Wake Up Call (song)

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“Wake Up Call”
Single by Maroon 5 from the album It Won't Be Soon Before Long
B-side	"Story", "Losing My Mind"
Released	August 7, 2007
Format	CD single, digital download
Genre	Pop rock
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)
Maroon 5 singles chronology
"Makes Me Wonder" (2007) "Wake Up Call" (2007) "Won't Go Home Without You" (2007)

"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, on TRL, 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 latest album It Won't Be Soon Before Long. They performed the song on 45th at Night, the song included a special guest Eve. If this remix will be officially recorded is unknown. Another remix was with Mary J. Blige making a special guest appearance for this song. There is a link below to the live version of this below.

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.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Music video 3 Chart performance 4 Remix 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Track listing

CD Promo

1. "Wake Up Call" (Album Version) - 3:21

UK 2-track CD single

1. "Wake Up Call" (Album Version) - 3:21
2. "Story" (Non-LP Version) - 4:30

Australia 2-track CD single

1. "Wake Up Call" (Album Version) - 3:21
2. "Losing My Mind" (Non-LP Version) - 3:21

CD Single [Enhanced]

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 [Multimedia Track]"

[edit] Music video

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 that Levine didn't know and Levine's main rivalmate for 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. In the end, the entire band is captured and in the last scene of the video, Adam is given the electric chair. It also features pole dancers, strippers (one of which is pornstar Stormy Daniels) and criminals (played by other Maroon 5 members).

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. The music video has been viewed over 6,000,000 times.

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2007) Peak position ARC Weekly Top 40[1] 7 Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 19 Austria Singles Chart[3] 17 Brazil Singles Chart[4] 40 Canadian Hot 100[5] 6 Colombia Singles Chart[6] 21 Croatia Singles Chart[7] 13 Denmark Singles Chart[8] 7 Euro Top 200[8] 47 Finland Singles Chart[8] 3 Germany Singles Chart[3] 41 Ireland Singles Chart[3] 35 Italy Airplay Chart[9] 4 Italy Top Digital Download Chart[10] 8 Lithuania Singles Chart[11] 10 Luxemburg Singles Chart[8] 5 Malta Singles Chart[8] 4

Chart (2007) Peak position Mexico Singles Chart[12] 24 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Charts[13] 32 Netherlands Singles Chart 1[14] 20 Netherlands Singles Chart 2[15] 9 Polish Singles Chart[16] 7 Romania Singles Chart[17] 12 Slovakia IFPI Chart[18] 15 South Africa 5FM Chart[19] 3 Switzerland Singles Chart[20] 12 Turkish Top 20 Chart[21] 13 Turkey Radio Chart[22] 9 UK Singles Chart[23] 33 United World Chart[3] 11 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 19 U.S. Billboard Pop 100 13 U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40/Hot Adult Contemporary 3 Venezuela Singles Chart[24] 9

[edit] Remix

“Wake Up Call (Mark Ronson Remix)”
Single by Maroon 5 featuring Mary J. Blige
Released	November 13, 2007 (iTunes U.S.)
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2007
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	3:12
Label	A&M/Octone Records
Writer(s)	Adam Levine James Valentine Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson singles chronology
"Valerie" (2007) "Wake Up Call (Remix)" (2007) "Just" (2008)
Mary J. Blige singles chronology
"Just Fine" (2007) "Wake Up Call (Remix)" (2007) "Stay Down" (2008)

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.^[25]

This is the format and track listing of the single:

Digital Download Single

1. "Wake Up Call (Mark Ronson Remix) [feat. Mary J. Blige]" - 3:12

[edit] External links

• Wake Up Call Video Premiere on YouTube
• A performance of the song can be viewed here.

[edit] References

v • d • e Maroon 5 Adam Levine · James Valentine · Jesse Carmichael · Michael Madden · Matt Flynn Ryan Dusick Studio albums Songs About Jane · It Won't Be Soon Before Long Live albums 1.22.03.Acoustic · Live – Friday the 13th · Live from SoHo Compilations The B-Side Collection Singles "Harder to Breathe" · "This Love" · "She Will Be Loved" · "Sunday Morning" · "Must Get Out" · "Makes Me Wonder" · "Wake Up Call" · "Won't Go Home Without You" · "If I Never See Your Face Again" Other songs "Goodnight Goodnight" · "Not Falling Apart" Related Discography · Kara's Flowers · The Fourth World