It Won't Be Soon Before Long

During the recording sessions for It Won't Be Soon Before Long, Maroon 5 not only recorded the 12 songs on the album, but also an additional 7 tracks. The extra songs were featured as B-sides to the album's singles, and later on The B-Side Collection. The band stated in interviews that the album has a different feel to it from their 2002 debut album Songs About Jane. The songs are not all based on one specific relationship, as in Jane, and also have a different sound than their first album, being more electric and drawing inspiration from such artists as Talking Heads, Michael Jackson and Prince. Guitarist James Valentine stated that the goal was to make the songs sound more "up-tempo" than the ones on their previous record.{{cite web |last1=Dovarganes |first1=Damian |title=Review: Maroon 5, 'It Won't Be Soon Before Long' |url=https://journalstar.com/entertainment/music/review-maroon-5-it-wont-be-soon-before-long/article_af40fa25-778e-57a4-8ba9-c299deda0dd8.html |website=Journal Star |access-date=16 November 2022 |date=22 May 2007}} A review written prior to the album's release described the songs as having a very retro feel.[http://www.teenhollywood.com/d/148217/1055/cd-review-it-wont-be-soon-before-long.html Review of It Won't Be Soon Before Long] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514054209/http://www.teenhollywood.com/d/148217/1055/cd-review-it-wont-be-soon-before-long.html |date=2007-05-14 }} TeenHollywood.com. Retrieved May 4, 2007 Adam Levine, the band's lead singer, explained that this record is a little more self-confident and powerful lyrically: "...you can dance to it, there's a little more attitude."[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21652200-5007184,00.html Interview with Adam Levine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822073416/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21652200-5007184,00.html |date=2009-08-22 }} News.com.au. Retrieved May 1, 2006.

According to Levine, working with other artists had influences on the album: "Kanye West and Alicia Keys are amazing talents, in totally different ways. Just seeing such amazing people working in the studio. I definitely took things away from them."[http://www.star-telegram.com/music/story/107834.html Interview with Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael] Star-Telegram.com. Retrieved May 20, 2006.

The chorus of "Nothing Lasts Forever" is the same as the one used in the Kanye West single "Heard 'Em Say", which features Levine, with exclusion to the line: "...the distance between us makes it so hard to stay...".{{cite web|url=http://perezhilton.com/topics/listen_to_this/listen_to_this_hear_em_say_20070522.php |access-date=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524050549/http://perezhilton.com/topics/listen_to_this/listen_to_this_hear_em_say_20070522.php |archive-date=May 24, 2007 |title=Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton }}

It Won't Be Soon Before Long debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 429,000 copies in its first week of release. The album sold 102,000 copies digitally, breaking a record set the week before when Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight (Machine Shop/Warner Bros.) moved 84,000 via that format to debut at No. 1. The latter album slips to No. 2 this week with 198,000, a 68% sales decline. In December 2007, the album ranked number one for iTunes top best selling albums of 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1576187/fergie-maroon-5-amy-winehouse-are-itunes-most-downloaded-artists-of-2007/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717080646/http://www.mtv.com/news/1576187/fergie-maroon-5-amy-winehouse-are-itunes-most-downloaded-artists-of-2007/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 17, 2014|title=Fergie, Maroon 5, Amy Winehouse Are iTunes' Most-Downloaded Artists of 2007|work=MTV News|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=December 10, 2007|access-date=October 1, 2020}}

In the UK, it became their second album to reach the number one spot, but their first to debut atop the UK Albums Chart. In Australia, it peaked at number five, lower than their first studio album Songs About Jane, which peaked at number one in 2004. It peaked at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart and New Zealand, number three in Ireland, Japan and Mexico, number five in Australia and Taiwan, and number six in Italy, Spain and Switzerland.

It Won't Be Soon Before Long was certified Gold in Ireland, Italy and New Zealand, platinum in Australia, Canada, Japan and the UK. 2× Platinum in the US, and 3× Platinum in South Korea. It was certified Diamond in Colombia and Mexico.

