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"Maps"
Song

"Maps" is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5. The song was released on June 16, 2014, as the lead single from their fifth studio album V.[1][2] The song was written by Adam Levine, Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco, Ammar Malik, and Noel Zancanella, and produced by Blanco, Tedder, and Zancanella.[3]

Composition

"Maps" is an up-tempo pop/pop rock track [1][2][4], composed in the key of C# minor, that contains a "breezy guitar lick". It marks Maroon 5's further departure from the funkier sound for which the band was originally known.[2] Lyrically, the song is about "the search for love, particularly a love that has been lost and needs to be found".[2] In the chorus, Adam Levine sings "All the roads you took came back to me / So I'm following the map that leads to you."[2][5]

Critical reception

Idolator's Robbie Daw wrote that similarly to Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven", "Maps" has a "Sting/The Police vibe, particularly with the guitar licks and Levine's multi-tracked vocal harmonies on the chorus." He also added that the influence of Ryan Tedder (and OneRepublic's pop-rock anthems, such as "Counting Stars" and "Love Runs Out") is evident.[3] Jeff Benjamin of Fuse compared the opening guitar licks to "California-cool sound" of Red Hot Chili Peppers.[4]

Music Times commented, "With his [Levine's] singsong melody over the relaxed, plucked guitars and subtle drums, Maroon 5 create a chill vibe before building the song into something a bit more powerful. Though Levine's vocals remain constant, the song soon crescendos into a fuller sound, with a chorus that isn't so much explosive as it is, well, danceable," and compared the track to "Payphone", the lead single from the band's fourth studio album Overexposed (2012): "The more you think about the two lead singles versus each other, the more they feel the exact same."[6]

Commercial performance

Shortly after its release, "Maps" quickly reached number one on the Billboard Twitter Real Time Trending 140 chart, eventually staying within the upper ranks for several hours. The song also logged close to 1,800 first-day spins on radio which, according to the Nielsen BDS, would amount to a one-day audience impression of seventeen million.[7] Also, the song debuted at number twenty-one on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and the song is topping the eight biggest music charts in South Korea, as the first artist to top several charts since the release in Korean music history.[8]

Music video

The band announced the official music video for the song through Twitter[9] and posted a teaser on their official Facebook page.[10] The video premiered on MTV and VH1 on July 1, 2014 and was uploaded on Maroon 5's VEVO channel the day after. [11] It was directed by Peter Berg (who has previously worked with the band on the clip for their 2012 single "One More Night") and filmed on June 12, 2014. The story of the video is inspired by the 2000 film Memento. The events shown in the clip are reversed.

Synopsis

The video begins with a shot of Adam Levine, who is seen in an elevator. After he exits the elevator, he runs to the desk nervously asking everyone where the emergency room is. When he finally gets there, he sees a severely bruised, young girl, whom the doctors try to reanimate. Levine then repeatedly asks the staff what has happened to her, but he is then escorted out of the room by two of the doctors (one of them is portrayed by the band's returning keyboardist and rhythm guitarist, Jesse Carmichael). The next scene is a flashback in which Levine is driving his car at a very high speed (going back and forth between the right and wrong side of the road, past the other cars) to get to the hospital. Later in the video, it appears that the girl seen in the emergency room is his girlfriend (portrayed by Courtney Baxter). She's walking down a street - really upset - when suddenly a passers-by tells her she has to watch out, because a truck is about to get on the road. The girl angrily demands him to leave her alone, but it is too late - she ends up being hit by the truck and helplessly falls to the curb. The video then cuts to what happened earlier - Levine and his girlfriend arrive at a house party, greeted by guests (some of them are played by the other members of Maroon 5: bassist Mickey Madden, guitarist James Valentine, keyboardist PJ Morton and drummer Matt Flynn). While the girl is dancing and having fun, Levine is dragged by a man to another room, where he meets a woman (portrayed by Meghan Wiggins). After drinking a lot of alcohol, Levine finds himself in her arms and they share a romantic kiss. Unfortunately, his girlfriend has seen it all and she soon goes out of the house, despite Levine's attempts to stop her from leaving. In the next scene, there is a flashback to the happier times where Levine helps his girlfriend decide which dress should she wear and they hold each other as they watch a football/soccer game on television. At the end, all the events shown in the video come together in the correct order - explaining the whole story - and the last shot takes the viewer back to the hospital, where it is implied that the girl had died in the accident.

