| "Wake Up Call" |
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| Single by Maroon 5 |
| from the album It Won't Be Soon Before Long |
| B-side |
"Story", "Losing My Mind" |
| Released |
August 7, 2007 (United States) |
| Format |
CD single, digital download |
| Genre |
Funk rock, soul, R&B[1] |
| Length |
3:21 |
| Label |
A&M/Octone |
| Writer(s) |
Adam Levine, James Valentine |
| Producer |
Mike Elizondo, Mark "Spike" Stent, Sam Farrar, Maroon 5, Mark Endert (co-producer)
Patrick Stump (backing vocals) |
| Maroon 5 singles chronology |
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"Wake Up Call" is the second single by Maroon 5 from their second studio album It Won't Be Soon Before Long. It had been rumored as the second single, and the band confirmed this on the May 22 episode of TRL. The band also said that they are excited to do the music video for the song. FMQB confirmed that the single would be released to radio on July 17. It leaked online shortly before May 1, 2007 as part of a four track sampler from their second album It Won't Be Soon Before Long. They performed the song on 45th at Night, which included a special guest Eve. The remix was never officially recorded. Another remix was with Mary J. Blige making a special guest appearance for this song.
Before the release of "Wake Up Call", the band promoted by performing it a half-step lower. The song was also heard playing in the background in a club scene on the HBO hit, Entourage. The song was BBC Radio 1 playlisted for the playlist week beginning July 18, 2007.
It is also featured as downloadable content for Rock Band as of June 25.
Music video [edit]
The music video for "Wake Up Call" is directed by Jonas Åkerlund and filming took place on July 7–9, 2007. The video is presented as a trailer for an imaginary NC-17-rated movie. It features Adam Levine's leading lady for the video Kim Smith, talking with Levine, asking for his forgiveness since she had sex with a man whom Levine doesn't know and who serves as the antagonist in the video. In it, Levine catches his girlfriend cheating on him with another man (played by Jeremy Sisto), whom he then shoots and kills. The rest of the video centers around Maroon 5 and Adam's girlfriend going through an elaborate plan to cover up the murder. It also show scenes of a woman who is on a pole and dancing on it, 2 woman are captured in a van, a woman waving a flag, another woman taking pictures on a boat and also the signs on the lyrics for the band to say during the video. Meanwhile, the band is seen playing in an outside sewer gates and also a helicopter flies by during the video. In the end, the entire band is captured and in the last scene of the video, Adam is given the electric chair.
According to the band's official website, the music video released on Tuesday, July 31, 12:00 AM PST and premiered on MTV's website in August 2007. On MTV and VH1, the video was shortened and changed up a bit. In the director's cut, Levine's girlfriend says "We both fucked up". In the edited version, it was replaced by "We both screwed up". The edited version also ends with Levine just going to sleep in his cell instead of being executed in the electric chair as well as the sex, pole dancing scenes being less explicit. The music video has been viewed over 14 million times.
Track listing [edit]
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| 1. |
"Wake Up Call" (Album Version) |
3:21 |
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| 1. |
"Wake Up Call" (Album Version) |
3:21 |
| 2. |
"Story" (Non-LP Version) |
4:30 |
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| 1. |
"Wake Up Call" (Album Version) |
3:21 |
| 2. |
"Losing My Mind" (Non-LP Version) |
3:21 |
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| 1. |
"Wake Up Call" (Album Version) |
3:21 |
| 2. |
"Losing My Mind" (Non-LP Version) |
3:21 |
| 3. |
"Makes Me Wonder" (Harry Choo Choo Romero's Bambossa Mix) |
6:06 |
| 4. |
"Wake Up Call" (Video) |
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| 5. |
"Won't Go Home Without You" (Video) |
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Charts [edit]
Year-end charts [edit]
Mark Ronson recorded a remix of "Wake Up Call" which has been released on November 13, 2007 as a digital download. The song features vocals from Mary J. Blige.[22]
The track is also on the International Tour edition of It Won't Be Soon Before Long.
Track listing [edit]
This is the format and track listing of the single:
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| 1. |
"Wake Up Call" (Mark Ronson Remix [feat. Mary J. Blige]) |
3:12 |
References [edit]
- ^ "Wake Up Call - Maroon 5 - Pandora Internet Radio". Pandora.com. Archived from the original on 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Maroon 5 – Wake Up Call". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Maroon 5 – Wake Up Call – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Maroon 5 – Wake Up Call" (in Dutch). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Maroon 5 – Wake Up Call" (in French). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Maroon 5 Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Maroon 5. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Maroon 5 – Wake Up Call Hitlisten.nu" (in Danish). Tracklisten. IFPI Danmark & Nielsen Music Control.
- ^ "Maroon 5 Album & Song Chart History" European Hot 100 for Maroon 5. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – Maroon 5 – Wake Up Call". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 36, 2007" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Stichting Nederlandse Top 40.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Maroon 5 – Wake Up Call". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Maroon 5 – Wake Up Call – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Maroon 5 Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Maroon 5. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Maroon 5 Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Maroon 5. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Maroon 5 Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Maroon 5. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Maroon 5 Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs for Maroon 5. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Pop Rock" (in Spanish). Record Report. 2007-09-29. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2007". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
- ^ "Wake Up Call" Mark Ronson remix w/ Mary J. Blige. maroon5.com. November 8, 2007. Retrieved on November 12, 2007.
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