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Maroon 5 – Better That We Break
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[Verse 1] / I never knew perfection 'til / I heard you speak, and now it kills me / Just to hear you say the simple things / Now waking up is hard to do / And sleeping is
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Maroon 5 & Megan Thee Stallion – Beautiful Mistakes
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Maroon 5 enlists rapper Megan Thee Stallion for their first collaboration on “Beautiful Mistakes,” the third single from the band’s seventh studio album JORDI.
Lead singer Adam
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Maroon 5 – This Love
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The second single off Maroon 5’s debut album, Songs about Jane, “This Love” was a massive success. Inspired by lead vocalist and band front man Adam Levine’s break-up, this song
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Maroon 5 – Back At Your Door
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[Verse 1] / From the moment the lights went off / Everything had changed / Lie awake in an empty room / In my head it all feels the same / Like the taste of the day you left / That
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Maroon 5 – Makes Me Wonder
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A political Maroon 5 song, “Makes Me Wonder” hit #1 in the US during its release. At the time, it held the record for biggest jump to #1 (from 64th) on the Billboard Hot 100
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Maroon 5 – Nothing Lasts Forever
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“Nothing Lasts Forever” is the sixth track off of Maroon 5’s sophomore album, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long. This painful and heartbreaking track deals with two people, Adam and an
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Maroon 5 – One More Night
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“One More Night” is a song performed by American band Maroon 5. The song was released as the second single from their fourth studio album, Overexposed.
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Maroon 5 – Memories
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“Memories” is an evolution of the more acoustic sound put forth in Maroon 5’s sixth studio album, Red Pill Blues, and specifically their #1 hit, “Girls Like You.” and was the first
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Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved
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“She Will Be Loved” is the third single released from the band’s 2002 debut album, Songs About Jane. The song peaked at number five in the US (becoming their second top ten there
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Maroon 5 – Sugar
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“Sugar” is the third single from Maroon 5’s 2014 album V. In this disco-influenced tune, Adam Levine’s pining falsetto compares a girl to sugar.
Originally intended for Mike
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Maroon 5 – Wake Up Call
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Adam catches his girl cheating, kills the guy and then spends the rest of the video trying to cover up the murder. The original video ended with his capture and execution in the
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Maroon 5 – Harder to Breathe
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Initially thought to be a song about a breakup with a lover due to its sexual undertones, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine admitted the song was in relation to the band’s frustration
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Maroon 5 – Misery
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“Misery” was released as the lead single from Maroon 5’s third studio album Hands All Over. The song became a top-ten hit in eight countries, and peaked in the top forty in every
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Maroon 5 (Ft. Wiz Khalifa) – Payphone
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“Payphone” is a song by Maroon 5, featuring guest vocals from American rapper Wiz Khalifa. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Overexposed. The song
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Maroon 5 – Maps
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“Maps” was released as the lead single from Maroon 5’s fifth studio album, V.. During it’s release, the song broke records, logging 1,800 spins on the radio on its first day (or 17
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Maroon 5 – Goodnight Goodnight
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“Goodnight Goodnight” is the eighth track on Maroon 5’s second studio album, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long. It was released as the fifth and final single from that album. The song
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Maroon 5 – Won't Go Home Without You
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“Won’t Go Home Without You” was released as the third single released from Maroon 5’s second studio album, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long.
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Maroon 5 (Ft. Rihanna) – If I Never See Your Face Again (Remix)
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“If I Never See Your Face Again” was released as a single from the re-release of Maroon 5’s second album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long. It was originally intended to be a duet with
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Maroon 5 – Woman (Sam Farrar Remix)
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[Verse 1] / If I be so inclined to climb up beside you / Would you tell me that the time just isn't right? / And if I should ever find the key you hide so well / Will you tell me
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Maroon 5 – Animals
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The timid second track on Maroon 5’s fifth studio album, V. It uses animal metaphors to describe a breakup that might not last. It was released as the second single shortly after
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Maroon 5 – If I Never See Your Face Again
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[Verse 1] / Now as the summer fades, I let you slip away / You say I'm not your type, but I can make you sway / It makes you burn to learn you're not the only one / I'd let you be
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Maroon 5 (Ft. Christina Aguilera) – Moves Like Jagger
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“Moves Like Jagger” was first performed on an episode of The Voice, a singing competition which Adam Levine and Christina both judge. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot
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Matchbox Twenty – Push
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“Push” is a song by Matchbox Twenty off of their 1996 release Yourself Or Someone Like You. The song is about an emotionally abusive relationship that Rob Thomas was in with a
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Maroon 5 – Kiwi
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“Kiwi” is the tenth track on Maroon 5’s 2007 sophomore album, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long.
