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'{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}} {{Infobox song | name = Stereo Hearts | cover = Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Gym Class Heroes]] featuring [[Adam Levine]] | album = [[The Papercut Chronicles II]] | released = June 14, 2011 | format = [[Music download|Digital download]] | recorded = 2011 | studio = | venue = | genre = *[[Pop-rap]] *[[pop rock]] *[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] | length = 3:31 | label = * [[DCD2 Records|Decaydance]] * [[Fueled by Ramen]] | writer = * [[Travie McCoy]] * [[Adam Levine]] * [[Benny Blanco|Benjamin Levin]] * [[Sterling Fox]] * [[Ammar Malik]] * [[Robopop|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| deadurl = yes| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/69w81BGkm?url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True| archivedate = August 15, 2012| df = mdy-all}}</ref> | producer = * [[Benny Blanco]] * [[Robopop]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Gym Class Heroes]] | type = single | prev_title = [[Guilty as Charged (song)|Guilty as Charged]] | prev_year = 2008 | title = Stereo Hearts | year = 2011 | next_title = [[Ass Back Home]] | next_year = 2011 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Adam Levine]] | type = single | prev_title = [[Bang Bang (K'naan song)|Bang Bang]] | prev_year = 2008 | title = Stereo Hearts | year = 2011 | next_title = Gotten | next_year = 2012 }} }} "'''Stereo Hearts'''" is a song by American group [[Gym Class Heroes]] featuring [[Adam Levine]] (the lead singer of [[Maroon 5]]). The song was released on June 14, 2011,<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= June 4, 2011| accessdate= 2011-06-22| deadurl= yes| archiveurl= https://www.webcitation.org/69w81gALN?url=http://top40.about.com/b/2011/06/04/gym-class-heroes-stereo-hearts-single-will-feature-adam-levine.htm| archivedate= August 15, 2012| df= mdy-all}}</ref> as the [[lead single]] from the group's fifth studio album, ''[[The Papercut Chronicles II]]'' (2011). ==Composition and recording== "Stereo Hearts", produced by [[Benny Blanco]] and [[Robopop]] begins with Maroon 5's Adam Levine singing the [[Hook (music)|hook]]. "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=June 10, 2011| accessdate= 2011-06-22}}</ref> The song is written in the key of [[F-sharp minor|F{{sharp}} minor]]. 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/articles/news/470641/billboard-bits-xtina-adam-levine-duet-chris-colfer-to-pen-young-adult-novels| title = Billboard Bits: Xtina & Adam Levine Duet, Chris Colfer to Pen Young Adult Novels| publisher = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ([[Nielsen Company]])| date = June 9, 2011| 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 = June 1, 2011| accessdate = 2011-06-28| deadurl = yes| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/69w837i7k?url=http://www.pilot-creative.com#/ARTISTS/ROBOPOP| archivedate = August 15, 2012| df = mdy-all}}</ref> Additional [[Rhodes piano|Fender Rhodes]] was played by [[Austin Bis]] at [[Chalice Recording Studios]] in [[Los Angeles]], CA.<ref name="Virginia News Network">{{cite web| url = http://www.virginianewsnetwork.com/iplaylist/album/2306543/| title = Virginia News Network – The Papercut Chronicles, Vol. 2| publisher = ''Virginia News Network| accessdate = 2012-04-25}}</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."<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=June 22, 2011| accessdate= 2011-06-22}}</ref> The video (directed by [[Hiro Murai]]) has the feel of a 1980s setting, with a breakdancer and several payphones seen, though the actual setting is modern as evidenced by the [[Mini Cooper]] in one scene. It prominently features a pawn shop with a stack of old-fashioned boomboxes and TV sets, on which Adam Levine appears when he is singing the chorus. ===Lyric video=== A 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, 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gym Class Heroes: Stereo Hearts ft. Adam Levine (LYRIC VIDEO)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXRtF0bepNs|publisher=''[[YouTube]]''|accessdate=November 11, 2018}}</ref> ==Critical reception== The song received positive reviews. 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=June 9, 2011| 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=June 9, 2011| accessdate= 2011-06-22}}</ref> ==Live performances, cover versions and in other media== The band and Adam Levine performed "Stereo Hearts" at the [[2011 American Music Awards]], along with [[Christina Aguilera]] for the Maroon 5 song "[[Moves like Jagger]]" on November 20, 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m10M1cXcCwE|title= Maroon 5 feat. Gym Class Heroes - Moves Like Jagger / Stereo Hearts (American Music Awards 2011)|publisher=''[[YouTube]]''|accessdate=June 21, 2018}}</ref> and ''[[The Today Show]]'' on February 3, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaaiHFmLYgQ|title=Gym Class Heroes – Stereo Hearts feat. Adam Levine - Live on The Today Show (02/03/2012)|publisher=''YouTube''|date=February 3, 2012|accessdate=June 21, 2018}}</ref> The song also covered by artists [[One Direction]], Paulina Cerrilla,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldE8P74HfNs|title=Paulina Cerrilla – Stereo Hearts|publisher=''YouTube''|accessdate=January 1, 2019}}</ref> [[Tanner Patrick]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkVB9CajX1M|title=Tanner Patrick – Stereo Hearts|publisher=''YouTube''|accessdate=November 11, 2018}}</ref> [[Katelyn Tarver]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpVnqEJCj_c|title=Katelyn Tarver – Stereo Hearts|publisher=''YouTube''|accessdate=October 23, 2018}}</ref> [[Megan & Liz]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ2q8DJKUtM|title=Megan & Liz – Stereo Hearts|publisher=''YouTube''|accessdate=October 23, 2018}}</ref> and the late [[Christina Grimmie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOhQdxqn7YE|title=Christina Grimmie – Stereo Hearts|publisher=''YouTube''|accessdate=October 23, 2018}}</ref> The cast of ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' ([[Samuel Larsen]], [[Dianna Agron]], [[Chord Overstreet]] and [[Amber Riley]]) who covered the song from the episode "[[Heart (Glee)|Heart]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02lW6TpjVJk|title=Glee – Stereo Hearts|publisher=''YouTube''|date=August 12, 2016}}</ref> The song appears as a downloadable content in the video game ''[[Rock Band 3]]'' and was remixed by [[Dillon Francis]], along with a sample for the song "[[IDGAFOS]]". ==Track listing== *'''Digital download'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stereo-hearts-feat.