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| Single by Maroon 5 | ||||
| from the album It Won't Be Soon Before Long | ||||
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| Released | March 27, 2007 | |||
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| Length | 3:31 | |||
| Label | A&M Octone | |||
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"Makes Me Wonder" is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on March 27, 2007, as the first single from their second studio album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007). Upon its release, the song set a record for the biggest jump to number-one in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, rising from number 64 to number one. However, the record was later broken by Britney Spears’ 2008 single “Womanizer” which was broken by Kelly Clarkson's 2009 single, "My Life Would Suck Without You".
"Makes Me Wonder" also became the band's first number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 50th Grammy Awards, their second song to win the award. The song was among the most successful of 2007, and was their biggest hit until the release of "Moves like Jagger" by the band in 2011.
Despite the song's commercial success, critical reception was mixed. It was ranked No. 49 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. Billboard crowned the song #1 in its 2022 ranking of the ten best Maroon 5 songs of all time.[4]
- ^ Thio, Tony (22 May 2007). "Maroon 5: New Album, New Sound!". The UrbanWire. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ a b Smith, Troy L. (13 September 2021). "Every No. 1 song of the 2000s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (November 6, 2023). "The Number Ones: Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger" (Feat. Christina Aguilera)". Stereogum. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
...when Maroon 5's "Makes Me Wonder" became their first #1 hit, the group had mostly tapped into a post-Timberlake strain of sleekly chirpy white funk.
- ^ "Maroon 5's 10 Best Songs of All Time (Critic's Picks)". Billboard. July 1, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2023.