Overexposed (album)

Overexposed
Studio album by Maroon 5
Released	June 20, 2012 (2012-06-20)
Recorded	Mid 2011–Early 2012
Studio	Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Pop pop rock
Length	42:10
Label	A&M Octone
Producer	Benny Blanco D.J. Kyriakides Sam Farrar Shawn Kang Adam Levine Maroon 5 Max Martin MdL Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy Matthew Rappold Robopop JR Rotem Shellback Sam Spiegel Ryan Tedder James Valentine Brian "Sweetwesty" West Noel Zancanella
Maroon 5 chronology
Hands All Over (2010) Overexposed (2012) V (2014)
Singles from Overexposed
"Payphone" Released: April 16, 2012 "One More Night" Released: June 19, 2012 "Daylight" Released: November 8, 2012 "Love Somebody" Released: May 14, 2013

Overexposed is the fourth studio album by American pop band Maroon 5. It was released on June 20, 2012, by A&M Octone Records. The album was recorded between 2011 and 2012 and was driven after the moderate success of their third album, Hands All Over (2010), and later by the enormous success of the re-released edition, which was promoted by the single "Moves Like Jagger", recorded as a collaboration with Christina Aguilera. It is the band's only album not to feature keyboardist, rhythm guitarist and background vocalist Jesse Carmichael, who took a temporary break from performing with the group to focus on his studies and was replaced by musician PJ Morton. The band worked with different producers, such as Max Martin, who serves as the album's executive producer, Ryan Tedder, Shellback and Benny Blanco. Guitarist James Valentine only has four writing credits on the album (the other main writer being Carmichael).

The accompanying artwork, created by Los Angeles artist Young & Sick, is a colorful collage of illustrations seemingly inspired by the likes of Picasso and a range of modern cartoonists. Its title is a smirking allusion to Levine's ubiquity, while its sound is a reflection of how the group wishes to retain the large audience they won once again with "Moves Like Jagger". The album's lead single "Payphone", featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa, produced by Shellback and Benny Blanco, was released and performed on The Voice, on April 16, 2012. The song was a success, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as on the ARIA Charts, while it topped the UK Singles Chart, Canadian Hot 100 and Italian Singles Chart. The second single "One More Night", was released on June 19, 2012. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks, becoming their longest Hot 100 reign. All four singles released from Overexposed have reached the Hot 100 top-ten, including the last two of them: "Daylight" and "Love Somebody".

The album received a mixed reception from music critics. Some praised the album, calling it their strongest effort, but others criticized the direction the band decided to take, calling it a failed attempt to go mainstream. Additionally, critics and fans alike perceived the album as overly focused on Levine. It debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 38,000 copies, and on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 222,000 copies. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Overexposed was the 11th global best-selling album of 2012 with sales of 2.2 million copies.^[1] To promote the album, the band embarked on the Overexposed Tour (2012–2014).