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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Billboard: Airplay, 1984-present

Billboard’s Biggest Airplay Hits:

1984-present

Billboard magazine started its airplay chart on October 20, 1984 to track the biggest hits as played on radio. This list focuses on the biggest hits on that chart based on weeks at #1. All songs which spent seven weeks or more at #1 are included in this list. Ties are broken by songs’ overall Dave’s Music Database points.

See other chart-based lists here and specific Billboard lists here.

    26 weeks:

  1. The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (2019)
    18 weeks:

  2. Goo Goo Dolls “Iris (1998)
    16 weeks:

  3. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005)
  4. No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (1995)
  5. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)
    14 weeks:

  6. Céline Dion “Because You Loved Me (1996)
  7. Alicia Keys “No One” (2007)
  8. Panic! At the Disco “High Hopes” (2018)
    13 weeks:

  9. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)
  10. Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (1992)
  11. Ace of Base “The Sign” (1993)
  12. TLC “No Scrubs’ (1999)
  13. Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (1996)
    12 weeks:

  14. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
  15. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)
  16. Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (2004)
  17. Rihanna with Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (2011)
  18. Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (1994)
  19. Nelly with Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” (2002)
    11 weeks:

  20. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
  21. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
  22. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013)
  23. Adele “Hello” (2015)
  24. The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (2016)
  25. Beyoncé “Irreplaceable” (2006)
  26. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (2015)
  27. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (1997)
  28. Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (1993)
  29. Post Malone “Circles” (2019)
  30. Mario “Let Me Love You” (2004)
  31. Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee” (1994)
  32. 24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood” (2020)
  33. Khalid “Talk” (2019)
    10 weeks:

  34. Céline Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997)
  35. Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (1995)
  36. Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1993)
  37. Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop” (2008)
  38. Mariah Carey “Hero” (1993)
  39. Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish” (2002)
  40. Mariah Carey “Someday” (1990)
  41. Usher “U Got It Bad” (2001)
  42. Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak as Silk Sonic “Leave the Door Open” (2021)
    9 weeks:

  43. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
  44. 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002)
  45. Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
  46. Jay-Z with Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind” (2009)
  47. All-4-One “I Swear” (1994)
  48. Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (2000)
  49. Madonna “Take a Bow” (1994)
  50. Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like” (2016)

  51. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (1997)
  52. Jewel “You Were Meant for Me” (1995)
  53. Paula Abdul “Rush Rush” (1991)
  54. Mary J. Blige “Be Without You” (2005)
  55. Zedd with Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle” (2018)
  56. Beyoncé with Sean Paul “Baby Boy” (2003)
  57. Aaliyah “Try Again” (2000)
  58. Brandy “Have You Ever?” (1998)
    8 weeks:

  59. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991)
  60. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)

  61. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
  62. Eminem with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)
  63. Sia with Sean Paul “Cheap Thrills” (2016)
  64. Vanessa Williams “Save the Best for Last” (1992)
  65. T.I. with Rihanna “Live Your Life” (2008)
  66. Maroon 5 “One More Night” (2012)
  67. T.I. “Whatever You Like” (2008)
  68. The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” (1995)
  69. Usher “Burn” (2004)
  70. Mariah Carey “I’ll Be There” (live, 1992)

  71. Maroon 5 “Don’t Wanna Know” (2016)
  72. T-Pain with Yung Joc “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” (2007)
  73. Chris Brown with Young Thug “Go Crazy” (2020)
    7 weeks:

  74. Nelly “Hot in Herre” (2002)
  75. Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera “Moves Like Jagger” (2011)
  76. Ke$ha “Tik Tok” (2009)
  77. Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” (2010)
  78. John Legend “All of Me” (2013)
  79. The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face” (2015)
  80. Fergie “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)” (2007)

  81. Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (1995)
  82. Bruno Mars “Locked Out of Heaven” (2012)
  83. 50 Cent with Olivia “Candy Shop” (2005)
  84. Usher with will.i.am “OMG” (2010)
  85. Justin Timberlake “Mirrors” (2013)
  86. Ciara with Petey Pablo “Goodies” (2004)
  87. Rihanna with Drake “What’s My Name?” (2010)
  88. Chris Brown with Juelz Santana “Run It!” (2005)
  89. Janet Jackson “Love Will Never Do without You” (1989)
  90. Sisqó “Thong Song” (2000)