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{{Music ratings

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| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/it-wont-be-soon-before-long-mw0000582020|title=It Won't Be Soon Before Long – Maroon 5|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=March 24, 2009|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite journal|title=Maroon 5: It Won't Be Soon Before Long|journal=Blender|issue=59|date=June 2007|page=107}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2007/05/18/it-wont-be-soon-long|title=It Won't Be Soon Before Long|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 18, 2007|access-date=March 24, 2009|last=Drumming|first=Neil|archive-date=October 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019212749/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20038960,00.html|url-status=live}}

| rev4 = Los Angeles Times

| rev4score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/music/reviews/cl-et-maroon522,0,5164714.story?coll=cl-albumreviews|title=Gents are now dressed for a night on the town|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 21, 2007|access-date=April 12, 2019|last=Powers|first=Ann|author-link=Ann Powers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611185246/http://www.calendarlive.com/music/reviews/cl-et-maroon522,0,5164714.story?coll=cl-albumreviews|archive-date=June 11, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

| rev5 = Now

| rev5score = 3/5{{cite news|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/maroon-5-2007-05-24/|title=Maroon 5|work=Now|location=Toronto|date=May 24, 2007|access-date=April 12, 2019|last=Borzykowski|first=Bryan|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411181009/https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/maroon-5-2007-05-24/|url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/it-wont-be-soon-before-long-20070516|title=It Won't Be Soon Before Long|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 16, 2007|access-date=April 12, 2019|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|archive-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211213525/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/it-wont-be-soon-before-long-20070516|url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = Slant Magazine

| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/maroon-5-it-wont-be-soon-before-long/|title=Maroon 5: It Won't Be Soon Before Long|work=Slant Magazine|date=May 19, 2007|access-date=April 12, 2019|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal}}

| rev8 = Spin

| rev8score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9hzCYGgoKQIC&pg=PA94|title=Maroon 5: It Won't Be Soon Before Long|journal=Spin|volume=23|issue=6|date=June 2007|access-date=April 12, 2019|last=Kelley|first=Trevor|page=94}}

| rev9 = The Times

| rev9score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article1804173.ece|title=Maroon 5: It Won't be Soon Before Long|work=The Times|location=London|date=May 18, 2007|access-date=April 12, 2019|last=Jelbert|first=Steve|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517035420/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article1804173.ece|archive-date=May 17, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

| rev10 = Ultimate Guitar

| rev10score = 7/10{{cite web |author1=UG Team |title=It Won't Be Soon Before Long review by Maroon 5 |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/maroon_5/it_wont_be_soon_before_long/8869/ |website=Ultimate Guitar |access-date=10 July 2024 |date=25 May 2007}}

| rev11 = USA Today

| rev11score = {{rating|2.5|4}}{{cite news|title=Maroon 5: It Won't Be Soon Before Long|work=USA Today|location=McLean|date=May 22, 2007|last=Gardner|first=Elysa}}

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Initial critical response to It Won't Be Soon Before Long was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 66, based on 14 reviews.

AllMusic rated the album 4.5 stars out of 5, commenting that the production of the album "is so immaculate that it glistens". Billboard rated it 4.5 stars. This album was #32 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.Robert Christgau, David Fricke, Christian Hoard, Rob Sheffield (December 17, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080118073957/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007/32 "The Top 50 Albums of 2007"] Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-20. In 2017, Substream Magazine's Gabriel Aikins called the album "Still Maroon 5 at their best" a decade after its release.{{Cite web |last=Aikins |first=Gabriel |date=2017-05-22 |title=OP-ED: Ten years later, 'It Won't Be Soon Before Long' is still Maroon 5 at their best |url=https://substreammagazine.com/2017/05/wont-soon-long-maroon-5/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Substream Magazine |language=en-US}}

"Makes Me Wonder" was released as the lead single from the album on March 27, 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Makes-Me-Wonder-2-tracks/dp/B000ZMGI54|title=Maroon 5 – Makes Me Wonder|work=Amazon}} It became the band's first number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Dance Club Songs charts. 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. It also reached number one in Canada and Hungary.

The second single, "Wake Up Call", was released on July 17, 2007.{{cite web |url=http://fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239#2007 |title=FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more! |website=fmqb.com |access-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228114948/http://fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239#2007 |archive-date=December 28, 2007 |url-status=dead}} It peaked at number three in the Belgium region of Flanders, at number six in Canada, and eight in Italy. It became a top-twenty hit, peaking at number nineteen in Australia and the United States.

"Won't Go Home Without You" was released as the third single on November 19, 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue924.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222442/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20071120-0000/issue924.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-02-22|title=The ARIA Report: Issue 924|website=Webarchive.nla.gov.au|access-date=March 31, 2022}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It peaked at number 48 in the Billboard Hot 100. As of June 2014, the song has sold 1,647,000 copies in the US. The song became the first Maroon 5 single to fail to chart in the UK top 40, only peaking at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart.

The fourth single, "If I Never See Your Face Again" was re-recorded to feature singer Rihanna, and released digitally on May 2, 2008,{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/if-i-never-see-your-face-again/279492572|title=iTunes - Music - If I Never See Your Face Again (feat. Rihanna)|date=January 2008 |publisher=iTunes Store (US). Apple}} to promote the June 2008 re-issue of the album, impacting mainstream radio stations on May 15, 2008. It achieved moderate chart success on singles charts around the world. In the United States, the song peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 26, 2008. It peaked at number 10 on the Adult Pop Songs chart; number 30 on the Pop Songs chart and 21 on the Hot Digital Songs chart. The song was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 51st Grammy Awards.

"Goodnight Goodnight" was released on August 21, 2008, as the album's fifth and final single. A music video premiered on Yahoo! Music, the same day.{{cite web|url=http://www.maroon5.com/news/detail/goodnight_goodnight_video_premier/|title=Goodnight Goodnight Video Premiere|website=Maroon 5.com|date=2008-08-18|access-date=2022-03-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004122350/http://www.maroon5.com/news/detail/goodnight_goodnight_video_premier/|archive-date=2008-10-04}}{{cite web|url=http://popdirt.com/maroon-5-goodnight-goodnight-video/68566/|title=Maroon 5 'Goodnight Goodnight' Video|work=Popdirt|date=August 23, 2008|access-date=August 5, 2023}} It was directed by Marc Webb and featuring actress Candace Bailey, playing the love interest of Adam Levine. The video is based on a "before and after" story which leads Levine and Bailey to a beautiful love story. The song appeared on The CW's fall 2008 advertisement.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnclips.net/video/Ijz9NwcernE/the-cw-fall-2008-promo-good-night.html|title=The CW Fall 2008 Promo|work=CN Clips|access-date=January 8, 2019|archive-date=January 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108152509/https://www.cnclips.net/video/Ijz9NwcernE/the-cw-fall-2008-promo-good-night.html|url-status=dead}} The band also performed the song in the television series CSI: NY, where they guest star in the episode "Page Turner".{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/csi-ny/page-turner-1202922/|title=CSI: NY – Page Turner|work=TV.com|access-date=January 8, 2019|archive-date=January 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108103930/http://www.tv.com/shows/csi-ny/page-turner-1202922/|url-status=dead}}

"Can't Stop" was the album's first promotional single, released in 2007.{{cite web |title=Maroon 5 – Can't Stop |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/12162481-Maroon-5-Cant-Stop |website=Discogs |access-date=14 November 2022}} It was the first song from the album performed live, being debuted during shows in early 2005.{{cite web |title=Can't Stop performed by Maroon 5 |url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/maroon-5-4bd6bfea.html?songid=53d68749 |website=Setlist.FM |access-date=14 November 2022}} The song was later featured in CSI: NY, Moonlight and So You Think You Can Dance.{{cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/csi-ny/season-5/3251|title=CSI: NY – Page Turner|work=Tunefind|access-date=November 22, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/moonlight/season-1/3196|title=Moonlight – Click|work=Tunefind|access-date=November 22, 2018}}

"Nothing Lasts Forever" charted at number 23 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=maroon 5|chart=all}} "Nothing Lasts Forever – Maroon 5"], Billboard.com It is featured on the television series The Hills{{cite web|url=https://www.traileraddict.com/definitely-maybe/spot-story|title=The Hills – When One Door Closes|work=What Song|date=31 January 2008|access-date=November 22, 2018}} and a promo of the 2008 film Definitely, Maybe.{{cite web|url=https://www.traileraddict.com/definitely-maybe/spot-story|title=Definitely, Maybe (TV Spot) – Story|work=Trailer Addict|date=January 31, 2008|access-date=September 13, 2018}}

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| length3 = 2:17

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| extra1 = {{flat list|

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| title2 = Losing My Mind

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| length13 = 3:17

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It Won't Be Soon Before Long was reissued in expanded form on June 29, 2008, in Australia and July 8, 2008, for the rest of the world via A&M/Octone. The package included a bonus DVD with four music videos and a full concert recorded on June 13, 2007, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The reissue contained the original 12 tracks plus five B-sides: "Infatuation", "Miss You Love You", "Until You're Over Me", "Story" and "Losing My Mind". Also added onto the track list is "If I Never See Your Face Again", Maroon 5's then-newest single featuring Rihanna.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045111/maroon-5-expands-new-album-with-dvd-b-sides |title=Re-release |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=2010-12-03}} The Australian and UK versions included one more track, a remix of "Wake Up Call" by Mark Ronson featuring Mary J. Blige.

In Australia, the CD was only available as the "Special Edition", and the DVD was not included as the Limited Edition featured a DVD. The UK version also does not include the DVD.

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| length15 = 3:10

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| title13 = Until You're Over Me

| length13 = 3:17

| title14 = Infatuation

| length14 = 4:27

| title15 = If I Never See Your Face Again

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| length15 = 3:22

| title16 = Wake Up Call

| length16 = 3:13

| note16 = Mark Ronson remix featuring Mary J. Blige

| title17 = Story

| length17 = 4:27

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| length18 = 3:21

| title19 = Miss You, Love You

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| headline = DVD: Live from Le Cabaret in Montreal, Quebec – 6.13.2007

| title1 = If I Never See Your Face Again

| length1 = 4:14

| title2 = Makes Me Wonder

| length2 = 4:36

| title3 = Harder to Breathe

| length3 = 2:54

| title4 = The Sun

| length4 = 8:21

| title5 = Secret

| length5 = 5:38

| title6 = Shiver

| length6 = 5:28

| title7 = Won't Go Home Without You

| length7 = 3:43

| title8 = Sunday Morning

| length8 = 5:47

| title9 = Little of Your Time

| length9 = 3:42

| title10 = Sweetest Goodbye

| length10 = 11:28

| title11 = She Will Be Loved

| length11 = 4:41

| title12 = This Love

| length12 = 5:09

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| headline = Music videos

| title1 = Makes Me Wonder

| title2 = Wake Up Call

| title3 = Won't Go Home Without You

| title4 = If I Never See Your Face Again

| note4 = featuring Rihanna

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Sample credit

• "Nothing Lasts Forever" contains an interpolation of the 2005 song "Heard 'Em Say" by Kanye West featuring Adam Levine.
• "Goodnight Goodnight" contains an interpolation of the 2000 song "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down.{{cite web|url=http://www.soundsjustlike.com/1012/maroon-5-sounds-like-3-doors-down/|title=Maroon 5: Goodnight Goodnight sounds like 3 Doors Down: Kryptonite|work=Sounds Just Like|access-date=February 8, 2022}}

All credits adapted from the album liner notes.{{cite web |title=Liner Notes |date=16 May 2007 |url=http://albumlinernotes.com/It_Won_t_Be_Soon_Before.html}}

Maroon 5

• Adam Levine – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitars, drums (track 11)
• Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, rhythm guitar; slide guitar (track 11), backing vocals
• Mickey Madden – bass guitar (all tracks except 11)
• James Valentine – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
• Matt Flynn – drums (all tracks except 11), percussion
• Ryan Dusick – musical director

Session musicians

• Lenny Castro – percussion (tracks 1–2 and 10)
• Matt Teal – additional keyboards (track 4)
• Adam MacDougall – additional keyboards (track 7)
• Rashida Jones – additional vocals (track 10)
• Bill Reichenbach – horns (track 10)
• Dan Higgins – horns (track 10)
• Gary Grant – horns (track 10)
• Jerry Hey – horns (track 10)
• David Campbell – strings, horns (arrangement and conducting) (track 12)
• Rihanna – guest vocals (track 13 on reissue)

Production

• Mike Elizondo – production (tracks 1, 4–6 and 8–11), bass and additional piano (track 11), additional guitar (5), additional keyboards (1, 6 and 9)
• Mark "Spike" Stent – production (tracks 1, 4–6 and 8–11)
• Mark Endert – production (tracks 2 and 12), co-production (track 4), additional keyboards (tracks 1–2 and 4), audio mixing (1–2 and 4), recording engineer (1–2 and 4), music arranger (4), drum machine (1–2 and 4)
• Eric Valentine – production (tracks 3 and 7)
• Sam Farrar – production (track 4), additional arrangement (track 3), drum programming (track 4), additional keyboards (track 4)
• Adam Hawkins – Pro-Tools engineer (tracks 1, 4–6, 9 and 10)
• David Emery – digital editing (track 1), mix assistant (tracks 5–6, 8–9 and 11)
• Alex Dromgoole – mix assistant (tracks 5–6, 8–9 and 11)
• Ted Jensen - mastering
• Len Peltier – art direction and design
• Andrew Zuckerman – cover photography
• Wendy Sue Lamm – booklet photography
• Melinda Kelly – video commissioner

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