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Song of the Day #2,445: ‘Shiver’ – Maroon 5

maroon_5_songs_about_janeDespite Maroon 5’s bevy of hit singles since Adam Levine took to his red chair on The Voice, I don’t believe they’ve ever topped their debut album.

2002’s Songs About Jane is alternately jazzy and muscular, a sleek and sexy song cycle that delivers from its first note to its last.

The band’s recent music is no less catchy but perhaps a bit too polished. Levine and company have become master pop craftsmen — there’s little doubt that a new Maroon 5 song will stick both in your head and on the charts — but their music lacks the sense of adventure that typified this record.

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Song of the Day #2,428: ‘Sugar’ – Maroon 5

maroon_5_sugarIn Billboard’s third spot this week is Maroon 5 with ‘Sugar.’ This is the eighth straight single the band has landed in the top ten.

More interesting than the song, which is a highly enjoyable pop soul confection, is the music video. Adam Levine recruited Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin to film the band crashing a series of weddings on a single day in Los Angeles.

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Song of the Day #2,205: ‘Maps’ – Maroon 5

maroon_5_mapsAt #4 this week is Nico & Vinz, with the boring but popular ‘Am I Wrong?‘ Dropping to fifth place is Ariana Grande’s ‘Problem,’ my pick for Song of the Summer.

‘Problem’ spent awhile at #2, but was unable to unseat ‘Fancy’ for the top spot during that span. As Iggy Izalea raps on ‘Problem,’ that meant she occupied both of those positions for more than a month. She’s certainly the Artist of the Summer (a spot Pharrell earned last year, appearing on both ‘Blurred Lines’ and ‘Get Lucky’).

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Song of the Day #1,620: ‘Payphone’ – Maroon 5

payphoneTop Songs of 2012 – #14

At first I didn’t get Maroon 5’s ‘Payphone.’ The hook didn’t stick with me after a listen or two and I wasn’t sure why it was turning into such a big hit.

But at some point it dug in and I realized that it’s a true beast of a song. And then it became ubiquitous and almost fell out of favor before I got around to making this list.

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