  91. Dionne Farris “I Know” (1995)
  92. T.I. with Justin Timberlake “Dead and Gone” (2008)
  93. Destiny’s Child “Jumpin’ Jumpin’” (1999)
  94. Cassie “Me & U” (2006)
  95. Dua Lipa “Levitating” (2020)
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Saturday, May 8, 2021

Adult Top 40: Top 100+ Songs

Adult Top 40, 1996-2021:

Top 100+ Songs

In 2016, Billboard magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary of the Adult Pop Songs chart, a chart which it referred to as “Top 40 for people over 25.” They published a list of the top 50 “Greatest Of All Time Adult Pop Songs.” Dave’s Music Database has reworked the list to rank the songs based on most weeks at #1 and then, for ties, by overall points in Dave’s Music Database. All songs which spent at least 5 weeks at #1 are in the list below, pushing this a few notches past a top 100 list.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

    25 weeks:

  1. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)

    23 weeks:

  2. The Calling “Wherever You Will Go” (2001)

    20 weeks:

  3. The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (2019)

    18 weeks:

  4. Nickelback “Photograph” (2005)
  5. Matchbox 20 “Unwell” (2002)

    17 weeks:

  6. Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (1998)

    16 weeks:

  7. Avril Lavigne “Complicated” (2002)

    15 weeks:

  8. The Fray “How to Save a Life” (2005)
  9. Panic! At the Disco “High Hopes” (2018)

    14 weeks:

  10. No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (1995)
  11. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)
  12. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (1997)
  13. Train “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” (2001)
  14. Maroon 5 “Memories” (2019)
  15. Vertical Horizon “Everything You Want’ (1999)

    13 weeks:

  16. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
  17. Maroon 5 “This Love” (2002)
  18. 3 Doors Down “Here Without You” (2002)
  19. Matchbox 20 “Bent” (2000)
  20. Maroon 5 “She Will Be Loved” (2002)

  21. Colbie Caillat “Bubbly” (2007)
  22. Matchbox 20 “If You’re Gone” (2000)
  23. Santana with Michelle Branch “The Game of Love” (2002)

    12 weeks:

  24. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)
  25. Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (1996)
  26. Daniel Powter “Bad Day” (2005)

    11 weeks:

  27. Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (2004)
  28. Kings of Leon “Use Somebody” (2008)
  29. Pink with Nate Ruess “Just Give Me a Reason” (2012)

    10 weeks:

  30. Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” (2007)
  31. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)
  32. Hoobastank “The Reason” (2003)
  33. Sugar Ray “Every Morning” (1998)
  34. Avirl Lavigne “I’m with You” (2002)
  35. Rob Thomas “Lonely No More” (2005)
  36. KT Tunstall “Black Horse & the Cherry Tree” (2004)
  37. Matchbox 20 “3 A.M.” (1996)
  38. Daughtry “Home” (2007)

    9 weeks:

  39. Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
  40. Adele “Someone Like You (2011)
  41. Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (2016)
  42. Lady Antebellum “Need You Now” (2009)
  43. Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” (2010)
  44. Sara Bareilles “Love Song” (2007)
  45. Kelly Clarkson “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” (2011)
  46. Jonas Brothers “Sucker” (2019)
  47. Smash Mouth “All Star” (1999)
  48. The Fray “You Found Me” (2008)
  49. Lifehouse “You and Me” (2005)
  50. Dido “Thank You” (2000)

  51. Maroon 5 with Kendrick Lamar “Don’t Wanna Know” (2016)
  52. Sheryl Crow “Soak Up the Sun” (2002)
  53. Daughtry “It’s Not Over” (2006)
  54. Santana with Chad Kroeger or Alex Band “Why Don’t You and I?” (2002)

    8 weeks:

  55. Jason Mraz “I’m Yours” (2008)
  56. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
  57. The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (2012)
  58. Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (1996)
  59. Creed “With Arms Wide Open” (1999)
  60. Maroon 5 “One More Night” (2012)

  61. Walk the Moon “Shut Up and Dance” (2014)
  62. Tracy Chapman “Give Me One Reason” (1995)
  63. Shawn Mullins “Lullaby (Rock-a-Bye)” (1998)
  64. Ava Max “Kings & Queens” (2020)
  65. Kelly Clarkson “Already Gone” (2009)
  66. Goo Goo Dolls “Give a Little Bit” (2004)

    7 weeks:

  67. Adele “Hello” (2015)
  68. Sia with Sean Paul “Cheap Thrills” (2016)
  69. One Republic “Counting Stars” (2013)
  70. Fergie “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)” (2006)

