Maps (Maroon 5 song)

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"Maps"
Song

"Maps" is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5 from it's forthcoming fifth studio album V. The song was released on June 16, 2014 as the lead single from the album.[1][2] The song was written by Adam Levine, Benny Blanco, Max Martin, Shellback and Ryan Tedder[3] and produced by Tedder, Blanco and Noel Zancanella.[4]

Composition

"Maps" is an up-tempo pop/pop rock track,[1][2][3] with a "breezy guitar lick." It marks Maroon 5's 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."[5][2]

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.[4] Jeff Benjamin of Fuse compared the opening guitar licks to "California-cool sound" of Red Hot Chili Peppers.[3]

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]

Personnel

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Italy[8] June 16, 2014 Contemporary hit radio Interscope
United States[9][10] June 17, 2014
Digital download Interscope
United Kingdom[11] 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 c Benjamin, Jeff (June 16, 2014). "Maroon 5 Return With Lovelorn New Single "Maps"". Fuse. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Daw, Robbie (June 16, 2014). "Maroon 5's "Maps": Listen To The New 'V' Single". Idolator. 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. ^ Mompellio, Gabriel. "Maroon 5 – Maps (Interscope Records)" (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  9. ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  10. ^ "Maps – Single by Maroon 5". iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved June 18, 2014. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  11. ^ "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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