Never Gonna Leave This Bed
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"Never Gonna Leave This Bed" is a song performed by the American pop
/rock
band Maroon 5
, taken from their third studio album Hands All Over
. The song is a ballad
and was written by frontman Adam Levine
and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. It was released as the third single under A&M/Octone Records
on February 5, 2011, on Adult radio and will be released to Mainstream Radio on May 17, 2011. The song received positive reviews from most music critics, who complimented the track's lyric and its sweet sound. It has gained significant airplay on U.S. radio and has charted on the Billboard Hot 100
and Adult Pop Songs, while reaching the top ten on the latter. The music video feature Adam Levine's girlfriend, model Anne Vyalitsyna
, and it sees the frontman snuggling with her on beds in various Los Angeles
settings, as passersby give them curious looks.
wrote this song after a "weekend bender." He told The Sun September 17, 2010: "I was totally depleted and got home, picked up a guitar and started writing this song. It's my favourite on the record. It's the most honest. It reflects a desperate longing to have somebody in my life, which I didn't at the time."
said that: "The band turns in career highlights with the harmony-laden "Never Gonna Leave This Bed." Bill Lamb from About.com
said, positively, that: ""Never Gonna Leave This Bed" may detail a relationship in trouble, but the sound wraps you in pillows of pop melodies that transport without dissolving into saccharine sweetness". Sarah Rodman from The Boston Globe
said that: "“Never Gonna Leave This Bed” nails the hunger to prolong the perfect moment with an intoxicating partner with its sweet, sexy swing." IGN
said: "the romance-friendly track "Never Gonna Leave This Bed," has a Keane-like feel". Leah Greenblatt from Entertainment Weekly
opined that: "Levine's romantic roundelay trundles on the Train
-ish midrange balladry (Never Gonna Leave This Bed)".
, on May 1, 2011. The band also performed it on the Today Show on August 5, 2011.
and downtown Los Angeles, California
. The video shows scenes of Levine and his girlfriend in three different bed settings, including one at a pier on the beach of Santa Monica, another on Broadway in Los Angeles, and a third setting in an upper floor of the Hilton Hotel
. The video also features the band performing in a small room, or box, mounted on the bed of a truck, alternatively while driving down a highway during the day, and on a busy street in downtown Los Angeles at night, while onlookers take photos. The music video was released on iTunes
on February 8, 2011. The music video for the single premiered on February
5th, 2011 on VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown. The video hit number seven on the Yahoo! Video
chart published by Billboard
.
that "It's a gorgeously shot and sunny video for a slightly melancholy but incredibly catchy song."
, Netherlands
and Slovakia
charts.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Maroon 5
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album...
, taken from their third studio album Hands All Over
Hands All Over (album)
Hands All Over is the third studio album by the American pop rock band Maroon 5. Produced by veteran producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, the album was released by A&M/Octone Records on September 21, 2010. On July 12, 2011, the band re-released the album to include their summer hit "Moves Like...
. The song is a ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
and was written by frontman Adam Levine
Adam Levine
Adam Noah Levine is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show The Voice.-Early life:...
and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. It was released as the third single under A&M/Octone Records
A&M/Octone Records
A&M/Octone Records is an American record label and a joint venture between Universal Music Group and Octone Records, also known as OctoScope Music...
on February 5, 2011, on Adult radio and will be released to Mainstream Radio on May 17, 2011. The song received positive reviews from most music critics, who complimented the track's lyric and its sweet sound. It has gained significant airplay on U.S. radio and has charted on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and Adult Pop Songs, while reaching the top ten on the latter. The music video feature Adam Levine's girlfriend, model Anne Vyalitsyna
Anne Vyalitsyna
Anne Vyalitsyna , also known simply as Anne V, is a clothing and swimwear model...
, and it sees the frontman snuggling with her on beds in various Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
settings, as passersby give them curious looks.
Background
Frontman Adam LevineAdam Levine
Adam Noah Levine is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show The Voice.-Early life:...
wrote this song after a "weekend bender." He told The Sun September 17, 2010: "I was totally depleted and got home, picked up a guitar and started writing this song. It's my favourite on the record. It's the most honest. It reflects a desperate longing to have somebody in my life, which I didn't at the time."
Critical reception
Jakof Dorof from Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :...
said that: "The band turns in career highlights with the harmony-laden "Never Gonna Leave This Bed." Bill Lamb from About.com
About.com
About.com is an online source for original information and advice. It is written in English, and is aimed primarily at North Americans. It is owned by The New York Times Company....
said, positively, that: ""Never Gonna Leave This Bed" may detail a relationship in trouble, but the sound wraps you in pillows of pop melodies that transport without dissolving into saccharine sweetness". Sarah Rodman from The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
said that: "“Never Gonna Leave This Bed” nails the hunger to prolong the perfect moment with an intoxicating partner with its sweet, sexy swing." IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
said: "the romance-friendly track "Never Gonna Leave This Bed," has a Keane-like feel". Leah Greenblatt from Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
opined that: "Levine's romantic roundelay trundles on the Train
Train (band)
Train is an American pop rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1994. The band currently comprises a core trio of Patrick Monahan , Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood ....
-ish midrange balladry (Never Gonna Leave This Bed)".
Promotion
The band performed the song on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on January 17, 2011. The band also performed it on the Super Bowl 2011 pre-show. The band also performed it on the Logie Awards of 2011Logie Awards of 2011
The 53rd Annual TV WEEK Logie Awards was held on Sunday 1 May 2011 at the Crown Entertainment Complex in Melbourne, and was televised on the Nine Network. The awards ceremony was hosted by Shane Bourne, marking the first time he has hosted the event....
, on May 1, 2011. The band also performed it on the Today Show on August 5, 2011.
Music video
The music video for the song was shot at several different places including Santa MonicaSanta Mônica
Santa Mônica is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...
and downtown Los Angeles, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The video shows scenes of Levine and his girlfriend in three different bed settings, including one at a pier on the beach of Santa Monica, another on Broadway in Los Angeles, and a third setting in an upper floor of the Hilton Hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
. The video also features the band performing in a small room, or box, mounted on the bed of a truck, alternatively while driving down a highway during the day, and on a busy street in downtown Los Angeles at night, while onlookers take photos. The music video was released on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
on February 8, 2011. The music video for the single premiered on February
February
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years and 29 days in leap years...
5th, 2011 on VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown. The video hit number seven on the Yahoo! Video
Yahoo! Video
Yahoo! Video is a video sharing website on which users could upload and share videos. The service is owned and created by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Video began as an internet-wide video search engine and added the ability to upload and share video clips in June 2006...
chart published by Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
.
Reception
Chris Ryan wrote for MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
that "It's a gorgeously shot and sunny video for a slightly melancholy but incredibly catchy song."
Track listing
Chart performance
The song was released on February 5, 2011 to Hot adult contemporary radio stations and was the most added song that week. The song debuted at #35 on the Billboards Adult Pop Songs chart and has reach a peak of number four, so far. On the week of May 14, the song entered the Hot 100 at #100. In the week of May 21, 2011, the song climbed to number 83 and has reached a peak of 55 so far. It is also charting on the Belgian, HungaryHungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
charts.
Charts
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
17 |
| US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard) | 4 |
| US Pop Songs Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart... (Billboard) |
27 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | January 24, 2011 | Contemporary Hit Radio Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts... , Adult Contemporary |
| United States | February 5, 2011 | Adult Radio |
| May 17, 2011 | Mainstream Radio | |