Sugar (Maroon 5 song)

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Since the release of his debut studio album, 31 Minutes to Takeoff (2010), American singer and songwriter Mike Posner started writing material to be included in his follow-up record, titled Pages.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5770543/mike-posner-gears-up-to-finish-pages-album-hints-at-big-guest-artists|title=Mike Posner Gears Up to Finish 'Pages' Album, Hints at Big Guest Artists|magazine=Billboard|last=Graff|first=Gary|date=October 25, 2013|access-date=October 13, 2015|location=Detroit, US}} One of the songs set to be included in the album was "Sugar", which Adam Levine heard and wanted to have it on the upcoming Maroon 5 album, but Posner declined. However, in 2014, he switched labels and announced that Pages would not be launched, and instead a new body of music would be released. In an interview with, Billboard, Posner elaborated: "Well, this is just gonna sit on my laptop' so I gave it to them and when they recorded the song Adam added his flavor to it and he wrote on it as well, lyrically and some melodic things, and he really sang it well. I'm a big fan, so I'm glad they did it".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6509677/mike-posner-new-album-writing-for-maroon-5|title=Singer Mike Posner on Writing for Maroon 5 & Releasing His Long-Awaited Second Album|magazine=Billboard|last=Graff|first=Gary|date=March 25, 2015|access-date=October 13, 2015|location=Detroit, US}} The final version of "Sugar" was written by Levine, Posner, Lukasz Gottwald, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Joshua Coleman and Henry Walter. The production of the song was done by the latter two under their respective production names Ammo and Cirkut.

The lead vocals were sung by Levine, with backing vocals provided by Posner. "Sugar" was recorded at Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, Dr. Luke in the Boo in Malibu and The Mothership in Sherman Oaks while it was mixed at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach. Doug McKean, Clint Gibbs, Noah Passovoy and Jonathan Sher all served as engineers of the song, while John Armstrong, Eric Eylands, Rachael Findlen and Cameron Montgomery helped them finish the engineering, serving as additional engineers. John Hanes was the mixing engineer while all the instrumentation and programming was provided by Maroon 5, Dr. Luke, Ammo and Cirkut. Artie Smith was the instrument technician. "Sugar" was announced to be the third single from V in November 2014. Interscope Records distributed the song to contemporary hit radio stations in the United States on January 13, 2015. The same day, the band unveiled the official artwork for the single that features red-colored lips holding a sugar cube; Mike Wass of Idolator called it "candy-colored".

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"Sugar" is a disco,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6436714/maroon-5-sugar-video-wedding-crash|title=Watch Maroon 5 Crash Real Weddings in 'Sugar' Video|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=January 14, 2015|location=United States}} funk-pop, and soul song{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20849669,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140905032948/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20849669,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2014|title=V Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc|last=Anderson|first=Kyle|date=October 23, 2014|access-date=January 13, 2015}} with a length of three minutes and fifty-six seconds. It features guitars provided by James Valentine, Jesse Carmichael and Dr. Luke, bass played by Mickey Madden, and synth bass provided by Dr. Luke. The drums were provided by Matt Flynn and Cirkut while PJ Morton, Jesse Carmichael, Dr. Luke, Ammo, and Cirkut contributed to the keyboards and synthesizers. One writer at Popmatters feels that musically, "Sugar" combines the grooves of the funk and "synth-driven" 1980s music.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/185304-maroon-5-v1/|title=Maroon 5 V|magazine=PopMatters|last=Galvin|first=Annie|date=September 3, 2014|access-date=January 14, 2014}} According to Kobalt Music Publishing's digital sheet music for the song, "Sugar" is composed in the key of D♭ major{{Cite web|last1=Levine|first1=Adam|last2=Walter |first2=Henry|last3=Coleman|first3=Joshua|last4=Gottwald |first4=Lukasz|last5=Hindlin |first5=Jacob Kasher|last6=Poner|first6=Mike |date=April 16, 2015|title=Sugar|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0149333|access-date=July 23, 2024|website=Musicnotes |archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421090526/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0149333|url-status=live}} and set in common time signature, and has a moderate groove of 120 beats per minute.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0145224|title=Maroon 5 – Sugar Sheet Music (Digital Download)|date=January 16, 2015 |publisher=Musicnotes.com. Kobalt Music Publishing|access-date=March 15, 2015|archive-date=April 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417132758/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0145224|url-status=live}} Levine's vocals span from the low note of D♭₃ to the high note of F♭₅, over one octave higher.