  71. The Chainsmokers with Coldplay “Something Just Like This” (2017)
  72. Eric Clapton “Change the World” (1996)
  73. Pink “Raise Your Glass” (2010)
  74. Ed Sheeran with Justin Bieber “I Don’t Care” (2019)
  75. Imagine Dragons “Thunder” (2017)
  76. Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home” (1996)
  77. Zedd with Meren Morris & Grey “The Middle” (2018)
  78. Sarah McLachlan “Angel” (1997)
  79. Shinedown “Second Chance” (2008)
  80. Pink “Fuckin’ Perfect” (2010)

  81. The Script “Breakeven” (2008)
  82. Sister Hazel “All for You” (1997)
  83. Sophie B. Hawkins “As I Lay Me Down” (1995)

    6 weeks:

  84. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
  85. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)
  86. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013)
  87. Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud” (2014)
  88. Coldplay “Viva La Vida” (2008)
  89. Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (1994)
  90. Taylor Swift “Blank Space” (2014)

  91. One Republic with Timbaland “Apologize” (2006)
  92. Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (1999)
  93. Train “Hey, Soul Sister” (2009)
  94. Maroon 5 with Wiz Khalifa “Payphone” (2012)
  95. Jewel “You Were Meant for Me” (1995)
  96. Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved” (2018)
  97. Imagine Dragons “Believer” (2017)
  98. Shawn Mendes “Treat You Better” (2016)
  99. Ed Sheeran “Photograph” (2014)
  100. Paula Cole “I Don’t Want to Wait” (1996)
  101. Nickelback “If Everyone Cared” (2005)
  102. Kelly Clarkson “Mr. Know It All” (2011)

    5 weeks:

  103. Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” (2010)
  104. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (2015)
  105. Katy Perry “Firework” (2010)
  106. Katy Perry “Roar” (2013)
  107. James Blunt “You’re Beautiful” (2004)
  108. Magic! “Rude” (2013)
  109. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (1997)
  110. Lifehouse “Hanging by a Moment” (2000)

  111. The Wallflowers “One Headlight” (1996)
  112. Dua Lipa “Don’t Start Now” (2019)
  113. Jewel “Foolish Games” (1995)
  114. Nickelback “Far Away” (2005)
  115. Shawn Mendes “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” (2016)
  116. Benny Blanco with Halsey & Khalid “Eastside” (2018)
  117. Pink “Blow Me One Last Kiss” (2012)
  118. Train “Calling All Angels” (2003)
  119. Kelly Clarkson “Behind These Hazel Eyes” (2004)
  120. Nickelback “Gotta Be Somebody” (2008)
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Saturday, July 6, 2019

“Girls Like You” spends record-breaking 29th week at #1 on Adult Contemporary Chart

Girls Like You

Maroon 5 with Cardi B

Writer(s): Adam Levine/Henry Walter/Belcalis Almanzar/Brittany Talia Hazzard/Jason Evigan/Gian Stone (see lyrics here)

Released: May 30, 2018

First Charted: June 9, 2018

Peak: 17 US, 12 RR, 116 BA, 16 DG, 136 AC, 114 A40, 7 UK, 110 CN, 2 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 10.0 US, 1.2 UK, 12.04 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 3998.5 video, 1552.09 streaming

Awards:

Click on award for more details.

About the Song:

The fifth single from an album isn’t supposed to be the biggest hit, but no one told Maroon 5. The song was the band’s fourth trip to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and thirteenth trip to the peak of the Adult Top 40 chart. it also became the biggest hit in the history of the adult contemporary chart when it passed Uncle Kracker’s 2003 cover of “Drift Away,” which spent 28 weeks at #1. “Girls” eventually spent 36 weeks atop the chart.

