Examine individual changes

'{{under construction}} {{Infobox single | Name = Stereo Hearts | Cover = Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts.jpg | Artist = [[Gym Class Heroes]] featuring [[Adam Levine]] | Album = [[The Papercut Chronicles II]] | Released = June 14, 2011 | Format = [[Music download|Digital Download]] | Recorded = 2011 | Genre = [[Alternative hip hop]], [[pop rap]] | Length = 3:31 | Label = [[Fueled by Ramen]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[A&M/Octone Records|A&M/Octone]], [[Decaydance]] | Writer = [[Travie McCoy]], Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo, Eric Roberts, [[Matt McGinley]], [[Adam Levine]], [[Benny Blanco|Benjamin Levin]], Matthias Bell, Brandon Lowry, Ammar Malik, Dan Omelio<ref name="BMI">{{cite web| url = http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=13001514&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID| title = BMI Repertoire - Stereo Hearts | publisher = ''[[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]]| accessdate = 2011-07-12}}</ref> | Producer = [[Benny Blanco]], Robopop | Certification = Platinum ([[RIAA]]) | Chronology = [[Gym Class Heroes]] singles | Last single = "[[Guilty as Charged (song)|Guilty as Charged]]"<br>(2008) | This single = "'''Stereo Hearts'''"<br>(2011) | Next single = "[[Ass Back Home]]"<br>(2011) }} "'''Stereo Hearts'''" is a song by [[United States|American]] group [[Gym Class Heroes]] featuring [[Adam Levine]], lead singer of band [[Maroon 5]]. The song was first released on June 14, 2011 through [[A&M/Octone Records]], [[Fueled by Ramen]], [[Decaydance]] and [[Warner Bros. Records]].<ref name="Lamb">{{Cite web| last= Lamb| first= Bill| title= Gym Class Heroes' "Stereo Hearts" Single Will Feature Adam Levine| publisher= [[About.com]]| url= http://top40.about.com/b/2011/06/04/gym-class-heroes-stereo-hearts-single-will-feature-adam-levine.htm| date=2011-06-04| accessdate= 2011-06-22}}</ref> as the [[lead single]] from the group's fifth [[studio album]], ''[[The Papercut Chronicles II]]'' (2012). ==Composition and recording== "Stereo Hearts", produced by [[Benny Blanco]] and RoboPop begins with Maroon 5's Adam Levine singing the [[Hook (music)|hook]] written by Matthias Bell<ref>http://reports.hitsongsdeconstructed.com/2011/10/19/stereo-hearts-deconstructed/</ref>: "My heart's a stereo / It beats for you, so listen close / Hear my thoughts in every note. / Make me your radio / Turn me up when you feel low / This melody was meant for you / So sing along to my stereo."<ref name="Cheung">{{Cite web| last= Cheung| first= Nadine| title= Gym Class Heroes, 'Stereo Hearts' Feat. Adam Levine -- New Song| publisher= [[AOL Radio]]| url= http://www.aolradioblog.com/new-song/gym-class-heroes-stereo-hearts-adam-levine/| date=2011-06-10| accessdate= 2011-06-22}}</ref> McCoy then raps about serenading his ideal girl and picking love over animosity, all the while relaying the message using music-based metaphors.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web| url = http://www.billboard.com/news/billboard-bits-xtina-adam-levine-duet-chris-1005226062.story| title = Billboard Bits: Xtina & Adam Levine Duet, Chris Colfer to Pen Young Adult Novels| publisher = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ([[Nielsen Company]])| date = 2011-06-09| accessdate = 2011-06-22}}</ref><ref name="Pilot Creative">{{cite web| url = http://www.pilot-creative.com/#/ARTISTS/ROBOPOP| title = Robopop Discography| publisher = ''Pilot Creative Services| date = 2011-06-01| accessdate = 2011-06-28}}</ref> ==Music video== Gym Class Heroes drummer [[Matt McGinley]] explained that the song's music video "basically plays on the idea that we're sort of just being casual, hanging out, being ourselves and our shadows get wild and get loose. The video shows the band playing in the city of New York and their shadows are playing on the ground. In the video, Levine appears on a TV screen inside a pawn shop."<ref name="Montgomery">{{Cite web| last= Montgomery| first= James| title= Gym Class Heroes Get Shady In 'Stereo Hearts' Video| publisher= [[MTV]]| url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666284/gym-class-heroes-stereo-hearts-video.jhtml| date=2011-06-22| accessdate= 2011-06-22}}</ref> ===Lyric video=== The lyric video for the song received millions of views in the first month of its release. This is one of the first lyric videos to incorporate a live action story line{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}, showing a man and a woman in split-screen as they get dressed for the day and go outdoors carrying boom-boxes, until they finally meet in a park. The video stars actress Breana McDow and was directed by music video director [[Djay Brawner]]. ==Critical reception== [[MTV]]'s Jenna Hally Rubenstein complimented the band's new direction on "Stereo Hearts", writing that it is "a little more slickly produced than we're used to, but, we're still solidly behind the experimental new song."<ref name="Rubenstein">{{Cite web| last= Rubenstein| first= Jenna Hally| title= New Song: Gym Class Heroes, Featuring Adam Levine, 'Stereo Hearts'| publisher= [[MTV]]| url= http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/06/09/gym-class-heroes-adam-levine-stereo-hearts/| date=2011-06-09| accessdate= 2011-06-22}}</ref> MTV's James Montgomery described it as a "prime-time slab of genre-mashing, sweat-inducing pop, the kind of song that may very well push GCH to summertime superstardom."