Stereo Hearts#Cover versions and in other media
{{short description|2011 single by Gym Class Heroes}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Stereo Hearts
| cover = Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine
| album = The Papercut Chronicles II
| released = June 14, 2011
| recorded = 2011
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = *Pop rap
| length = 3:31
| label = * Decaydance
| writer = * Travie McCoy
- Adam Levine
- Benjamin Levin
- Sterling Fox
- Ammar Malik
- Dan Omelio{{cite web| url = http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=13001514&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID| title = BMI Repertoire – Stereo Hearts| publisher = BMI| access-date = 2011-07-12| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://archive.today/20121209095304/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=13001514&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID| archive-date = December 9, 2012| df = mdy-all}}
| producer = * Benny Blanco
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| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Gym Class Heroes
| type = single
| prev_title = Guilty as Charged
| prev_year = 2008
| title = Stereo Hearts
| year = 2011
| next_title = Ass Back Home
| next_year = 2011
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Adam Levine
| type = single
| prev_title = Bang Bang
| prev_year = 2010
| title = Stereo Hearts
| year = 2011
| next_title = Heavy
| next_year = 2012
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|T3E9Wjbq44E|"Stereo Hearts"}}}}
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"Stereo Hearts" is a song by American rap rock group Gym Class Heroes featuring Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine. The song was released on June 14, 2011, as the lead single from the group's fifth studio album The Papercut Chronicles II (2011).{{Cite web |title=Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes (ft Adam Levine)-Song Facts |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/gym-class-heroes/stereo-hearts |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=SongFacts}} The song topped the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 and also reached number four on the Hot 100.
Composition and recording
Produced by Benny Blanco and Robopop, "Stereo Hearts" begins with Adam Levine singing the hook. "My heart's a stereo / It beats for you, so listen close / Hear my thoughts in every note. / Make me your radio / Turn me up when you feel low / This melody was meant for you / So sing along to my stereo."{{Cite web| last= Cheung| first= Nadine| title= Gym Class Heroes, 'Stereo Hearts' Feat. Adam Levine – New Song| publisher= AOL Radio| url= http://www.aolradioblog.com/bloggers/nadine-cheung/| date=June 10, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111102133406/http://www.aolradioblog.com/bloggers/nadine-cheung/| access-date= 2011-06-22| url-status= usurped| archive-date= November 2, 2011}} The Sheet music for this song shows the key of A major. McCoy then raps about serenading his ideal girl and picking love over animosity, all the while relaying the message using music-based metaphors.{{cite magazine| url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/470641/billboard-bits-xtina-adam-levine-duet-chris-colfer-to-pen-young-adult-novels| title = Billboard Bits: Xtina & Adam Levine Duet, Chris Colfer to Pen Young Adult Novels| magazine = Billboard (Nielsen Company)| date = June 9, 2011| access-date = 2011-06-22}}{{cite web| url = http://www.pilot-creative.com#/ARTISTS/ROBOPOP| title = Robopop Discography|website= pilot-creative.com| publisher= Pilot Creative Services| date = June 1, 2011| access-date = 2011-06-28| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120702152814/http://pilot-creative.com/#/ARTISTS/ROBOPOP| archive-date = July 2, 2012| df = mdy-all}} Additional Fender Rhodes was played by Austin Bis at Chalice Recording Studios in Los Angeles.{{cite web| url = http://www.virginianewsnetwork.com/iplaylist/album/2306543/| title = The Papercut Chronicles, Vol. 2|website=Virginia News Network| access-date = 2012-04-25}}
Music video
Gym Class Heroes drummer Matt McGinley explained that the song's music video "basically plays on the idea that we're sort of just being casual, hanging out, being ourselves and our shadows get wild and get loose. The video shows the band playing in the city of New York and their shadows are playing on the ground."{{Cite web| last= Montgomery| first= James| title= Gym Class Heroes Get Shady In 'Stereo Hearts' Video| publisher= MTV| url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666284/gym-class-heroes-stereo-hearts-video.jhtml| archive-url= https://archive.today/20130129172704/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666284/gym-class-heroes-stereo-hearts-video.jhtml| url-status= dead| archive-date= January 29, 2013| date=June 22, 2011| access-date= 2011-06-22}}
The video (directed by Hiro Murai) has the feel of a 1980s setting, with a breakdancer and several payphones seen, though the actual setting is modern as evidenced by the Mini Cooper in one scene. It prominently features a pawn shop with a stack of old-fashioned boomboxes and TV sets, on which Adam Levine appears when he is singing the chorus.
In October 2024, the video has hit 875 million views making it the fourth-most viewed video on Fueled By Ramen.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
=Lyric video=
A lyric video for the song received millions of views in the first month of its release. This is one of the first lyric videos to incorporate a live action story line, showing a man and a woman in split-screen as they get dressed for the day and go outdoors carrying boom-boxes, until they finally meet in a park. The video stars actress Breana McDow and was directed by music video director Djay Brawner.{{Cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/5904442/gym-class-heroes-stereo-hearts-lyrics-video|title=Gym Class Heroes Take Their Radio For A Walk In "Stereo Hearts" Lyrics Video|work=Idolator|last=Bain|first=Becky|date=June 16, 2011|access-date=July 14, 2020}}
Critical reception
The song received positive reviews. MTV's Jenna Hally Rubenstein complimented the band's new direction on "Stereo Hearts", writing that it is "a little more slickly produced than we're used to, but, we're still solidly behind the experimental new song."{{Cite web| last= Rubenstein| first= Jenna Hally| title= New Song: Gym Class Heroes, Featuring Adam Levine, 'Stereo Hearts'| publisher= MTV| url= http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/06/09/gym-class-heroes-adam-levine-stereo-hearts/| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110611003432/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/06/09/gym-class-heroes-adam-levine-stereo-hearts/| url-status= dead| archive-date= June 11, 2011| date=June 9, 2011| access-date= 2011-06-22}}
MTV's James Montgomery described it as a "prime-time slab of genre-mashing, sweat-inducing pop, the kind of song that may very well push GCH to summertime superstardom."
