Cold (Maroon 5 song)


"Cold" is a song by American band Maroon 5 featuring American rapper Future. The song was released on February 14, 2017 on Valentine's Day. It is served as the second single and was included on the deluxe version from their sixth studio album Red Pill Blues. The song was peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The official remix was released on May 5, 2017, including a featured verse from American rapper Gucci Mane.

Recording

"Cold" was written and produced by Phil Shaouy, John Ryan, and Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and was co-written by Adam Levine, Justin Tranter, and Detail.

Music video

A music video was filmed in downtown Los Angeles, California in December 2016. The video was released on February 15, 2017, on Vevo. It features Levine's wife Behati Prinsloo and was directed by accomplished director Rich Lee. The video follows with Levine receiving a call for an invite to Future's party, with him reluctant to go, but agrees. He then gets a call from his wife to buy milk on the way home. The track begins when he arrives at the party. When Levine orders a glass of wine, the bartender adds a hallucinogen. He begins to see people as animals, strange figures, and imaginary beings. Levine is then pulled into a threesome with two girls who appear to be horses. He later sees guitarist James Valentine talking with a chicken, and a police officer arrives, who morphs into a cartoon stripper. The video shows bizarre cartoon drawings and fuzzy images during Future's verse. Future and Levine are then shown talking to each other, with Levine looking at a hallucination of two old women to his left. Future then appears to turn into a teddy bear, and a female bodybuilder throws Levine into a pool. Levine sees an underwater wedding, before the video circles around to everything he had seen back in time until he finally gets home to put the milk back in the fridge. He then tells his wife everything that happened and goes to bed.

Live performances

Maroon 5 performed "Cold" on television for the first time in The Ellen DeGeneres Show on February 15, 2017. Its first live performance was on the Milwaukee stop of their world tour on February 20. Later, they also performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 14, 2017.

Track listing

Digital Download
  1. "Cold" – 3:54
Digital download – Remix
  1. "Cold" – 3:38
Digital download – Sak Noel Remix
  1. "Cold" – 3:45
Digital download – R3hab & Khrebto Remix
  1. "Cold" – 2:51
Digital download – Kaskade & Lipless Remix
  1. "Cold" – 3:33
Digital download – Hot Shade & Mike Perry Remix
  1. "Cold" – 3:44
Digital download – Ashworth Remix
  1. "Cold" – 4:02
Digital download – Maesic Remix
  1. "Cold" – 3:48

    Personnel

Credited adapted from Red Pill Blues album credits and album liner.
Maroon 5
Additional personnel

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history