Wait (Maroon 5 song)

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"Wait"
Maroon5Wait.jpg
Single by Maroon 5
from the album Red Pill Blues
ReleasedJanuary 16, 2018
Recorded2017
Studio Conway Recording (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length3:10
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) John Ryan
Maroon 5 singles chronology
"What Lovers Do"
(2017)
"Wait"
(2018)
"Girls Like You"
(2018)
Music video
"Wait" on YouTube

"Wait" is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on January 16, 2018, to contemporary hit radio as the fourth single from the band's sixth studio album Red Pill Blues (2017). [1] The song was previously released as a promotional single on October 31, 2017. It was written by Adam Levine, John Ryan, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and Ammar Malik and was produced by Ryan. It served as the third countdown single released from the album following "Whiskey".

Contents

Background and release

"Wait" was announced on October 30, 2017. [2] The song was released as an instant-grant the following day worldwide. [3] On November 3, 2017, guitarist James Valentine later announced on Twitter, that the song would later become the album's official fourth single. [4]

Remixes

The remix versions of the song was released, the first version by Canadian duo Chromeo on January 19, 2018, and the second version featuring American rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie on January 26. [5]

Composition

"Wait" has a duration of 3 minutes and 10 seconds. It was written by Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, John Ryan, Jacob "JKash" Kasher Hindlin, and Ammar Malik and was produced by John Ryan.

Music video

The music video for "Wait" was released on February 8, 2018, on Vevo. The video features actress Alexandra Daddario and was directed by Dave Meyers. [6] It begins with lead singer Adam Levine at the church as he wakes up in a coffin and later walks to another coffin where are people shown at the funeral, there he used the scorpion to resurrect his ex-girlfriend (played by Daddario) who the one cheated on him. Scenes of Levine getting attacked and fought by the ex-girlfriend include the women gangsters and the bathtub woman. In the next scene, Levine is underwater from another world with little mermaids and enters the junkyard with the ex-girlfriend watching him as millions of meteors destroy the place, blowing the ex-girlfriend away. In the final scene, the ex-girlfriend breaks up and leaves Levine at the house with ropes all over him as the video ends.

Snapchat version video

On January 16, 2018, a Snapchat version video was released on Spotify and on Vevo, the following day. Directed by Travis Schneider, and was shot on iPhone 7. [7] The video follows Levine in various parts at his home, as he performs in lip-syncing to the song with scenes covered by different Snapchat filters. Levine's wife, Behati Prinsloo makes a cameo appearance. [8]

Lyric videos

A vertical lyric video was released exclusively by Spotify on December 15, 2017. [9] Like the Snapchat video, which was also directed by Schneider and features Levine, is writing the lyrics on a screen wall. On February 1, 2018, the official lyric video is directed and produced by the band's multi-instrumentalist Sam Farrar. It was shot entirely on iPhone X. [10]

Live performances

On November 7, 2017, Maroon 5 performed "Wait" for the first time at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, California. [11] On January 18, 2018, the band continued the song for Jimmy Kimmel Live! , as well as the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 11. [12] Pop band Echosmith, praised their latter performance as "one of the best sounding tv performances". [13] They also performed the song on the final night of the 2018 Capital One JamFest in San Antonio, on April 1, 2018. [14] Later, Maroon 5 played with the song live on The Voice on April 24 [15] and The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 7, 2018, [16] respectively.

Accolades

YearCeremonyCategoryResultRef.
2018 MTV Video Music Awards Best Visual Effects Nominated [17]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Song: Group Nominated [18]
2019 ASCAP Pop Music Awards Award Winning SongWon [19]
BMI Pop Awards Award Winning SongWon [20]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Wait"3:10
Digital download – Chromeo Remix [21]
No.TitleLength
1."Wait" (Chromeo Remix)4:19
Digital download – Remix featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie [22]
No.TitleLength
1."Wait" (Remix) (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie)3:10

Credits and personnel

Recording

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [57] Platinum70,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [58] Platinum40,000
Canada (Music Canada) [59] Platinum80,000
United States (RIAA) [60] 3× Platinum3,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)VersionLabel(s)Ref.
Various [a] October 31, 2017 Digital download Original [3]
United StatesJanuary 16, 2018 Contemporary hit radio [1]
VariousJanuary 19, 2018Digital download Chromeo Remix [21]
January 26, 2018 A Boogie wit da Hoodie Remix [22]

Notes

  1. Release as a promotional single.

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