Becky Bain of Idolator called it a "head-nodding jam" and "an instantly memorable signal that Gym Class is back in session."{{Cite web| last= Bain| first= Becky| title= Hear Gym Class Heroes' 'Stereo Hearts' With Adam Levine (Idolator Premiere)| publisher= Idolator (Buzz Media)| url= http://idolator.com/5894162/gym-class-heroes-adam-levine-stereo-hearts-premiere| date=June 9, 2011| access-date= 2011-06-22}}
Live performances
Travie McCoy joined Maroon 5 onstage to perform "Stereo Hearts" on Saturday Night Live on November 5, 2011. Gym Class Heroes and Adam Levine performed the song at the 2011 American Music Awards, along with Christina Aguilera for the Maroon 5 song "Moves like Jagger" on November 20, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/6085122/american-music-awards-2011-performances?intexp=1|title=American Music Awards 2011: Watch The Performances|last=Daw|first=Robbie|work=Idolator|date=November 20, 2011|access-date=June 18, 2018}} The duo continued with the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on November 23, 2011, and Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam, a pre-show of the Super Bowl XLVI on February 2, 2012.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2012/02/03/bob-gym-class-heroes-touch-down-at-vh1s-super-bowl-fan-jam/|title=B.o.B, Gym Class Heroes Touch Down at VH1's 'Super Bowl Fan Jam'|magazine=Rap-Up|date=February 3, 2012|access-date=July 23, 2019}}
Track listing
- "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" – 3:31
- "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" – 3:31
- "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" – Soul Seekers Retronica Extended Mix – 6:17
- Remixes{{cite web|title=Stereo Hearts (Remixes) [feat. Adam Levine] - EP by Gym Class Heroes|website=iTunes|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/stereo-hearts-remixes-feat-adam-levine-ep/484645929|language=en-us|access-date=2019-05-04}}
- "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" – Dillon Francis Radio Edit — 3:36
- "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" – Soul Seekerz Retronica Radio Edit — 3:36
- "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" – Dillon Francis Extended Mix — 3:46
- "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)" – Soul Seekerz Retronica Extended Mix — 6:17
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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Chart (2011–2012)
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{{single chart|Australia|4|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Austria|28|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Flanders Tip|4|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Wallonia|35|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Canada|7|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{Single chart|Czech Republic|28|year=2012|week=13|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Denmark|16|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Finland|16|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|France|19|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Hungaryradio|3|year=2011|week=41|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Ireland2|4|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|access-date=January 27, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Israelairplay|1|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|year=2011|week=44|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Italy|12|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|year=2011|week=44|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Billboardjapanhot100|35|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Dutch40|8|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Dutch100|26|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|New Zealand|3|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Norway|4|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
scope="row"| Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/#/?page=all|title=Official Rumania chart|access-date=October 23, 2011}}
| 47 |
{{single chart|Russiaradio|9|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|date=20111202-20111208|access-date=June 13, 2025|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Scotland|2|date=2011-10-22|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Spain|11|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Sweden|6|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Switzerland|28|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|UKrandb|1|date=2011-10-22|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|UK|3|date=2011-10-22|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Ukraineradio|5|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|song=Stereo Hearts|date=20120323-20120329|access-date=June 15, 2025|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|4|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|7|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Billboarddanceairplay|9|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Billboardlatinsongs|50|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|7|artist=Gym Class Heroes|song=Stereo Hearts|rowheader=true}} |
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=All-time charts=
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Chart
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US Billboard Pop Songs (1992–2017){{cite magazine|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-pop-songs |title= GREATEST OF ALL TIME POP SONGS: Page 1 |magazine= Billboard |date= 1 August 2018 |access-date= 1 August 2018}}
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|access-date=May 6, 2012|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2011|certyear=2012|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|title=Stereo Hearts}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|access-date=March 8, 2021|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|digital=true|relyear=2011|certyear=2015|artist=Gym Class Heroes|title=Stereo Hearts}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|access-date=June 29, 2021|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2011|certyear=2021|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|title=Stereo Hearts|id=8626}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Gym Class Heroes|title=Stereo Hearts|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2015|access-date=September 25, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2011|certyear=2024|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|source=radioscope|access-date=January 23, 2025|title=Stereo Hearts}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Gym Class Heroes / Adam Levine|title=Stereo Hearts|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2024|access-date=March 3, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine|title=Stereo Hearts|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2012|source=artist|access-date=September 25, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|access-date=January 4, 2025|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2011|certyear=2025|artist=Gym Class Heroes/Adam Levine|title=Stereo Hearts|id=8973-2463-1}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Platinum|number=5|relyear=2011|certyear=2019|artist=Gym Class Heroes|title=Stereo Hearts}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Gym Class Hereos feat. Adam Levine|title=Stereo Hearts|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2012|certmonth=1|certday=19|id=6997|streamsonly=true|access-date=September 25, 2022}}
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References
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