<ref name="Montgomery" /> Becky Bain of [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] called it a "head-nodding jam" and "an instantly memorable signal that Gym Class is back in session."<ref name="Bain">{{Cite web| last= Bain| first= Becky| title= Hear Gym Class Heroes’ 'Stereo Hearts' With Adam Levine (Idolator Premiere)| publisher= [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] ([[Buzz Media]])| url= http://idolator.com/5894162/gym-class-heroes-adam-levine-stereo-hearts-premiere| date=2011-06-09| accessdate= 2011-06-22}}</ref> ==Track Listing== *;Digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stereo-hearts-feat.-adam-levine/id441174238 |title=Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine) - Single |publisher=iTunes Store |date=2011}}</ref> # "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" - 3:31 *;German CD Single<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.de/Stereo-Hearts-2track-Heroes-Maroon5/dp/B005Z77YI4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1321105521&sr=1-1 |title=Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts (2-Track) (feat. Adam Levine) |publisher=Amazon |date=2011}}</ref> # "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" - 3:31 # "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine) [Soul Seekers Retronica Extended Mix]" ==Covers== * [[Glee (TV series)|''Glee'']] is going to cover the song in the season three episode "[[Heart (Glee)|Heart]]". ==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (2011) ! Peak<br>position |- {{singlechart|Australia|4|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Austria|28|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Flanders Tip|4|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Wallonia|35|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- |Canada ([[Canadian Hot 100]])<ref name="bbcurrent"/> | style="text-align:center;"|7 |- {{singlechart|Denmark|16|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Finland|16|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|France|19|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Hungary|3|year=2011|week=41|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Ireland|4|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|year=2011|week=41}} |- |Israel (Media Forest)<ref>{{cite web | title=Media Forest: Airplay chart | url=http://www.mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/HistoryWeeklyCharts.aspx?year=2012&week=02| work=| publisher=mediaforest.biz | date=2012-01-14}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{singlechart|Italy|12|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch40|8|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (2011) ! Peak<br>position |- {{singlechart|Dutch100|26|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|New Zealand|3|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Norway|4|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- |Romania ([[Romanian Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/#/?page=all|title=Official Rumania chart|accessdate=October 23, 2011}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|47 |- {{singlechart|Scotland|2|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|date=2011-10-22}} |- {{singlechart|Spain|30|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Sweden|6|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Swiss|28|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|UKrandb|1|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|date=2011-10-22}} |- {{singlechart|UK|3|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|date=2011-10-22}} |- |US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="bbcurrent">{{citeweb|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/song/gym-class-heroes-featuring-adam-levine/stereo-hearts/25616746|title=Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes|work=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard.com]]''|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|4 |- |US [[Adult Pop Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="bbcurrent"/> | style="text-align:center;"|7 |- |US [[Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)|Pop Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="bbcurrent"/><ref>{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/chart-highlights-band-perry-s-young-tops-1005457832.story|title=Chart Highlights: Band Perry's 'Young' Tops Adult Contemporary|work=Billboard.com|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2011-10-31|accessdate=November 1, 2011}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |} {{col-end}} ==References== {{reflist|3}} {{Gym Class Heroes}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stereo Hearts}} [[Category:2011 singles]] [[Category:Gym Class Heroes songs]] [[Category:English-language songs]] [[Category:Rhythm and blues ballads]] [[Category:Pop ballads]] [[Category:Billboard Pop Songs number-one singles]] [[Category:UK R&B Singles Chart number-one singles]] {{2010s-single-stub}} [[fr:Stereo Hearts]] [[it:Stereo Hearts]] [[nl:Stereo hearts]] [[pl:Stereo Hearts]] [[pt:Stereo Hearts]] [[ru:Stereo Hearts]] [[sk:Stereo Hearts]]'