-adam-levine/id441174238 |title=Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine) – Single |publisher=iTunes Store |year=2011}}</ref> # "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" – 3:31 *'''German CD single'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://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 |year=2011}}</ref> # "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" – 3:31 # "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" – [[Soul Seekerz|Soul Seekers]] Retronica Extended Mix – 6:17 ==Charts and certifications== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (2011–12) ! 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}} |- |Brazil ([[Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos|ABPD]])<ref name="Brazil">{{cite web |url = http://asdfg-menezes.org/bookBR.pdf |title = Brazil |work = ABPD |date = October 6, 2001 |accessdate = April 1, 2014 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|8 |- {{singlechart|Canada|7|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{Singlechart|Czech Republic|28|year=2012|week=13}} |- {{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}} |- {{singlechart|Israelairplay|1|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|year=2011|week=44}} |- {{singlechart|Italy|12|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|year=2011|week=44}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardjapanhot100|35|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch40|8|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{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|date=2011-10-22}} |- {{singlechart|Spain|11|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|date=2011-10-22}} |- {{singlechart|UK|3|date=2011-10-22}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|4|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardadultpopsongs|7|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Billboarddanceairplay|9|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardlatinsongs|50|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardlatinpopsongs|21|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardrhythmic|7|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts}} |- |} {{col-2}} ===Certifications=== {{Certification Table Top|format=3col}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|accessdate=May 6, 2012|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2011|certyear=2012|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|title=Stereo Hearts|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|accessdate=May 6, 2012|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2011|certyear=2011|artist=Gym Class Heroes|title=Stereo Hearts|salesamount=160,000|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|accessdate=May 6, 2012|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2011|certyear=2012|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|title=Stereo Hearts|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|accessdate=May 6, 2012|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2011|certyear=2012|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|title=Stereo Hearts|autocat=yes|recent=website|id=1761}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|accessdate=December 1, 2016|type=single|award=Silver|relyear=2011|certyear=2013|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|title=Stereo Hearts|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|accessdate=May 6, 2012|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2011|certyear=2012|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|title=Stereo Hearts|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Bottom|format=3col}} ===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- !scope="col"|Chart (2011) !scope="col"|Position |- ! scope="row"|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/top-100-singles-chart---2011/469{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> | 29 |- ! scope="row"|Canada ([[Canadian Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/canadian-hot-100|title=Best of 2011: Canadian Hot 100|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2015-07-04|date=}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|54 |- ! scope="row"|New Zealand ([[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]])<ref>http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=1862</ref> | 26 |- ! scope="row"|UK ([[UK Singles Chart|Official Charts Company]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20110109/37501/|title=Best of 2011 – Hot 100 Songs|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=2015-07-04|date=}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|85 |- ! scope="row"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/hot-100-songs?begin=31&order=position|title=Best of 2011 – Hot 100 Songs|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2011-12-19|date=}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|36 |} {| class="wikitable" |- !scope="col"|Chart (2012) !scope="col"|Position |- |Canada ([[Canadian Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/canadian-hot-100|title=Best of 2012: Canadian Hot 100|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2015-07-04|date=}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|44 |- |Hungary ([[Mahasz|Rádiós Top 40]])<ref>{{cite web |title=MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 2012|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2012|publisher=''Mahasz'' |language=hungarian |accessdate=January 18, 2013}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|90 |- |US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-100-songs?begin=61&order=position|title=Best of 2012 – Hot 100 Songs|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2012-12-14|date=}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|61 |- |} {{col-end}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== * {{MetroLyrics song|gym-class-heroes|stereo-hearts}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider --> {{Gym Class Heroes}} {{Adam Levine}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stereo Hearts}} [[Category:2011 singles]] [[Category:Adam Levine songs]] [[Category:Gym Class Heroes songs]] [[Category:Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) number-one singles]] [[Category:UK R&B Singles Chart number-one singles]] [[Category:Songs written by Ammar Malik]] [[Category:Songs written by Robopop]] [[Category:Songs written by Adam Levine]] [[Category:Songs written by Travie McCoy]] [[Category:Songs written by Sterling Fox]] [[Category:2011 songs]] [[Category:Alternative hip hop songs]]'