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Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly noted the reminiscence of "Sugar" to the music of singer Bruno Mars. Brad Wete of Billboard magazine compared the song's production to that of Katy Perry's 2014 single "Birthday", which was also produced by Cirkut, together with Dr. Luke. Similarly, Rolling Stone's Jon Dolan compared the song to the works of Perry and wrote that the "funk-guitar licks zip across a spry, sun-drunk groove as Levine sings..."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/maroon-5-v-20140902|title=Maroon 5 V Album Review|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media LLC|last=Dolan|first=Jon|date=September 2, 2014|access-date=January 13, 2015}} Lyrically, Levine sings the lines to his romantic interest, "I just wanna be there where you are/And I gotta get one little taste".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6236613/maroon-5-v-album-review|title=Maroon 5 Tightens Up on 'V': Track-By-Track Review|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|location=New York|last=Wete|first=Brad|date=September 2, 2014|access-date=January 13, 2015}} The song uses the word "sugar" to describe both the love interest's sweet nature, and coitus.{{cite news|last1=R. Holz|first1=Adam|title=V Album Review (2014) | Plugged In|url=http://www.pluggedin.com/music-reviews/album/maroon-5-v|access-date=January 25, 2016|work=Plugged In (publication)|archive-date=January 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105062917/http://www.pluggedin.com/music-reviews/album/maroon-5-v/|url-status=live}} Jon Caramanica of The New York Times wrote that on the Levine sounds most lecherous while singing the lyrics "I want that red velvet, I want that sugar sweet". According to him "he croons so cleanly it's possible to imagine that he is truly singing about cake".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/arts/music/maroon-5-and-counting-crows-offer-new-albums.html?_r=0|title=Maroon 5 and Counting Crows Offer New Albums|work=The New York Times|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=September 3, 2014|access-date=January 13, 2015|archive-date=January 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114232314/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/arts/music/maroon-5-and-counting-crows-offer-new-albums.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}

In a review of V, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that the best moments on the album "are when Maroon 5 embrace the tuneful, slightly soulful adult contemporary pop band they've always been, as they do on 'Sugar'" among other songs.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/v-mw0002704238|title=V – Maroon 5|publisher=AllMusic. All Media Group|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|access-date=January 13, 2015|archive-date=December 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221134020/http://www.allmusic.com/album/v-mw0002704238|url-status=live}} Alexa Tietjen of VH1 stated that the track is a "radio-friendly pop song".{{cite news |last1=Tietjen |first1=Alexa |date=January 14, 2015 |title=Maroon 5 Are Wedding Crashers In New Video for 'Sugar' |publisher=VH1. Viacom Media Networks |url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2015-01-14/maroon-5-premieres-new-video-for-sugar/ |access-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115020933/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2015-01-14/maroon-5-premieres-new-video-for-sugar/ |url-status=dead }} Mike Wass of Idolator labeled the song a "ridiculously catchy jam".{{cite web|last=Wass|first=Mike|title=Maroon 5 Unveil The Cover Of Breezy New Single 'Sugar' Tease Stills From The Feel-Good Video|url=http://www.idolator.com/7576742/maroon-5-sugar-cover-art-video-stills|work=Idolator|publisher=SpinMedia|access-date=January 14, 2015|date=January 13, 2015|archive-date=January 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115080234/http://www.idolator.com/7576742/maroon-5-sugar-cover-art-video-stills|url-status=live}} Similarly, Saeed Saeed of The National called the song a "highlight" on V and further wrote that it "has a bullseye of a chorus that will have you singing along immediately".{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/music/album-review-maroon-5--v|title=Album review: Maroon 5 – V|last=Saeed|first=Saeed|work=The National|date=September 22, 2014|access-date=October 13, 2015|archive-date=February 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220200616/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/music/album-review-maroon-5--v|url-status=live}} PopMatters' Annie Galvin praised the song and wrote that it "hits a sweet spot by layering a subtly funky guitar pulse over gossamer synths and multiple tracks of Levine's easy-on-the-ears upper range". On the negative side, Anderson of Entertainment Weekly called the song "simultaneously empty and cluttered". In 2022, Billboard and American Songwriter ranked the song number eight and number nine, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Maroon 5 songs.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/maroon-5-best-songs-of-all-time/|title=Maroon 5's 10 Best Songs of All Time (Critic's Picks)|first=Jon|last=O'Brien|magazine=Billboard|date=July 1, 2022|accessdate=November 9, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-top-10-maroon-5-songs/|title=The Top 10 Maroon 5 Songs|first=Jacob|last=Uitti|work=American Songwriter|date=November 9, 2022|accessdate=November 9, 2022|archive-date=November 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109184854/https://americansongwriter.com/the-top-10-maroon-5-songs/|url-status=live}}