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J. Cole (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Forbidden Fruit
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In the bible, Book Genesis, Adam and Eve are led into temptation by the serpent (the devil) and taste from the fruit that God had forbidden them to eat. This act, the fall of man
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Imagine Dragons – Believer
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“Believer” thunders around a percussive backbeat and expressive vocals from Dan Reynolds to bring about a message of embracing pain, and using it as a tool for personal growth. It
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The Script – Breakeven
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“Breakeven” is a song about a guy who has suffered a terrible breakup with a girl. To make things even worse, she has moved on and found someone else, but the singer is still
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Maroon 5 – Closure
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“Closure” is a track with more acoustic instrumentation than the rest of Red Pill Blues. After the three-minute main track ends, the eleven minutes long song goes into an
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Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
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A love song to JT’s new wife that is less narcissistic than it may seem at first glance, this song is a tribute to twin flames – same soul split in two, in two different bodies.
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Maroon 5 – Daylight
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“Daylight” is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5, released as the third single from their fourth studio album, Overexposed. Lyrically, the song is about coming to the
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USHER – Burn
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“Burn” is a song by American R&B singer Usher, released as the second single from his album, Confessions. Lyrically, the song is about breakup in a relationship.
“Burn” reached
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Maroon 5 – Can't Stop
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[Intro] / One, two, three / [Verse 1] / All alone in my room, think of you at a rate that is truly alarming / I keep looping my memories of you in my head / I pretend that you want
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Imagine Dragons – Natural
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“Natural” is Imagine Dragons‘ third single after the release of Evolve, following their collaboration with Kygo on “Born to Be Yours”; it is the lead single for their fourth studio
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Train – 50 Ways to Say Goodbye
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[Verse 1] / My heart is paralyzed / My head was oversized / I'll take the high road like I should / You said it's meant to be / That it's not you, it's me / You're leaving now for
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Maroon 5 – Ladykiller
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[Verse 1] / Baby, it's not alright / The second that you turn your back, she'll be outta sight / Baby, she'll break your heart / The second that you spend the night apart-art / [
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Maroon 5 – Makes Me Wonder (Just Blaze Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Wake up, blood-shot eye / Struggle to memorize / The way it felt between your thighs / Pleasure that made you cry / It feels so good to be bad / Not worth the aftermath
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Maroon 5 – Won't Go Home Without You (Acoustic Version)
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[Verse 1] / I asked her to stay, but she wouldn't listen / She left before I had the chance to say / Oh, oh / Words that would mend, yeah, the things that were broken / But now it'
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Ed Sheeran – Shape of You
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Ed Sheeran released “Shape of You” together with “Castle On The Hill.” The two songs were the first releases from his third album, ÷ (Divide), following in the mathematical
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Post Malone – Circles
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“Circles” is the fourth single from Post Malone’s third studio album, Hollywood’s Bleeding. The track continues the heartbreak theme from “Goodbyes” as he struggles to maintain a
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Gym Class Heroes (Ft. Adam Levine) – Stereo Hearts
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The Papercut Chronicles II’s lead single features Adam Levine, the lead singer of Maroon 5.
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Kanye West (Ft. Adam Levine) – Heard 'Em Say
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“Heard ‘Em Say” was released as the third single from Late Registration. The single achieved gold status while peaking at #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 on the Hot Rap Tracks
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Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way
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“I Want It That Way” is about a strained relationship. The lyrical interpretation of this song, however, is notoriously muddled. They don’t necessarily make sense—and this is the
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Coldplay – Viva La Vida
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Revered as an essential rock song of the 2000s, “Viva La Vida” tells the story of a monarch who’s lost his kingdom. In another aspect, the song is also seen as a narrative on the
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