Singles (Maroon 5 album)

Singles is a greatest hits album by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on September 25, 2015, through 222 and Interscope Records. The album includes twelve of the band's greatest hit singles released from their first five studio albums: Songs About Jane (2002), It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007), Hands All Over (2010), Overexposed (2012), and V (2014).

Singles
Greatest hits album by Maroon 5
Released	September 25, 2015
Recorded	2001–2014
Length	43:44
Label	222 Interscope
Producer	Various Matt Wallace Mark Endert Benny Blanco Shellback Robopop Mike Elizondo Mark "Spike" Stent Sam Farrar Max Martin Noel Zancanella Noah Passovoy Maroon 5 Adam Levine MdL Ammo Cirkut Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Maroon 5 chronology
V (2014) Singles (2015) Red Pill Blues (2017)

Singles was released during the Maroon V Tour in Asia.[1] The album does not contain any new or unreleased songs.[2]

Background

On September 1, 2015, Interscope Records announced that Maroon 5 would be releasing their debut greatest hits album, on their label.[3] The track listing and album art cover were announced on the same day,[4] revealing that there will be only 12 singles featured on the compilation album and will not withhold any new or unreleased tracks. Fans have also responded to the lack of more favorable hits on the album, such as "Harder to Breathe", "Sunday Morning" and "Won't Go Home Without You".[5] With the latter two are only appeared on the Japan Edition of the album.

Album artwork

The album artwork for Singles was shot and edited by photographer and tourist Travis Schneider, also known as bootswallace on various social media websites, which was confirmed by Schneider via Twitter on September 6, 2015.[6] The photo was taken whilst on tour with Maroon 5 on their North American leg of their world tour backstage.

Critical reception

Writing for Contactmusic.com, Alex Lai stated: "For anyone who has forgotten or indeed not been familiar with the work of Adam Levine and company, this is a fine demonstration of their ability to blend genres".[7]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number six in Japan, selling 11,000 physical copies in its first week.[8] In Brazil, the album debut at number eight in ABPD chart, selling 20,000 copies in its first week.[9]

Track listing

Singles – Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"This Love" (from Songs About Jane)	Adam Levine Jesse Carmichael	Matt Wallace Mark Endert	3:27
2.	"Payphone" (featuring Wiz Khalifa) (from Overexposed)	Levine Benjamin Levin Ammar Malik Dan Omelio Shellback Cameron Thomaz	Benny Blanco Shellback Robopop^[a]	3:51
3.	"She Will Be Loved" (from Songs About Jane)	Levine James Valentine	Wallace	4:14
4.	"One More Night" (from Overexposed)	Levine Shellback Max Martin Savan Kotecha	Shellback Martin	3:39
5.	"Moves Like Jagger" (featuring Christina Aguilera) (from re-release of Hands All Over)	Levine Levin Malik Shellback	Shellback Blanco	3:21
6.	"Wake Up Call" (from It Won't Be Soon Before Long)	Levine Valentine	Mike Elizondo Mark "Spike" Stent Sam Farrar Endert	3:21
7.	"Misery" (from Hands All Over)	Levine Carmichael Farrar	Robert John "Mutt" Lange	3:36
8.	"Maps" (from V)	Levine Mallik Ryan Tedder Levin Noel Zancanella	Tedder Blanco Zancanella Noah Passovoy	3:11
9.	"Makes Me Wonder" (from It Won't Be Soon Before Long)	Levine Carmichael Mickey Madden	Endert Maroon 5	3:31
10.	"Animals" (from V)	Levine Shellback Levin	Shellback	3:51
11.	"Daylight" (from Overexposed)	Levine Martin SAMM Mason Levy	Levine MdL Martin	3:46
12.	"Sugar" (from V)	Levine Joshua Coleman Lukasz Gottwald Jacob Kasher Hindlin Mike Posner Henry Walter	Ammo Cirkut	3:56
Total length:				43:44

Singles – Japan bonus tracks[10]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Sunday Morning" (from Songs About Jane)	Levine Carmichael	Wallace	4:02
14.	"Won't Go Home Without You" (from It Won't Be Soon Before Long)	Levine	Elizondo Stent Maroon 5	3:51
Total length:				51:37

Singles – UK bonus track[11]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Feelings" (from V)	Levine Shellback Oscar Görres	Shellback, OzGo	3:13
Total length:				46:57

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies an additional producer

Personnel

• Adam Levine – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, songwriter, band member
• Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter, band member
• Mickey Madden – bass guitar, songwriter, band member
• James Valentine – lead guitar, backing vocals, songwriter, band member
• Matt Flynn – drums, percussion, band member
• PJ Morton – keyboards, backing vocals, band member
• Ryan Dusick – drums, percussion (on tracks 1 and 3), band member (former)
• Sam Farrar – production, keyboards, programming, songwriter, band touring member
• Christina Aguilera – guest vocals (on track 5)
• Wiz Khalifa – guest vocals (on track 2)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015–17)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13]	69
Brazilian Albums (ABPD)[14]	8
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15]	35
French Albums (SNEP)[16]	30
Irish Albums (IRMA)[17]	55
Italian Albums (FIMI)[18]	51
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[19]	16
South Korean International Albums (Gaon)[20]	1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21]	4
UK Albums (OCC)[22]	35

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)	Position
Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[23]	87

Chart (2018)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[24]	57

Chart (2019)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[25]	39
UK Albums (OCC)[26]	100

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[27]	Gold	100,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[28]	Platinum	300,000
^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country	Date
Japan	September 25, 2015[29]
Various	October 16, 2015[30]

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