It was first performed live on Kidd Kraddick, on October 19, 2010. On October 22, 2010, a "soulful" arrangement of the song was sung for a "Billboard" Tastemakers video session. On April 28, 2011 he performed the song on the tenth season of "American Idol". Mars also performed it at the "NBA All-Star Tip Off Pre-Show" in February 2011. The song was also performed on "NBC's Today Show" on June 24, 2011. According to MTV's Dannielle Genet, the singer "really got the crowd amped" during the performance of the track. On June 28 of that year Mars performed in the "X Factor" finale of France with the two finalists. On July 27, 2011, he performed the song at KIIS FM. It was the seventh song of his debut world tour, The Doo-Wops &amp; Hooligans Tour (2010), the eight song on the Hooligans in Wondaland Tour (2011), and it was performed in Australia, Asia and on the second North America leg of his world tour, The Moonshine Jungle Tour (2013–14). In 2020, American singer-songwriter Bennett covered "The Lazy Song" as part of the tenth anniversary of Mars's debut album.