She Will Be Loved

"She Will Be Loved"
Single by Maroon 5
from the album Songs About Jane
Released June 8, 2004
Format CD single
Recorded 2002; Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length
  • 4:17 (album version)
  • 4:19 (radio mix)
  • 3:59 (radio edit)
Label Octone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Matt Wallace
Maroon 5 singles chronology
"This Love"
(2004)		 "She Will Be Loved"
(2004)		 "Sunday Morning"
(2004)
Music video
"She Will Be Loved" on YouTube

"She Will Be Loved" is a song by the American pop rock band Maroon 5. The song was written by frontman Adam Levine and lead guitarist James Valentine. It was released on June 8, 2004, as the third single from Maroon 5's debut studio album, Songs About Jane (2002). The single peaked at No. 5 in the United States and by December 2012 had sold more than 2,722,000 digital downloads.[1] It peaked at No. 4 in the United Kingdom. In Australia, it reached No. 1, a position it held for five non-consecutive weeks. The single is noted for its music video starring Kelly Preston in a mother-daughter love triangle with lead singer Adam Levine.

The song proved as successful as the band's previous hits, "This Love" and "Harder to Breathe", hitting No. 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40 charts, but it prompted many alternative radio outlets to remove Maroon 5 from their playlists, on the ground that the band's newer songs were too light for alt-rock audiences. These stations continued to play "Harder to Breathe" and "This Love", but Maroon 5's newer hits were played only on pop and adult contemporary stations. As of June 2014, the song has sold more than 3 million copies in the United States.[2]

Commercial performance

United States

"She Will Be Loved" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #50 as the Hot Shot debut of the week on July 24, 2004.[3] The song rose to No. 20 on August 21, 2004, giving Maroon 5 its third consecutive Top 20 hit on the chart.[4] "She Will Be Loved" continued to gain in performance and rose to #9 on September 11, 2004, becoming Maroon 5's second top-ten hit from Songs About Jane after the band's previous hit "This Love".[5] The song reached its peak position at No. 5 on September 25, 2004, matching the peak position of "This Love" from earlier that year.[6] It fell to No. 6 a week later and stayed in that position for three weeks,[7] before rising back up to #5 on October 23, 2004 for two more consecutive weeks.[8][9] "She Will Be Loved" was certified platinum on April 18, 2011 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold 3,197,000 copies in the US as of June 15, 2014.[2]

Music videos

The music video for "She Will Be Loved" premiered on MTV's Total Request Live on July 16, 2004. Directed by Sophie Muller[10] with original sequence by Johanna Bautista (Sweetheart Massive Attack) tells a sad love story, featuring a lovelorn socialite (Kelly Preston) and her rich, deadbeat, abusive husband, whose relationship is juxtaposed with that of their daughter's (Corinne Carrey) relationship with a young man (played by lead singer Adam Levine). The younger man, however, constantly obsesses over his girlfriend's mother, understanding that, although she is constantly rejected by her husband and that her life is one of emotional anxiety, she is nonetheless beautiful and attractive, and possibly more so than his own girlfriend.

The video is often compared to the 1967 film The Graduate, as it has similarities with the storyline between the daughter, the boyfriend and the mother. The version of the song used in the music video is the radio mix version found on the 10th anniversary edition of Songs About Jane. As of August 2018, the song has accumulated more than 440 million views on YouTube.[11]

Synopsis

The video starts with Levine standing in front of a swimming pool. As he's about to dive in, flashbacks appear: a younger woman swimming in a pool, Levine and the younger woman sharing a kiss, Levine comforting another woman who appears to be in distress, the older woman hiding alone in her car, and the older woman embracing the young man. Levine front-flips into the pool and is submerged underwater, completely unaware of what's to happen to him in falling in love that summer. Flashbacks show the two women walking side by side in the city as someone watches them from his/her car and all three protagonists are face to face, hinting at events that will ensue.

After that, the young man and his girlfriend visit her home and dive into a swimming pool kissing. After they resurface from swimming, the young man looks to his girlfriend as she's being cared for by another woman who is revealed to be the girlfriend's mother. The mother helps her daughter dry from swimming and glances in the young man's direction. As the young couple relax at her parent's social gathering, everyone, except the young man, is oblivious to the reality that not everything is right in the mother's relationship with the much older man.

One night while walking down the stairs, the young man discovers someone lying unconscious in the room. Recognizing the unconscious to be the mother, he goes to revive her and discovers that she's been abused by someone (judging by the red lipstick smeared across her face and other signs of physical abuse). The mother awakens and inexplicably kisses Levine, who returns her affections. Flashbacks show that the mother was beaten by her husband moments earlier.

After the encounter, the young man appears to become infatuated, parking his car outside a building one day to watch the mother and the daughter shop together, seeing how they're laughing and having a great time. The mother also appears to become infatuated, parking her car outside the young couple's house one night to watch him. After a discussion with his girlfriend, Levine sees the mother watching him from her car and she waves at him. When Levine and his band perform "She Will Be Loved" during a concert at the bar lounge, his girlfriend watches from the crowd. However, Levine sees the mother looking back at him instead of his girlfriend. When the young couple dance together, he fantasizes about being with the mother. Later that night, the mother is found to be in the bar wearing a red dress and makeup. As she watches him, Levine looks at the mother, then looks at his girlfriend smiling at him and ponders about the complicated situation.

At the end of the video, having still gained no romantic attention from her husband and seeing the young couple together, the mother was frustrated and overcome with emotion. She walks away crying. Levine follows her to console her and they embrace, nearly kissing until his girlfriend catches them. The story and song is about how he tried leaving the mother before but he couldn't do it as in the lyrics Please don't try so hard to say goodbye, when the girlfriend almost caught them the first time. Finally, since he couldn't leave the mother, he ends up hurting the girlfriend when she actually catches them together at the end of the video.

Original version

The original version of the music video where the band performed are rotating, the video also featured actress Elisha Cuthbert.[12][13] It was originally shot the video was later scrapped. But the idea was later used again in the band's music video "Girls Like You".

Awards and achievements

In 2005, the song was nominated at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in the Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals category.

Live performances

The band performed the song several times on various world tours and television programs, including a prelude of the band's cover of "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak from their "It Won't Be Soon Before Long Tour" (2007–2008).[14]

The song was featured in television shows and films are One Tree Hill, Smallville, Medium, The 4400, House of Lies, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, What I Like About You, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Rock the Kasbah, The Sopranos and The Last Song. As well as the video games Band Hero and Lips: Party Classics.

A different version of the song was featured from the album Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba (2006) by Rhythms del Mundo. Australian singer Kate Ceberano, made a cover version from her album So Much Beauty (2008). The song was also covered by artists Charlie Puth,[15] Bea Miller,[16] Boyce Avenue with Tiffany Alvord,[17] Runner Runner[18] and Rozzi Crane.[19]

Track listing

Charts and certifications

References

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