This article is missing information about the song's development and commercial performance. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the
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"Wake Up Call" is a song by American
pop rock band
Maroon 5. It was released on July 17, 2007, as the second single from their second
studio albumIt Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007). The band performed the song on 45th at Night, which originally included a special guest
Eve for the remix version, but never officially recorded.[1] However, the band later requested artist
Mary J. Blige, with musician
Mark Ronson to work on the song's official remix version.[2] The remix was released on November 13, 2007, and was included on the album's international limited deluxe edition and with both artists' remix albums (Call and Response by the band and Soul Is Forever by Blige), all released in 2008.
It is also featured on the television shows, Entourage and The Hills. Before the release of "Wake Up Call", the band promoted by performing it a half-step lower. The song was
BBC Radio 1 playlisted for the playlist week beginning July 18, 2007. As of June 2014, the song has sold 1,821,000 copies in the US.[3]
The music video for "Wake Up Call" is directed by
Jonas Åkerlund and was filmed in
Los Angeles in July 2007. The video is presented as a trailer for an imaginary
NC-17-rated film. It features
Adam Levine's leading lady for the video,
Kim Smith, talking with the suspicious Levine, asking for his forgiveness since she
had sex with another man whom Levine doesn't know and who serves as the antagonist. As the video progresses, Levine arrives home and hears noises coming from the bedroom. He kicks down the door and catches his girlfriend cheating on him with the other man (played by
Jeremy Sisto). As his girlfriend tries to break up the fight while attempting to explain the reason of her infidelity, Levine immediately shoots him in the chest, killing him in the process while his girlfriend watched in horror as her lover dies. Levine covers up the body and drags it out of the bedroom. The rest of the video centers around the other members of Maroon 5 who committed different crimes, while Levine and Smith are going through an elaborate plan to cover up the murder. At the end of the video, Levine gets arrested and taken to custody.
Director's cut version
A
director's cut version of the video includes additional scenes from the original video, with James Valentine giving
the finger while getting a
mug shot and the ending scene where Levine getting
sentenced to death for the murder.[4]
Track listing
CD Promo
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Wake Up Call" (Album version)
3:21
UK 2-track CD single
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Wake Up Call" (Album version)
3:21
2.
"Story" (Non-LP version)
4:30
Australia 2-track CD single 1744499
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Wake Up Call" (Album version)
3:21
2.
"Losing My Mind" (Non-LP version)
3:22
CD single (Enhanced)
No.
Title
Length
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)
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 200749 into search. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
This article is missing information about the song's development and commercial performance. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the
talk page.(September 2020)
"Wake Up Call" is a song by American
pop rock band
Maroon 5. It was released on July 17, 2007, as the second single from their second
studio albumIt Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007). The band performed the song on 45th at Night, which originally included a special guest
Eve for the remix version, but never officially recorded.[1] However, the band later requested artist
Mary J. Blige, with musician
Mark Ronson to work on the song's official remix version.[2] The remix was released on November 13, 2007, and was included on the album's international limited deluxe edition and with both artists' remix albums (Call and Response by the band and Soul Is Forever by Blige), all released in 2008.
It is also featured on the television shows, Entourage and The Hills. Before the release of "Wake Up Call", the band promoted by performing it a half-step lower. The song was
BBC Radio 1 playlisted for the playlist week beginning July 18, 2007. As of June 2014, the song has sold 1,821,000 copies in the US.[3]
The music video for "Wake Up Call" is directed by
Jonas Åkerlund and was filmed in
Los Angeles in July 2007. The video is presented as a trailer for an imaginary
NC-17-rated film. It features
Adam Levine's leading lady for the video,
Kim Smith, talking with the suspicious Levine, asking for his forgiveness since she
had sex with another man whom Levine doesn't know and who serves as the antagonist. As the video progresses, Levine arrives home and hears noises coming from the bedroom. He kicks down the door and catches his girlfriend cheating on him with the other man (played by
Jeremy Sisto). As his girlfriend tries to break up the fight while attempting to explain the reason of her infidelity, Levine immediately shoots him in the chest, killing him in the process while his girlfriend watched in horror as her lover dies. Levine covers up the body and drags it out of the bedroom. The rest of the video centers around the other members of Maroon 5 who committed different crimes, while Levine and Smith are going through an elaborate plan to cover up the murder. At the end of the video, Levine gets arrested and taken to custody.
Director's cut version
A
director's cut version of the video includes additional scenes from the original video, with James Valentine giving
the finger while getting a
mug shot and the ending scene where Levine getting
sentenced to death for the murder.[4]
Track listing
CD Promo
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Wake Up Call" (Album version)
3:21
UK 2-track CD single
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Wake Up Call" (Album version)
3:21
2.
"Story" (Non-LP version)
4:30
Australia 2-track CD single 1744499
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Wake Up Call" (Album version)
3:21
2.
"Losing My Mind" (Non-LP version)
3:22
CD single (Enhanced)
No.
Title
Length
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)
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 200749 into search. Retrieved 6 September 2018.