"This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a Motherfucker" (also known as "This Summer's Gonna Hurt..." or titled "This Summer" or "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a Motherf***er" of for its single release) is a song performed by American
pop rock
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band
Maroon 5. The fourth single from the album, it followed the reissue deluxe edition of the band's fifth studio album ''
V'', on May 15, 2015. Musically, the song has been described as having a "
synthpop sound",
while incorporating an
arena rock
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style.
Background
On May 6, 2015, it was rumored that Maroon 5 were to release a brand new single titled "This Summer's Gonna Hurt" on May 26, 2015, to
radio airplay
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. The following day, it was confirmed by
''Billboard'' magazine in an article stating that "This Summer's Gonna Hurt" would be released ahead of the band's upcoming reissue deluxe of their album ''
V'' (2014) and will follow to the band's previous single "
Sugar". On May 11, 2015, the band officially announced that the single would be released on May 15, and on mainstream radio May 19, 2015.
Chart performance
During the May 17–23 tracking week, "This Summer's Gonna Hurt" received approximately 4,216 pop radio spins. That earned it the number 22 position on Mediabase's official pop radio airplay chart. The following week, "Summer" leveraged only two days of airplay to debut at number 35 on the official pop chart. "This Summer's Gonna Hurt" also reached the top 25 at hot adult contemporary radio. After debuting at number 44, the song jumped to number 23 on its second week, after receiving 1,457 tracking week spins. After peaking at number 23, the song became the band's first official single release in five years to miss the top 10 of the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
Music video
Background
The official music video for the song was filmed during a live concert at
SSE Arena Wembley on May 28, 2015 and was shot in black-and-white. It was directed by Travis Schneider and Adam Levine. According to Schneider, the video was inspired by the music videos, "
I Want Love" by
Elton John and "
Queer" by
Garbage.
The video for the song was released without promo on May 30, 2015. In the video there is a scene where Levine's buttocks are fully exposed. Because of this in the video there is a content warning and the requirement that viewers sign in (to verify their age). It was eventually released on the band's
YouTube
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channel on June 2, without the content. A clean version of the video was released on June 12, 2015. While most of the scene are retained from the original music video, the scenes about nudity, kissing and his mouth speaking
profanity
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has been covered by different
emojis, while the word "fucker" has been replaced by "AHA" instead of
bleeping the sounds.
Synopsis
The video starts with Adam Levine coming out of the bathroom and going to the cloakroom. After dressing up there, he starts to walk in the corridor. He takes to the stage where the audience greets him and the group performs the song live. When the performance ends the group members descend the stage and go to sit in their cars to go.
Reception
The music video was received with positive response from most critics. Daniel Kreps of ''
Rolling Stone
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'' wrote humorously that the video is revealing for two reasons; "First, it offers a candid look at life on tour through the eyes of Adam Levine as the viewer journeys with the singer from the dressing room to backstage to the edge of the catwalk at a massive arena. Secondly, the video is revealing because Levine flashes some unexpected nudity". Vimal Esvaren of ''The Record Blog'' explained: "Another run-of-the-mill concert video, it is told from the perspective of frontman Levine as he leaves the shower, gets ready, goes on stage, performs and gets in a car out of the stadium with the rest of his bandmates. And in between all that he moons viewers for the extra shock factor".
Circuit Jerks video
A music video for the song's remix version performed by Circuit Jerks and created by Kidmograph. The video was released on July 31, 2015, by
Samsung
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and later
YouTube
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on January 25, 2016. The version was also appeared on the group's
EP titled ''EP1'' (2016).
Live performances
On May 19, 2015, Maroon 5 performed a clean version of the song during the finale of the
eighth season of ''
The Voice
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''. Afterwards, the band also performed with the song as an encore for their worldwide concert tour, the
Maroon V Tour
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.
Track listing
CD Single
# "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a Motherfucker" ― 3:44
# "Sugar (Remix)" ― 3:55
Digital download
# "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a Motherfucker" – 3:44
Digital download – Clean
# "This Summer" (Clean) – 3:44
Digital download – Circuit Jerks Remix
# "This Summer" (Circuit Jerks Remix) – 3:54
Credits and personnel
All credits adapted from the liner notes.
;Maroon 5
*
Adam Levine – lead vocals, songwriting
*
Jesse Carmichael
Jesse Royal Carmichael (born April 2, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the keyboardist and rhythm guitarist for the pop rock band, Maroon 5. He also has a solo project called 1863 and a side project titled Circuit Jerks.
Life and c ...
– keyboards, synthesizers, rhythm guitar, backing and gang vocals
*
Mickey Madden
Michael Allen Madden (born May 13, 1979) is an American musician and a former bassist for the pop rock band Maroon 5.
Life and music career
Madden was born in Austin, Texas. He began playing in junior high school at the Brentwood School in L ...
– bass
*
James Valentine – lead guitar, backing and gang vocals
*
Matt Flynn
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– drums, percussion
*
PJ Morton
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– keyboards, synthesizers, piano, backing and gang vocals
;Session musicians
*
Shellback – songwriting, producer, programming, additional guitar, bass, keyboards, gang vocals
*
Sam Farrar
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– gang vocals
;Additional personal
* Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – engineer
* Sam Holland – assistant engineer
* Corey Bice – assistant engineer
* Emerson Day – assistant engineer
* Ben Sedano – assistant engineer
* Serban Ghenea – mixer
* John Hanes – engineered for mix
* Tim Roberts – assistant engineered for mix
* Tom Coyne – mastering
Recording
* Recorded at:
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, Stockholm, Sweden, and at
Conway Studios and
Henson Studios,
Los Angeles
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, California
* Mixed by at MixStar Studios,
Virginia Beach, Virginia
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, United States
* Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City, New York, United States
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
Maroon 5 vs. Alesso version
A progressive house version of the song remixed by Swedish
producer Alesso, was released on June 29, 2015 on
iTunes. The version which was credited as Maroon 5 vs. Alesso.
Background
Alesso explained: Adam Levine also explained about the collaboration of Alesso:
Live performances
On June 20, 2015, Alesso debut the version for the first time at
EDC
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festival in
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,
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.
On July 24, 2015, Alesso performed the remix at the
Tomorrowland
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festival in
Boom,
Belgium
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.
Track listing
* Digital download
# "This Summer" (Maroon 5 vs. Alesso) – 3:11
# "This Summer" (Maroon 5 vs. Alesso) (Extended Mix) - 5:04
* Digital download — Clean
# "This Summer" (Maroon 5 vs. Alesso) (Clean) – 3:11
Release history
References
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2015 singles
2015 songs
222 Records singles
Interscope Records singles
Maroon 5 songs
Songs written by Adam Levine
Songs written by Shellback (record producer)
Song recordings produced by Shellback (record producer)
Black-and-white music videos
American synth-pop songs
Song recordings produced by Alesso