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The song was inspired by the band's frustration with their record label.
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17 catalog entries, grouped by year.
ARTIST ESSENTIALS
Explore Artist EssentialsMaroon 5: a curated listening guide
Twenty-five recordings connect the band's guitar-and-keyboard grooves to compact dance-pop and guest exchanges.
25 selections with release evidence; 5 beyond the yearly lists.
About Maroon 5
Maroon 5 emerged in Los Angeles after members of Kara's Flowers regrouped with guitarist James Valentine. Songs About Jane combined rock guitars, keyboard-led grooves and R&B phrasing around Adam Levine's high lead voice. Later albums moved toward electronic pop and collaborations with singers and rappers while retaining concise melodic hooks. The group's catalog also makes room for restrained ballads, with a renewed emphasis on groove in the 2025 Love Is Like chapter.
Artist background sources
Songs About Jane - original Octone program
Original 2002 program and track dates, including the original full She Will Be Loved. The distributor history also describes the Los Angeles group and its earlier Kara's Flowers formation; later annual years are not first releases. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Maroon 5 - Interscope artist biography
Actual label biography identifies the Los Angeles band and its debut hybrid of rock and R&B. Current promotional sales and stream totals are not repeated. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Overexposed - original album program and release history
Original 2012 program and pre-album One More Night and Payphone single fields. The substantive introduction independently identifies Moves Like Jagger as a 2011 song, resolving the earlier package-field error. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Love Is Like - original 2025 program
Original 2025 album program and the earlier All Night single field. The artist interview supplies context for the later group chapter, without reproducing private song-origin claims. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
2003
2004
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The song was inspired by a friend's complicated relationship.
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Lead singer Adam Levine wrote the song about his ex-girlfriend, Jane Herman.
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The song was inspired by a friend's complicated relationship.
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Originally about a failing relationship, it evolved to include political frustration.
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The song was inspired by feelings of disillusionment with the state of the world.
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The conflicting emotions in a dysfunctional relationship
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The song is about savoring the last moments with a loved one before saying goodbye.
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The song describes a dysfunctional relationship that's hard to end.
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The track was inspired by the bittersweet feeling of having to leave a loved one.
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The song explores the desire to find a deep, meaningful connection with someone.
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The song explores primal desires and attraction in relationships.
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The song was inspired by lead singer Adam Levine's relationship with his wife, Behati Prinsloo.
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The song was inspired by the band's experiences crashing weddings to film the music video.
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The song was inspired by the loss of the band's longtime manager, Jordan Feldstein.
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Nostalgia and lost loved ones
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Unconditional love and support
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1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.