"Sticky" is a song by the American rock group, the Maine. It is their first and lead single off their eighth studio album '' XOXO: From Love and Anxiety in Real Time'' released on March 19, 2021. As of 2022, it is their highest-charting single. The song peaked at number 16 on the ''Billboard''

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chart (their first-ever single to appear on the chart) and at number 32 on the

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chart.

Background

In an interview with ''

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'' magazine, lead singer John O'Callaghan revealed he began working on the song in January 2020. O'Callaghan was in

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, writing songs with

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, who also co-wrote the track. It was the last track written for their eighth studio album, '' XOXO: From Love and Anxiety in Real Time'', but was the first song recorded on the album. The track runs at 105 BPM and is in the key of

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. On June 4, 2021, they released a piano version of the song with the indie pop trio

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. On July 23, 2021, a remix to the song was released digitally.

Music video

The music video premiered on March 19, 2021. It was directed by Angela Kohler and was filmed in Los Angeles. The music video shows colorful visual with each band member trying to get themselves out of peculiar situations with commonly sticky objects such as honey, glue, lollipops, rubber bands and tape. The visual soon comes to a close as the band look on while covered in hundreds of little white feathers.

Track listing

;Digital download ;Piano version ;The Knocks remix

Personnel

Credits for "Sticky" adapted from

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. The Maine *John O'Callaghan – lead vocals, piano, producer *Jared Monaco – guitar *Kennedy Brock – guitar *Pat Kirch – drums *Garrett Nickelsen – bass guitar Production *

– producer *John O'Callaghan – producer *Neal Avron – mixing

Charts

Release history

References

{{The Maine 2021 singles 2021 songs The Maine (band) songs Songs written by Andrew Goldstein (musician)