"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".
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
Chromeo on January 19, 2018 and the second version featuring 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 with people appeared at the funeral, there he used the scorpion to resurrect his ex girlfriend (played by Daddario) who the one cheated on him. With scenes of Levine getting attacked and fight by the ex girlfriend including the women gangsters and the bathtub woman. The next scene, Levine is on the water from another world with little mermaids as he enters the
junkyard with the ex girlfriend watching him as millions of
fireballs destroyed the place with the ex girlfriend is blown away. The final scene, the ex girlfriend breaks up and leaves Levine at the house with
rope all over him ending the video.
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]
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ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201749 into search. Retrieved December 5, 2017.