Teddy Swims “Lose Control” hit #1

Lose Control Teddy Swims

Writer(s): Jaten Dimsdale, Joshua Coleman, Julian Bunetta, Marco Rodriguez-Diaz Jr., John Sudduth (see lyrics here) Released: June 23, 2023 First Charted: August 19, 2023 Peak: 11 BB, 19 BA, 13 DG, 12 RR, 1<35 AC, 14 A40, 2 AA, 35a RB, 2 UK, 2 CN, 4 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 6.0 US, 1.8 UK, 11.06 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 681.76 video, 1839.33 streaming

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About the Song: Jaten Collin Dimsdale was born in 1992 in Georgia. He grew up listening to Marvin Gaye, Al Green, and Stevie Wonder at an early age. In high school, he got into musical theater and took up instruments including piano and ukulele. He took up the nickname “Teddy Swims” from a childhood reference to his size and “an internet-speak acronym for ‘someone who isn’t me sometimes’ referring to the idea of integrating different parts of his personality.” WK1 He started his career working with a variety of bands in alternative rock, post-hardcore, hair metal, and soul. In June 2019, he posted a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Rock with You” to YouTube. That October he did a cover of Shania Twain’s “You’re Still the One” that became his most-watched video. He showed his diversity with covers of Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved,” Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On.” WK1 He also released his first original single, “Night Off,” in 2019. His major label debut single, “Picky,” followed in January 2020. He released four EPs in 2021 and 2022. In September 2023, he dropped his first studio album, I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1). At this point, he’d released more than 25 singles – none of which had charted. Finally, however, he got his break when “Lose Control,” the album’s lead single, became his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 26, 2023. The song debuted at #99. More than six months later, it went all the way to the top. Songfacts.com said, it “isn’t just a song. It’s a raw, emotional battle cry. Teddy Swims sings about how love turns him into a mess of emotions when he’s not with his sweetheart.” SF It is “a vocally demanding track that explodes into a lung-busting chorus reminiscent of ‘Tennessee Whiskey,’” SF a song popularized by George Jones in 1983 and again by Chris Stapleton in 2015. Swims said of “Lose Control” that, “Being in love can be like an addiction sometimes — always chasing the highs from the lows. It's about losing yourself and losing control when it all starts to cave in and thinking that the only way out is through being with that person, chasing that feeling over and over again.” WK2 Resources: SF Songfacts WK1 Wikipedia entry for Teddy Swims WK2 Wikipedia entry for “Lose Control” Related Links: First posted 4/14/2024; last updated 6/15/2025.

Maroon 5’s “Sugar” released

Sugar Maroon 5

Writer(s): Mike Posner, Adam Levine, Joshua Coleman, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Henry Walter (see lyrics here) Released: January 13, 2015 First Charted: January 18, 2015 Peak: 2 US, 12 RR, 2 AC, 13 A40, 7 UK, 2 CN, 6 AU, 12 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 11.0 US, 1.46 UK, 13.5 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 3514.0 video, 1613.13 streaming

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About the Song: Mike Posner, who co-wrote Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend,” was working on Pages, his follow-up to 2010’s 31 Minutes to Takeoff album and came up with “Sugar.” Maroon 5’s Adam Levine heard the song and wanted it, but Posner declined. However, when Posner switched labels in 2014 and Pages was aborted, he gave the song to Adam. Of the final results, Posner said, “Adam added his flavor to it and…he really sang it well. I’m a big fan, so I’m glad they did it.” WK On the final results, Posner provides additional vocals alongside Levine’s lead vocals. Dr. Luke, the hitmaker who co-produced many of Katy Perry’s singles, helped shape the song into the disco-infused, funk-pop track that it became. Cirkut, who co-wrote Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball,” produced the song along with Amno, who had Kesha’s “We R Who We R” to his credits. SF The song “combines the grooves of the funk and ‘synth-driven’ of the 1980s music nostalgia feeling.” WK Lyrically, “sugar” is used as a reference to sex. VH1’s Alexa Tietjen called it a “radio-friendly pop song” WK and the Idolator’s Mike Wass described it as a “ridiculously catchy jam.” WK The National’s Saeed Saeed praised “Sugar” for having “a bullseye of a chorus that will have you singing along immediately.” WK “Sugar” was the third single from Maroon 5’s fifth studio album, V. Like its predecessors, “Sugar” was a top ten hit in the U.S. It was also their third song to debut in the top ten. WK It was the band’s eighth top-ten hit in a row and eleventh overall. WK The song peaked at #2 for four weeks behind Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk.” The video, directed by David Dobkin, follows the same plot as Wedding Crashers, his 2005 romantic comedy film. The band drive across Los Angeles, showing up at actual weddings as the surprise wedding band. CNN’s Melodi Smith notes that the looks of faces in the rooms are “priceless: delight, tears, confusion.” WK Elizabeth Vanmetre of Daily News wrote that “Having Adam Levine crash your wedding would be the icing on any wedding cake.” WK There were some accusations that the video was staged and filmed with actors, but USA Today’s Carly Mallenbaum analyzed the video to determine that at least two of the weddings were real. WK “Sugar” was nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Resources: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Dr. Luke SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Related Links: Last updated 7/21/2023.