On John Mayer’s “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room”

Just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Today, Riley Green released a cover of John Mayer’s “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” as part of this year’s Spotify Singles – Valentine’s Day edition series.

Artists regularly do exclusive singles with Spotify, in addition to reimagining their own songs, and this one is sure to have the ladies especially excited, I have no doubt about that. Of course, “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” is from Mayer’s 2006 album Continuum, and quickly became a fan-favorite and one of his most commercially successful tracks, even though it was never released as an official single.

Plenty of modern country artists cite John Mayer as one of their biggest inspirations, like Ernest and Parker McCollum, but it’s fun to hear Riley’s decidedly-country take on this classic. He definitely added the twang in the production, and these types of more simple, heart-wrenching songs.

While this song isn’t exactly a super sweet love song (if you listen to the lyrics, it’s actually pretty sad), there’s still something so sultry about it that I think fits right in line with songs like Riley’s “Worst Way” in a lot of aspects.

Right now, you can only listen on Spotify, but if you don’t use that particular streaming service, you can listen to a clip of it here:

“Slow Dancing in a Burning Room”

Riley will hit the road on his Damn Country Music Tour in March, and you can check out the full list of dates below. If we’re lucky, I’d bet there’s more new music coming soon too…

DAMN COUNTRY MUSIC TOUR DATES:

March 27, 2025 – Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Centre
March 28, 2025 – Kelowna, BC – Prospera Place
March 30, 2025 – Regina, SK – Brandt Centre
April 3, 2025 – Kingston, ON – Slush Puppie Place
April 4, 2025 – Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum
April 5, 2025 – London, ON – Budweiser Gardens
May 1, 2025 – Athens, GA – Akins Ford Arena
May 9, 2025 – Lake Charles, LA – Lake Charles Event Center
May 10, 2025 – Tupelo, MS – Cadence Bank Arena
May 29, 2025 – Youngstown, OH – Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre
May 30, 2025 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center
May 31, 2025 – Detroit, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
June 12, 2025 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion
June 13, 2025 – Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion
June 14, 2025 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park
June 19, 2025 – Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater
June 21, 2025 – Huntington, WV – Marshall Health Network Arena
July 24, 2025 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17
July 25, 2025 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
July 26, 2025 – Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion
August 21, 2025 – Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater
August 22, 2025 – Idaho Falls, ID – Mountain America Center
August 23, 2025 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater