Red Pill Blues

After touring in support of their fifth studio album V (2014) for over three years, Maroon 5 began planning a follow-up to V. After embarking on a short rescheduled headlining tour in North America in March 2017, the band recording new material for a sixth album at Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. The band later posted teaser gifs and videos of members in the studio on their social media accounts in late March.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/maroon5/status/847938849145733120|title=And so it begins....pic|work=Twitter|date=March 31, 2017|access-date=September 29, 2017}}

At the 2017 Teen Choice Awards, held on August 13, 2017, Maroon 5 was honored with the Decade Award. In his acceptance speech, frontman Adam Levine confirmed that their sixth album would be released in November.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/871067/maroon-5-accepts-the-decade-award-at-the-2017-teen-choice-awards|title=Maroon 5 Accepts the Decade Award at the 2017 Teen Choice Awards|work=E! News|last=Swertlow|first=Meg|date=August 13, 2017|access-date=September 29, 2017}} Levine later confirmed this in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music radio station Beats 1.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Beats1/status/902950436864352256|title=LISTEN: @adamlevine tells @zanelowe that a new @maroon5 album could be out in November + there's one more collab he's really stoked for.pic|work=Twitter|date=August 30, 2017|access-date=September 29, 2017}} On October 4, 2017, the band revealed the album's name, Red Pill Blues, and announced the pre-order for the album on October 6.{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7669506/maroon-5-new-album-red-pill-blues?intexp=1|title=Maroon 5's New Album Is Called 'Red Pill Blues'|work=Idolator|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=October 4, 2017|access-date=October 5, 2017}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7989079/maroon-5-red-pill-blues-album-track-list-asap-rocky-julia-michaels-sza|title=Maroon 5 Announces New Album 'Red Pill Blues': See the Track List|magazine=Billboard|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|date=October 4, 2017|access-date=October 5, 2017}} Describing the meaning between this album and the band's first album Songs About Jane (2002), Levine said: "I think this album and the first album are probably the most connected. This album seems to me like a cousin to the first album, there’s a relationship kind of like book-ended all the ones in between."

The album cover art for Red Pill Blues was created by American photographer Travis Schneider and is inspired by filters featured on the mobile app Snapchat.{{cite web|url=http://people.com/music/maroon5-debut-new-album-cover-snapchat/|title=Maroon 5 Debuted Their 'Shap-Inspired Cover' for Their New Album on (Where Else) Snapchat|website=People.com|last=Quinn|first=Dave|date=October 5, 2017|access-date=November 2, 2017}} The cover depicts all seven members of Maroon 5 pictured on polaroid photographs with a filter on their faces. "We all use Snapchat, and the filters have become a huge part of the culture," frontman Adam Levine told Billboard in an October 2017 interview.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8015102/maroon-5-new-album-artwork-snapchat-theme-red-pill-blues|title=Maroon 5 Reveal Why New Album Artwork is Snapchat Themed|website=Billboard.com|author=Lyndsey Havens and Taylor Weatherby|date=November 1, 2017|access-date=November 2, 2017}} "We thought it would be funny to take some more straight-ahead band photos and sprinkle in a little fun." Guitarist James Valentine added by saying: "It's like, a part of the zeitgeist now. Adam [Levine] and his wife, they just love trading photos when we're touring and stuff. They're always doing those filter faces to each other, so I think it rose out of that. Adam always has fun with that."

It also won the bronze award at the 2018 Shorty Awards, with both the album's cover art for Best Use of Snapchat and the wallpaper promotion for Best Influencer and Celebrity Snapchat Campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://shortyawards.com/10th/brands-and-orgs/winners|title=10th Annual Shorty Awards Winners|website=Shorty Awards|access-date=December 20, 2019}}

Red Pill Blues was preceded by two commercial stand-alone releases, which were later included on both the deluxe and Japanese editions of the album.{{cite web|url=https://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/10/05/maroon-5-reveals-standard-deluxe-track-lists-red-pill-blues-album/|title=Maroon 5 Reveals Standard & Deluxe Track Lists For "Red Pill Blues" Album|work=Headline Planet|last=Cantor|first=Brian|date=October 5, 2017|access-date=October 5, 2017}} The first stand-alone single was "Don't Wanna Know" featuring American rapper Kendrick Lamar, was released digital retailers on October 12, 2016,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7541033/maroon-5-kendrick-lamar-share-dont-wanna-know-|title=Maroon 5 and Kendrick Lamar Share Collab 'Don't Wanna Know': Listen|magazine=Billboard|last=Brandle|first=Lars|date=October 12, 2016|access-date=October 12, 2016}} and charted at No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary, and Hot 100 Airplay charts.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/music/maroon-5/chart-history|title=Maroon 5 Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 17, 2018}} A music video for the song's original version premiered exclusively on The Today Show on October 14, 2016.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-maroon-5s-pokmon-go-themed-dont-wanna-know-video-w444994|title=See Maroon 5's 'Pokémon Go'-Themed 'Don't Wanna Know' Video|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=September 29, 2017}}

A second stand-alone single, "Cold" featuring American rapper Future, was released on February 14, 2017,{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7657524/maroon-5-future-cold|title=Maroon 5 & Future Drop Icy Break-Up Anthem On Valentine's Day|work=Idolator|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=February 14, 2017|access-date=February 14, 2017}} and charted at No. 16 on the Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Adult Top 40 chart. The song's music video premiered the day after, February 15.{{cite web|url=http://news.radio.com/2017/02/15/maroon-5-cold-music-video/|title=Maroon 5's Adam Levine Goes on an Acid Trip in New 'Cold' Video|website=News.radio.com|access-date=September 29, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

"What Lovers Do", featuring American R&B singer SZA was released by the band on August 30, 2017, as the third single from the album.{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2017/08/30/maroon-5-sza-what-lovers-do-new-song/|title=Maroon 5 & SZA Team Up for Perfect End of Summer Song 'What Lovers Do' — Listen|work=Hollywood Life|last=Ginsberg|first=Gabriella|date=August 30, 2017|access-date=August 30, 2017|archive-date=October 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012120932/https://hollywoodlife.com/2017/08/30/maroon-5-sza-what-lovers-do-new-song/|url-status=dead}} A lyric video was uploaded on September 15, 2017,{{cite web|author=Maroon 5|url=https://twitter.com/maroon5/status/908799510893039617|title=What Lovers Do - Lyric Video - Out Now|work=Twitter|date=September 15, 2017|access-date=September 22, 2019}} while the music video for the song was released on September 28.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-maroon-5-szas-vibrant-what-lovers-do-video-201361/|title=Watch Maroon 5, SZA's Vibrant 'What Lovers Do' Video|last=Blistein|first=Jon|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 28, 2017|access-date=September 22, 2019}} The single peaked at number nine on the Hot 100 and became the band's thirteenth top ten hit on the chart.

James Valentine announced on Twitter that "Wait" would be the fourth single from the album.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/maroon5/status/926558598657990662|title=James Valentine reveals "Wait" becomes a new single|author=Maroon 5|work=Twitter|date=November 3, 2017|access-date=December 5, 2017}} The song was officially released to US contemporary hit radio on January 16, 2018, as the album's fourth single.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|title=Top 40/M Future Releases - Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates|work=All Access|date=January 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104211704/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|archive-date=January 4, 2018|access-date=January 4, 2018|url-status=dead}} It peaked at number 24 on the Hot 100.

A remix version of "Girls Like You" featuring Cardi B served as the fifth and final single and was released on May 31, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Maroon-5-Confirms-Song-GIRLS-LIKE-YOU-Featuring-Cardi-B-Out-Tomorrow-20180530|title=Maroon 5 Confirms Song "Girls Like You" Featuring Cardi B Out Tomorrow!|work=BroadwayWorld|first=Tori|last=Hartshorn|date=May 30, 2018|access-date=January 18, 2024}} It was the first single from the re-release of the album and the most successful single. The song peaked at number one on the Hot 100 chart for seven weeks, becoming Maroon 5's fourth and Cardi B's third number-one.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8483229/maroon-5-girls-like-you-number-one-halsey-sheck-wes|title=Maroon 5 & Cardi B's 'Girls Like You' Leads Billboard Hot 100 For Seventh Week, Halsey & Sheck Wes Hit Top 10|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=November 5, 2018|access-date=December 18, 2018}} It spent 33 weeks in the top 10, tying both with Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" and Post Malone and Swae Lee's "Sunflower" for the longest top 10 run in the chart's archives at the time.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/ariana-grande-7-rings-hot-100-number-one-third-week|title=Ariana Grande's '7 Rings' Spends Third Week Atop Billboard Hot 100, Marshmello Makes Fortnite-Fueled Flight to No. 2|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=February 11, 2019|access-date=February 11, 2019}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8530582/post-malone-swae-lee-sunflower-ties-hot-100-top-10-record|title=Stuck By Ya: Post Malone & Swae Lee's 'Sunflower' Ties Record For Most Weeks Spent in Hot 100's Top 10|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=September 20, 2019}} It became the first pop song to reach number one since "Havana" by Camila Cabello in January 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8477483/maroon-5-cardi-b-carrie-underwood-13-things-to-know-about-the-charts-this-week|title=13 Things to Know About the Charts This Week: Maroon 5 & Cardi B Top Hot 100, Carrie Underwood Crowns Billboard 200 & More|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=September 29, 2018|access-date=May 24, 2019}} "Girls Like You" set a record for most weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, remaining atop this chart for 36 consecutive weeks.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/maroon-5/chart-history/asi/|title=Maroon 5 Girls Like You Adult Contemporary Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 13, 2019}}

"Help Me Out", featuring American singer-songwriter Julia Michaels, was released on October 6, 2017, as the first promotional single of the album.{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7669575/maroon-5-help-me-out-review-julia-michaels?view-all&intexp=1|title=Maroon 5 Teams Up With Julia Michaels On Moody Bop "Help Me Out"|work=Idolator|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=October 6, 2017|access-date=October 6, 2017}} The second promotional single, "Whiskey" featuring American rapper ASAP Rocky, was released to digital retailers on October 20, 2017.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/maroon-5-whiskey-asap-rocky-listen-8005925/|title=Maroon 5 Take a Big Sip of 'Whiskey' on New Song With A$AP Rocky|magazine=Billboard|last=Isaimore|first=Ashley|date=October 20, 2017|access-date=December 27, 2020}} Before becoming the fourth single, "Wait" was initially released as the third promotional single on October 31.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/maroon5/photos/a.10150138876298482.302819.5330548481/10155838968058482/?type=3|title=Maroon 5|website=Facebook.com|access-date=October 31, 2017}}

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{{Main|Red Pill Blues Tour}}

On November 7, 2017, Maroon 5 played a concert at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, California, to commemorate the release of the album.{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2017-11-07-inside-maroon-5s-red-pill-blues-album-release-party/|title=Inside Maroon 5's 'Red Pill Blues' Album Release Party|work=iHeartRadio|last=Marquina|first=Sierra|date=November 8, 2017|access-date=October 10, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/star-sightings-taylor-swift-and-maroon-5-celebrate-new-albums-nick-jonas-has-luxe-night-out-more?linkId=44739508|title=Star Sightings: Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 Celebrate New Albums, Nick Jonas Has a Luxe Night Out & More!|work=Entertainment Tonight|last=Krauser|first=Emily|access-date=December 11, 2017|date=November 14, 2017}} On October 26, the band announced they would embark on the Red Pill Blues Tour.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/maroon-5-announce-new-2018-tour-dates-w510270|title=Maroon 5 Announce New 2018 Tour Dates|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=October 26, 2017|access-date=March 23, 2018}} The tour began on May 30, 2018, in Tacoma, Washington and ended on December 31, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada, comprising 65 shows. The took place in North America from May to October 2018, with Michaels as the tour's opening act.

On August 28, 2018, Maroon 5 announced new dates for the tour in 2019 in Australia, Asia and Europe.{{cite web|url=https://musicmayhemmagazine.com/maroon-5-take-their-red-pill-blues-tour-international/|title=Maroon 5 Take Their 'Red Pill Blues' Tour International|work=Music Mayhem Magazine|date=August 28, 2018|access-date=November 17, 2018}} Artists Cxloe (Australia){{cite web|url=https://amnplify.com.au/maroon-5-announce-cxloe-as-special-guest-on-the-australian-leg-of-their-red-pill-blues-world-tour-february-2019/|title=Maroon 5 announce CXLOE as special guest on the Australian leg of their Red Pill Blues World Tour February 2019|work=Amnplify|date=September 23, 2018|access-date=November 15, 2018}} and Sigrid (Europe),{{cite web|author=Sigrid|title=Sigrid announces to join Maroon 5's Red Pill Blues Tour|website=Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/thisissigrid/status/1036962573588066310?lang=en|date=September 4, 2018|access-date=September 14, 2018}} were announced as the tour's opening acts.

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 4.9/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9023/Maroon-5-Red-Pill-Blues.aspx|title=Red Pill Blues by Maroon 5 reviews|website=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=September 8, 2020}}

| MC = 58/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/red-pill-blues/maroon-5|title=Red Pill Blues reviews|website=Metacritic|access-date=November 3, 2017}}

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| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = B

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| rev5 = Pitchfork

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| rev6 = Rolling Stone

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| rev7 = Slant Magazine

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| rev8 = The Times

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Red Pill Blues received mixed reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, the album has a score of 58 from eight reviews, indicating "generally mixed or average reviews". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic wrote that after setting aside the album's title and cover, Red Pill Blues can be taken as a "sleek, assured affair, one that sustains a seductive neon-streaked mood from beginning to end." He found their "modern sheen" to contain "strong song foundations" that in turn makes it not "play like a collective rhythmic and melodic hook in search of an ear: each cut unfolds with its own internal logic, with the different textures playing nicely off each other." Entertainment Weekly{{'}}s Madison Vain described the album as the "best and most cohesive set of the decade" due to the group collaborating with a "murderers’ row of Hot 100 collaborators" that "ensures there's hardly a stale moment." Rolling Stone's Jon Dolan found Adam Levine capably nuancing the "Top 40 old soul navigating whatever the pop-music moment throws his way" role as he "works well alongside young talent" to prove himself as a "pliant star of Jacksonian ease and Stingly self-assurance." Taylor Weatherby of Billboard wrote that the record "presents the most electronic production the band has seen to date" in the "classic Maroon 5 fashion" through "supplementing the synthy bass lines with irresistible beats and smooth vocals," while commending the collaborations and the lyrical portrayals of "relationship talk."{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8022329/maroon-5-red-pill-blues-album-review |title=Album of the Week: Maroon 5's 'Red Pill Blues' |last=Weatherby |first=Taylor |date=November 2, 2017 |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424040327/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8022329/maroon-5-red-pill-blues-album-review |archive-date=2018-04-24 |url-status=live |access-date=April 28, 2018}} Ludovic Hunter-Tilney from the Financial Times said that although feminist listeners "may struggle to discern solidarity" in certain suggestive track couplets, the album still "makes its way through the minefield" since its "smooth high vocals and catchy tunes" gives the songs "a degree of charm" while its "deft production lends depth to the slick music."

Jayson Greene of Pitchfork affirmed the group's "shrewd and easy touch with soft rock" in "Best 4 U", but felt that the album's "utter lack of libido" made it "so difficult to even finish" especially since "soft rock and sex have a tricky relationship, and so do sex and Hot 100 pop." Michael Hann from The Guardian noted Maroon 5's continuation of producing "impeccably structured pop songs" with "Help Me Out", but felt that Red Pill Blues was not an R&B album "in any remotely experimental way." Writing for The Times, Will Hodgkinson commented that despite the "vacuity of the music and the words," whose former was "made up of noises from Maroon 5's pop machine" and whose latter was "unconvincing expressions of love and sensuality delivered passionlessly by Levine," the record was nevertheless "unpretentious and actually quite fun." Slant Magazine{{'}}s Zachary Hoskins mentioned that Maroon 5 has "rebranded themselves as Daryl Hall and six John Oates—or at least a watered-down Chromeo" with the record's release whose "retro sound suits them," yet felt that it still has its share of "bland, underachieving grist for suburban shopping centers and rhythmic pop radio" with Levine's "digitally augmented vocal acrobatics" still as likely to "irritate as ingratiate."

In the United States, Red Pill Blues debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, with 122,000 album-equivalent units, of which 94,000 were pure album sales, becoming the band's sixth top ten album in the country. The album was kept off the top spot by Sam Smith's The Thrill of It All.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8031332/sam-smith-the-thrill-of-it-all-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart|title=Sam Smith's 'The Thrill of It All' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart|magazine=Billboard|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|date=November 12, 2017|access-date=November 12, 2017}} By the end of the year, Red Pill Blues had accumulated 596,000 album-equivalent units in the country, with 185,000 being pure sales.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/reports/2018/2017-music-us-year-end-report.html|title=2017 U.S. Music Year-End Report|work=Nielsen SoundScan|access-date=January 14, 2018|archive-date=January 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121213644/http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/reports/2018/2017-music-us-year-end-report.html|url-status=dead}} On May 17, 2018, Red Pill Blues was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 1,000,000 units in the United States.

It is also Maroon 5's sixth top ten album in Australia, opening at number seven on the ARIA Albums Chart.{{cite web|title=P!nk's Beautiful Trauma holds #1 for fourth week|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2017/pinks-beautiful-trauma-holds-1-for-fourth-week|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=November 11, 2017|access-date=November 12, 2017}} The album entered the Canadian Albums Chart at number two, becoming their sixth top five entry in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2017/11/12/christmas-albums-hot-chart-and-so-sam-smith|title=Christmas Albums Hot On The Chart, And So Is Sam Smith|work=FYIMusicNews|date=November 12, 2017|access-date=November 13, 2017}} Elsewhere, it debuted at number six on the New Zealand Albums Chart, and at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-smith-s-the-thrill-of-it-all-debuts-at-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart-this-is-a-dream-come-true-__20979|title=Sam Smith's The Thrill Of It All debuts at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart: "This is a dream come true"|publisher=Official Charts Company|first=Rob|last=Copsey|date=November 10, 2017|access-date=November 12, 2017}}

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| title2 = What Lovers Do

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| extra4 = {{hlist|Puth|Evigan}}

| length4 = 3:36

| title5 = Bet My Heart

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| extra5 = {{hlist|Ryan|Phil Paul|Passavoy}}

| length5 = 3:16

| title6 = Help Me Out

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| length6 = 3:13

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| extra7 = {{hlist|Ricky Reed}}

| length7 = 3:03

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| extra8 = {{hlist|Ryan|Hindlin}}

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| writer9 = {{hlist|Levine|Henry Walter|Hazzard|Evigan|Gian Stone}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Cirkut|Evigan}}

| length9 = 3:35

| title10 = Closure

| writer10 = {{hlist|Levine|Ryan|Hindlin|Malik|Shaouy}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Ryan|Paul|Passavoy}}

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| writer12 = {{hlist|Levine|Ryan Ogren|Nick Bailey|Jared Watson|Dustin Bushnell}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Ogren|Passavoy|Nick Bailey{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length12 = 3:50

| title13 = Don't Wanna Know

| note13 = featuring Kendrick Lamar

| writer13 = {{hlist|Levine|Benjamin Levin|Ryan|Hindlin|Malik|Kurtis McKenzie|Jon Mills|Alex Ben-Abdallah|Kendrick Duckworth}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Benny Blanco|The Arcade|Louie Lastic|Passovoy{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length13 = 3:34

| title14 = Cold

| note14 = featuring Future

| writer14 = {{hlist|Levine|Ryan|Hindlin|Tranter|Shaouy}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Hindlin|Paul|Ryan}}

| length14 = 3:54

}}

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| headline = Standard edition (reissue bonus track)

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 46:05

| title_width = 22%

| writing_width = 57%

| extra_width = 23%

| title11 = Girls Like You

| note11 = featuring Cardi B

| writer11 = {{hlist|Levine|Walter|Belcalis Almanzar|Hazzard|Evigan|Stone}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Cirkut|Evigan}}

| length11 = 3:55

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Digital download and streaming edition (bonus tracks)

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 61:02

| title_width = 22%

| writing_width = 57%

| extra_width = 23%

| title13 = Plastic Rose

| writer13 = {{hlist|Levine|Ghaleb|Görres|Hindlin}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|OzGo}}

| length13 = 3:42

| title14 = Don't Wanna Know

| note14 = featuring Kendrick Lamar

| writer14 = {{hlist|Levine|Levin|Ryan|Hindlin|Malik|McKenzie|Mills|Ben-Abdallah|Duckworth}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Blanco|The Arcade|Lastic|Passovoy{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length14 = 3:34

| title15 = Cold

| note15 = featuring Future

| writer15 = {{hlist|Levine|Ryan|Hindlin|Tranter|Shaouy}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Hindlin|Paul|Ryan}}

| length15 = 3:54

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Digital download and streaming edition (reissue bonus track)

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 64:57

| title_width = 22%

| writing_width = 57%

| extra_width = 23%

| title16 = Girls Like You

| note16 = featuring Cardi B

| writer16 = {{hlist|Levine|Walter|Almanzar|Hazzard|Evigan|Stone}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Cirkut|Evigan}}

| length16 = 3:55

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus disc (Live in Manchester 2015)

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 29:30

| title_width = 22%

| writing_width = 78%

| extra_width =

| title1 = Moves Like Jagger

| note1 = live

| writer1 = {{hlist|Levine|Levin|Malik|Shellback}}

| extra1 =

| length1 = 4:59

| title2 = Stereo Hearts

| note2 = live

| writer2 = {{hlist|Travie McCoy|Levine|Levin|Sterling Fox|Malik|Dan Omelio}}

| extra2 =

| length2 = 3:42

| title3 = Animals

| note3 = live

| writer3 = {{hlist|Levine|Shellback|Levin}}

| extra3 =

| length3 = 4:30

| title4 = Daylight

| note4 = live

| writer4 = {{hlist|Levine|Max Martin|Sam Martin|Mason Levy}}

| extra4 =

| length4 = 6:56

| title5 = Maps

| note5 = live

| writer5 = {{hlist|Levine|Malik|Levin|Noel Zancanella|Ryan Tedder}}

| extra5 =

| length5 = 4:22

| title6 = This Love

| note6 = live

| writer6 = {{hlist|Levine|Jesse Carmichael}}

| extra6 =

| length6 = 5:01

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition bonus disc (Live in Manchester 2015)

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Moves Like Jagger

| note1 = live

| title2 = Sugar

| note2 = live

| title3 = Daylight

| note3 = live

| title4 = Payphone

| note4 = live

| title5 = Maps

| note5 = live

| title6 = Stereo Hearts

| note6 = live

| title7 = Harder to Breathe

| note7 = live

| title8 = This Love

| note8 = live

| title9 = Animals

| note9 = live

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Mexico tour edition (bonus tracks){{cite web|title=Llega estreno de Maroon 5|date=August 13, 2018 |url=http://los40.com.mx/los40/2018/08/13/actualidad/1534178993_988928.html|access-date=2018-08-13|language=es}}{{cite web|title=Red Pill Blues (CD + DVD) (México Tour Edition)|url=https://www.mixup.com.mx/mixup/detproducto.aspx?sku=602567924449|access-date=2018-08-14|language=es}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 72:27

| title_width = 22%

| writing_width = 57%

| extra_width = 23%

| title16 = Girls Like You

| note16 = featuring Cardi B; St. Vincent Remix

| writer16 = {{hlist|Levine|Walter|Almanzar|Hazzard|Evigan|Stone}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Cirkut|Evigan}}

| length16 = 3:31

| title17 = What Lovers Do

| note17 = featuring SZA; Slushii Remix

| writer17 = {{hlist|Levine|Hazzard|Rowe|Olatunji|Evigan|Rådström|Stridh}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|Evigan|Farrar{{ref|a|[a]}}|Passovoy{{ref|a|[a]}}|Billions{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length17 = 4:15

| title18 = Cold

| note18 = featuring Future; Gucci Mane Remix

| writer18 = {{hlist|Levine|Ryan|Hindlin|Tranter|Shaouy|Noel Fisher}}

| extra18 = {{hlist|Hindlin|Paul|Ryan}}

| length18 = 3:39

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Mexico tour edition DVD

| total_length = 28:30

| title1 = Girls Like You

| note1 = music video; featuring Cardi B

| length1 = 4:31

| title2 = Girls Like You

| note2 = behind the scenes teaser; featuring Cardi B

| length2 = 0:31

| title3 = What Lovers Do

| note3 = music video; featuring SZA

| length3 = 3:34

| title4 = What Lovers Do

| note4 = behind the scenes; featuring SZA

| length4 = 3:20

| title5 = Wait

| note5 = music video

| length5 = 3:35

| title6 = Wait

| note6 = music video; Snapchat version

| length6 = 3:08

| title7 = Wait

| note7 = behind the scenes

| length7 = 3:00

| title8 = Cold

| note8 = music video; featuring Future

| length8 = 6:51

}}

2018 Red Pill Blues + Version (Japanese Edition)

1 Maroon 5– Best 4 U 3:59

2 Maroon 5 + SZA (2)– What Lovers Do 3:19

3 Maroon 5– Wait 3:10

4 Maroon 5– Lips On You 3:36

5 Maroon 5– Bet My Heart 3:16

6 Maroon 5 + Julia Michaelis– Help Me Out 3:13

7 Maroon 5 + LunchMoney Lewis– Who I Am 3:03

8 Maroon 5 + A$AP Rocky*– Whiskey 3:30

9 Maroon 5– Girls Like You 3:35

10 Maroon 5– Closure 11:28

Bonus

11 Maroon 5– Denim Jacket 3:52

12 Maroon 5– Visions 3:50

13 Maroon 5- Plastic Rose 3:42 +++

14 Maroon 5 + Kendrick Lamar– Don't Wanna Know 3:34

15 Maroon 5 + Future (4)– Cold 3:54

Remixes Like You (Bonus CD 2)

1 Maroon 5 + Cardi B– Girls Like You 3:56

2 Maroon 5 + Nicki Minaj– Sugar (Remix) 3:54

3 Maroon 5 + Mary J. Blige Remix Mark Ronson– Wake Up Call (Mark Ronson Remix) 3:13

4 Maroon 5 + Rihanna– If I Never See Your Face Again 3:18

5 Maroon 5 + Christina Aguilera– Moves Like Jagger 3:21

6 Maroon 5 + Gwen Stefani– My Heart Is Open 3:57

7 Maroon 5 + Cardi B– Girls Like You (Cray Remix)

8 Maroon 5 + SZA (2) Remix A-Trak– What Lovers Do (A-Trak Remix)

+++ Previously Released Only On Digital Version Of Album And Some Deluxe Early Access Digital Codes

Notes

• {{sup|{{note|a|a}}}} signifies an additional producer
• {{sup|{{note|b|b}}}} signifies a co-producer

Sample credits

• "What Lovers Do" contains elements of "Sexual", written by Oladayo Olatunji, Victor Rådström and Elina Stridh.

All credits are adapted from the Red Pill Blues liner notes.

Maroon 5

• Adam Levine – lead vocals (all), guitar (7, 9, 10, 16)
• Jesse Carmichael – guitar (1–7, 10–15)
• Mickey Madden – bass (2, 3, 5, 10–12)
• James Valentine – guitar (1–3, 5-7, 10–15), handclaps (10)
• Matt Flynn – drums & percussion (1–7, 10–15), backing vocals (4), handclaps (5, 10)
• PJ Morton – keyboards (1–8, 10–15)
• Sam Farrar – bass (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15), backing vocals (2, 3, 12), percussion (2, 3, 6, 12), production (2, 6), digital editing (2, 4, 12), keys (3, 6, 10), handclaps (5, 10), programming (6), drums (6)

Additional personnel

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• The Arcade – songwriting, production {{small|(credited individually as Kurtis McKenzie and Jon Mills for songwriting)}}
• Afterhrs – production
• Nick Bailey – production
• Alex Ben-Abdallah – songwriting
• Ben Billions – production
• Benny Blanco – songwriting, production {{small|(credited as Benjamin Levin for songwriting)}}
• Julien Bunetta – songwriting, production
• Dustin Bushnell – songwriting
• Cirkut – production
• Diplo – songwriting, production
• Jason Evigan – production
• Ian Franzino – songwriting
• Teddy Geiger – songwriting
• James Alan Ghaleb – songwriting
• Andrew Haas – songwriting
• Brittany Talia Hazzard – songwriting
• King Henry – songwriting, production {{small|(credited as Henry Agincourt Allen for songwriting)}}
• Alexander Izquerdio – songwriting
• Jacob Kasher Hindlin – songwriting, production
• J Kash – executive production
• Kendrick Lamar – guest vocals, songwriting {{small|(credited as Kendrick Duckworth for songwriting)}}
• Louie Lastic – production
• LunchMoney Lewis – guest vocals, songwriting {{small|(credited as Gamal Lewis for songwriting)}}
• Ammar Malik – songwriting
• Julia Michaels – guest vocals, songwriting
• Ryan Ogren – production
• Oladayo Olatunji – songwriting
• OzGo – songwriting, production {{small|(credited as Oscar Görres for songwriting)}}
• Noah Passavoy – production
• Phil Paul – songwriting, production {{small|(credited as Phil Shaouy for songwriting)}}
• Victor Rådström – songwriting
• Charlie Puth – songwriting, production
• Ricky Reed – songwriting, production
• ASAP Rocky – guest vocals, songwriting {{small|(credited as Rakim Mayers for songwriting)}}
• John Ryan – songwriting, production
• Tinashe Sibanda – songwriting
• Gian Stone – songwriting
• Elina Stridh – songwriting
• SZA – guest vocals, songwriting {{small|(credited as Solána Imani Rowe for songwriting)}}
• TMS – songwriting, production {{small|(credited individually as Peter Kelleher, Tom Barnes, and Ben Kohn for songwriting)}}
• Justin Tranter – songwriting
• Randy Merrill – mastering{{cite web|title=Red Pill Blues - Maroon 5 Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/red-pill-blues-mw0003114913/credits|work=AllMusic|date=November 3, 2017|access-date=June 20, 2020}}
• Jared Watson – songwriting
• Isaiah Tejada – keyboards, synthesizers
• Kenneth Whalum – tenor saxophone on "Closure"

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• Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles) – recording (tracks 1–14)
• MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach) – mixing (tracks 1–14)
• Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles) – recording (track 2)
• Chumba Meadows (Tarzana) – recording (tracks 2, 9)
• The Venice Studio (Venice, California) – recording (track 3)
• Electric Lady Studios (New York) – recording (track 6)
• Henson Recording Studios – recording (track 10)
• Wolf Cousins Studios (Stockhold, Sweden) – recording (track 11)
• Glenwood Place (California) – recording (track 13)
• Matzah Ball Studios (New York) – recording (track 13)
• Inner Child Records (London) – recording (track 13)
• Sterling Sound (New York) – mastering (tracks 1–14)

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2024|access-date= April 18, 2024}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Maroon 5|title=Red Pill Blues|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2017|certyear=2018|access-date=November 30, 2018}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Maroon 5|title=Red Pill Blues|award=Platinum|number=2| digital=true|type=album|relyear=2017|certyear=2020|access-date=July 13, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Maroon 5|title=Red Pill Blues|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2017|certyear=2019|access-date=April 23, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Maroon 5|title=Red Pill Blues|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2017|certyear=2020|certmonth=11|access-date=November 10, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=India (IMI)|award=Platinum|number=24|certref={{cite web|title=Maroon 5's Red Pill Blues receives 24x platinum certification in India|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Giff_JeWoAAvXSz?format=jpg&name=medium|access-date=April 11, 2025|archive-date=April 11, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411180458/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Giff_JeWoAAvXSz?format=jpg&name=medium|url-status=dead}}

|salesamount=720,000|salesref={{cite web |title=Standards - IMI |url=https://indianmi.org/awards/standards/ |website=Indian Music Industry (IMI) |access-date=April 11, 2025}}}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Maroon 5|title=Red Pill Blues|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2017|id=2018-07-20|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relmonth=11}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Maroon 5|title=Red Pill Blues|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=2017|certyear=2023|access-date=April 19, 2023}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Maroon 5|title=Red Pill Blues|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2017|certyear=2018|access-date=May 24, 2018|refname=RIAA}}

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