The song topped the chart in eleven other countries and tied Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” for most weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. WK Before it spent 7 weeks atop that chart, it held the runner-up spot behind Drake’s “In My Feelings” for 6 weeks. WK When “Girls Like You” reached the summit, it broke a record 34-week stranglehold which rap had held on the charts. SF

The song is about the protagonist appreciating his girl after overcoming difficulties in their relationship and the boy acknowledging how they need each other. A portion of the song’s success can be attributed to the remix featuring female rapper Cardi B. Maroon 5’s lead singer Adam Levine told Variety magazine, that he said to her, “I want you to put something down that shows your fierceness as a woman and say it however you want.” WK

The video was Vevo’s most-viewed of 2018. WK It was directed by David Dobkin, who also worked with Maroon 5 on “Sugar” and “Don’t Wanna Know.” SF It featured Levine at a microphone in the center of a room which revolves to reveal a slew of female celebrities dancing and lip-synching around him. Among them were Elizabeth Banks, Mary J. Blige, Millie Bobby Brown, Camila Cabello, Ellen DeGeneres, Gal Gadot, Tiffany Hadish, Jennifer Lopez, and Danica Patrick. The video ends with Levine and his wife Behati Prinsloo and their baby girl, Dusty Rose. A second version of the video featured additional footage with the same women from the first version. It garnered another 260 million views.

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First posted 7/14/2019; last updated 7/21/2023.

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Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Top 50 Adult Top 40 Acts

Adult Top 40:

Top 50 Acts

Wikipedia says the Adult Pop, or Adult Top 40, format is “a format in which the genre is geared more towards an adult audience who are not into hard rock, hip hop, or soft adult contemporary fare” the latter of which is typically more ballad-driven). “The main genres within this format are a mix of soft and energetic adult contemporary music alongside adult alternative rock and adult-oriented pop music.”

These all-time rankings are based on actual performance on the weekly Adult Pop Songs chart (also known as Adult Top 40), from its launch in Billboard magazine dated March 16, 1996, through March 12, 2016.

See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.


Maroon 5

1. Maroon 5
2. Matchbox 20
3. Train
4. Nickelback
5. Pink
6. Kelly Clarkson
7. Katy Perry
8. Goo Goo Dolls
9. Daughtry
10. Taylor Swift

11. Lifehouse
12. John Mayer
13. Rob Thomas
14. One Republic
15. The Fray
16. 3 Doors Down
17. Bruno Mars
18. Colbie Caillat
19. Sheryl Crow
20. Adele

21. Coldplay
22. Avril Lavigne
23. Jewel
24. Ed Sheeran
25. Alanis Morissette
26. Santana
27. Sarah McLachlan
28. Smash Mouth
29. Sugar Ray
30. Jason Mraz

31. The Script
32. Sara Bareilles
33. Gavin DeGraw
34. No Doubt
35. Creed
36. Imagine Dragons
37. Third Eye Blind
38. Lady Gaga
39. Dave Matthews Band
40. Green Day

41. Fun.
42. Phillip Phillips
43. Celine Dion
44. Five for Fighting
45. Uncle Kracker
46. Vertical Horizon
47. Neon Trees
48. Lenny Kravitz
49. Justin Timberlake
50. Rihanna

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Friday, September 25, 2015

Maroon 5: 2002-2015

Maroon 5

A Retrospective: 2002-2015

Overview:

The pop-rock band Maroon 5 formed in 2001 in Los Angeles, California. They were an outgrowth of Kara’s Flowers, a group formed in 1994 by Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden, and Ryan Dusick. They were signed to Reprise Records and released the album The Fourth World in 1997. The band were dropped after the album did poorly. In 2001, they re-emerged as Maroon 5 and released their debut album, Songs About Jane, in 2002.

The Players:

  • Adam Levine (vocals: 1994-present)
  • Jessie Carmichael (rhythm guitar, keyboards: 1994-present)
  • James Valentine (guitar: 2001-present)
  • P.J. Morton (keyboards: 2010-present)
  • Matt Flynn (drums: 2004-present)
  • Sam Farrar (bass, multiple instruments: 2001, 2012-present)
  • Mickey Madden (bass: 1994-2020)
  • Ryan Dusick (drums: 1994-2006)

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Awards:

Compilations:

  • S Singles (covers 2002-2014, released 2015)
Under each album snapshot, songs featured on the anthologies are noted. If the song charted, the date of the song’s release or first chart appearance and its chart peaks are noted in parentheses. Click for codes to charts.