Live performances

The band performed the song for the first time on June 20, 2014, during their concert at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. On June 25, 2014, Maroon 5 played "Maps" on The Today Show to promote their album, V.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[12] 37
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[13] 79
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[14] 30
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[15] 12
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[16] 32
Denmark (Tracklisten)[17] 32
Europe (Euro Digital Songs)[18] 105
Italy (FIMI)[19] 15
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[20] 38
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21] 31
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 71
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[23] 25
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[24] 12
South Korea (Gaon)[25] 1
South Korea International Songs (Gaon)[26] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 23
US Billboard Hot 100[28] 13
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[29] 12
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[30] 17

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Italy[31] June 16, 2014 Contemporary hit radio Interscope
United States[32][33] June 17, 2014
Digital download Interscope
United Kingdom[34] August 24, 2014 Digital download

References

  1. ^ a b Johnson, Zach (June 16, 2014). "Maroon 5 Drops New Song "Maps"—Listen Now!". E!. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Listen to 'Maps,' the New Single from Maroon 5". Radio.com. June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Daw, Robbie (June 16, 2014). "Maroon 5's "Maps": Listen To The New 'V' Single". Idolator. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Benjamin, Jeff (June 16, 2014). "Maroon 5 Return With Lovelorn New Single "Maps"". Fuse. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  5. ^ Perricone, Kathleen (June 16, 2014). "Listen to Maroon 5's Brand New Song, 'Maps'". RyanSeacrest.com. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  6. ^ "REVIEW: Maroon 5 New Single 'Maps' From 'V' Echoes 'Payphone' In All The Wrong Ways". Music Times. June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  7. ^ Gruger, William; Trust, Gary (June 17, 2014). "Maroon 5 Finds Way To Billboard/Twitter Charts With 'Maps'". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  8. ^ http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=312&aid=0000035488&viewType=pc
  9. ^ "Maps Video coming tomorrow". June 30, 2014.
  10. ^ "Watch The Teaser!". June 30, 2014.
  11. ^ "Maroon 5 - Maps (Explicit)". July 2, 2014.
  12. ^ "Maroon 5 – Maps". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  13. ^ "Maroon 5 – Maps" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  14. ^ "Maroon 5 – Maps" (in French). Ultratip.
  15. ^ "Maroon 5 Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  16. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 26. týden 2014 in the date selector. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  17. ^ "Maroon 5 – Maps". Tracklisten.
  18. ^ "Euro Digital Songs – Week Ending June 22, 2014". Billboard. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  19. ^ "Maroon 5 – Maps". Top Digital Download.
  20. ^ "Japan Hot 100 chart (Week: June 25, 2014)". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Maroon 5" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved July 04, 2014.
  22. ^ "Maroon 5 – Maps" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved July 04 2014.
  23. ^ "Maroon 5 – Maps". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  24. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201426 into search. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  25. ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  26. ^ "Gaon International Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  27. ^ "Maroon 5 – Maps". Singles Top 100. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  28. ^ "Maroon 5 Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  29. ^ "Maroon 5 Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  30. ^ "Maroon 5 Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  31. ^ Mompellio, Gabriel. "Maroon 5 – Maps (Interscope Records)" (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  32. ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  33. ^ "Maps – Single by Maroon 5". iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved June 18, 2014. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  34. ^ "Maps – Single by Maroon 5". iTunes Store (GB). Apple. Retrieved June 18, 2014. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
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