Songs About Jane (2002):

  • Harder to Breathe (7/02, 18 BB, 4 RR, 15 AA, 31 MR 13 UK, 37 AU, 12 DF, sales: 1 million)
  • This Love (1/12/04, 5 BB, 1 RR, 3 AC, 1 A40, 14 AA, 3 UK, 2 CN, 8 AU, 23 DF, sales: 2 million) S
  • She Will Be Loved (6/21/04, 5 BB, 1 RR, 4 AC, 1 A40 4 UK, 10 CN, 1 AU, 21 DF, sales: 4 million) S
  • Sunday Morning (11/8/04, 31 BB, 21 RR, 15 AC, 4 A40, 27 UK, 27 AU, 34 DF, sales: 2 million)
  • Must Get Out (4/5/05, 39 UK)

It Won’t Be Soon Before Long (2007):

  • Makes Me Wonder (3/27/07, 1 BB, 1 DG, 4 RR, 9 AC, 2 A40, 2 UK, 1 CN, 6 AU, 34 DF, sales: 3 million) S
  • Wake Up Call (7/17/07, 19 BB, 9 RR, 19 AC, 3 A40, 33 UK, 6 CN, 19 AU, 34 DF, sales: 2 million) S
  • Won’t Go Home Without You (11/19/07, 48 BB, 26 RR, 14 AC, 3 A40, 26 AA, 44 UK, 16 CN, 7 AU, 35 DF, sales: 2 million)
  • If I Never See Your Face Again (with Rihanna) (5/2/08, 51 BB, 30 RR, 10 A40, 28 UK, 12 CN, 11 AU, 35 DF, sales: 1 million)

Hands All Over (2010):

  • Misery (6/22/10, 14 BB, 8 RR, 9 AC, 1 A40, 28 AA, 30 UK, 13 CN, 39 AU, 34 DF, sales: 2 million) S
  • Give a Little More (8/17/10, 86 BB, 35 RR, 10 A40, 91 CN)
  • Stutter (10/9/10, 84 BB)
  • Never Gonna Leave This Bed (1/24/11, 55 BB, 25 RR, 17 AC, 4 A40, 25 RR, sales: 1 million)
  • Moves Like Jagger (with Christina Aguilera) (6/21/11, 1 BB, 1 BA, 1 DG, 1 RR, 7 AC, 1 A40, 2 UK, 1 CN, 2 AU, 1 DF, sales: 10 million) S

Overexposed (2012):

  • Payphone (with Wiz Khalifa) (4/16/12, 2 BB, 1 BA, 1 DG, 1 RR, 2 AC, 1 A40, 1 UK, 1 CN, 2 AU, 7 DF, sales: 7 million) S
  • One More Night (6/19/12, 1 BB, 1 BA, 1 RR, 2 AC, 1 A40, 8 UK, 2 CN, 2 AU, 14 DF, sales: 6 million) S
  • Wipe Your Eyes (7/14/12, 80 BB)
  • Daylight (11/8/12, 7 BB, 1 RR, 2 AC, 1 A40, 63 UK, 5 CN, 19 AU, 35 DF, sales: 2 million) S
  • Love Somebody (5/14/13, 10 BB, 2 RR, 2 AC, 1 A40, 10 CN, 34 DF, sales: 2 million)
  • Lucky Strike (11/23/13, 33 A40)

V (2014):

  • Maps (6/16/14, 6 BB, 2 RR, 1 AC, 1 A40, 2 UK, 1 CN, 18 AU, 26 DF, sales: 4 million) S
  • It Was Always You (8/16/14, 45 BB)
  • Animals (8/25/14, 3 BB, 1 BA, 1 RR, 11 AC, 1 A40, 27 UK, 2 CN, 62 AU, 26 DF, sales: 1 million) S
  • Sugar (1/13/15, 2 BB, 1 RR, 2 AC, 1 A40, 7 UK, 2 CN, 6 AU, 16 DF, sales: 10 million) S
  • This Summer’s Gonna Hurt (5/15/15, 23 BB, 9 RR, 21 AC, 7 A40, 40 UK, 16 CN, 70 AU, 35 DF, sales: 1 million)
  • Feelings (9/20/15, 28 RR, 29 AC, 16 A40)

Singles

Maroon 5

Recorded: 2002-2014

Released: September 25, 2015

Peak: -- US, 32 UK, 35 CN, 14 AU

Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.6 UK

Genre: pop rock

Rating:

4.122 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings)

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Tracks: (1) This Love (2) Payphone (3) She Will Be Loved (4) One More Night (5) Moves Like Jagger (6) Wake Up Call (7) Misery (8) Maps (9) Makes Me Wonder (10) Animals (11) Daylight (12) Sugar

Total Running Time: 43:44

About the Album:

The first Maroon 5 compilation gathers up the band’s most familiar hits, although it could have included more, such as “Harder to Breathe” and “Love Somebody” given its short run time. Also, the collection featured nothing new.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

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

Awards:

Click on award for more details.

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.

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