Following the release of V, "Sugar" debuted and peaked at number 13{{cite web |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/digital.php?f_type=week&f_year=2014&f_month=&f_week=37&f_chart_kind_cd=E |title=Gaon Chart |publisher=Gaon |access-date=January 13, 2015 |language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217225451/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/chart/digital.php?f_type=week&f_year=2014&f_month=&f_week=37&f_chart_kind_cd=E|archive-date=December 17, 2014}} and number 77{{cite web |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/digital.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_week=37&f_year=2014&f_type=week |title=Gaon Chart |publisher=Gaon |access-date=January 13, 2015 |language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217200359/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/chart/digital.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_week=37&f_year=2014&f_type=week|archive-date=December 17, 2014}} on the South Korean International and South Korean Gaon Chart respectively. After the song and its accompanying video was released, it gathered attention at the digital media outlets. Billboard predicted that in its first week the song is set to debut in the top 25 with digital sales of over 150,000 copies.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6443595/new-maroon-5-kelly-clarkson-singles-headed-for-debuts-on-hot-100|title=The band's 'Sugar' should sweeten the chart in the top 25, while Clarkson's 'Heartbeat Song' is also set to thump its way in|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|last1=Trust|first1=Gary|last2=Caulfield|first2=Keith|date=January 16, 2015|access-date=January 17, 2015}} For the week dated January 31, 2015, "Sugar" debuted at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It became Maroon 5's third song to debut in the top ten of the chart; their previous singles "Moves like Jagger" (2011) debuted same at number eight and "Payphone" (2012) debuted higher, at number three.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6443847/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-top-hot-100|title=Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars Top Hot 100, Maroon 5 Debuts at No. 8|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=January 21, 2015|access-date=January 22, 2015}} Consequently, it became the band's 11th top ten hit and their eighth in row.{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/maroon-5s-sugar-rushes-to-the-top-10-108767996651.html|title=Maroon 5's 'Sugar' Rushes to the Top 10|publisher=Chart Watch. Yahoo! Music|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=January 22, 2015|access-date=January 22, 2015|archive-date=January 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122051511/https://www.yahoo.com/music/maroon-5s-sugar-rushes-to-the-top-10-108767996651.html|url-status=live}} The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Twitter Top Tracks chart, their second number one after "Maps" (2014).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6450768/maroon-5-common-john-legend-top-twitter-tracks|title=Maroon 5, Common & John Legend Score High Debuts on Top Twitter Tracks|magazine=Billboard|last=Anderson|first=Trevor|date=January 23, 2015|access-date=May 22, 2020}} "Sugar" peaked at number two on the chart for four consecutive weeks, behind "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars. The song spent 21 weeks in the top ten of the chart before falling 10–12 on the chart issue dated June 27, 2015. This marks the longest time the band has spent in the top ten of the chart, along with "Moves Like Jagger" and "One More Night" (2012), which also spent 21 weeks in the top ten. They have since surpassed this feat with their "Girls Like You" single featuring Cardi B in 2018, which spent more than 30 weeks in the top ten. As of August 2015, it has sold 3.3 million copies in the United States.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801063634/http://hitsdailydouble.com/news%26id%3D297039 |archive-date=August 1, 2015 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=297039 |title=YTD Marketshare at the Seven-Month Mark |website=HITS Daily Double |publisher=HITS Digital Ventures |date=July 31, 2015 |access-date=January 12, 2022 |url-status=dead}}

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In 2014, film director David Dobkin was in Rome, Italy, for the premiere of his film, The Judge. During his stay there, he received an e-mail from Levine asking him to direct the band's new music video: "I've known Adam for over a decade. I met him before the first Maroon 5 album came out. My wife's parents are best friends with his grandparents and I spend Christmas with him every year. So we've known each other for a long time and always talked about doing something together but were never able to get our schedules lined up".{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2015-01-14/maroon-5-david-dobkin-sugar-video-wedding-crashers/|title=Director David Dobkin Shows Maroon 5 His 'Wedding Crashers' Tricks In New 'Sugar' Video|publisher=VH1. Viacom Media Networks|last=Smith|first=Ben|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=January 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115075831/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2015-01-14/maroon-5-david-dobkin-sugar-video-wedding-crashers/|url-status=dead}} After he agreed to film the video for "Sugar", they started discussing ideas for its concept. Dobkin wanted the video to be about the band's connection with their audience and wanted elements of real people and Los Angeles, Levine's hometown. In an interview with VH1, the director revealed: "Then the idea came up of, what if they went to real weddings and showed up as the surprise wedding band?". When Levine heard the idea, he loved it.

In 2005, Dobkin directed the film Wedding Crashers in which Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn played the characters of John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey.{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/15/entertainment/feat-maroon-5-sugar-video/|title=Maroon 5 crash weddings in video for 'Sugar'|publisher=CNN|last=Smith|first=Melodi|date=January 15, 2015|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=January 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125085047/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/15/entertainment/feat-maroon-5-sugar-video|url-status=live}} They star as "two dashing rogues who sneak into nuptials in search of lovelorn bridesmaids". The film received positive reviews from movie critics{{cite web |url=http://rottentomatoes.com/m/wedding_crashers/ |title=Wedding Crashers Review |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster |access-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-date=February 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203065204/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wedding_crashers/ |url-status=live }} and was a box office success earning over $285 million worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=weddingcrashers.htm|title=Wedding Crashers (2005) - Weekend Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=January 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106120433/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=weddingcrashers.htm|url-status=live}} Dobkin revealed: "For 10 years everyone asks me to do something related to that movie. I've never wanted to go back there, just because it's something that worked so well. But we locked in on this idea and thought it would be great. And then it was like, holy shit, how do we pull this off?" After the concept was decided on, they started preparing the wedding crashes. At the beginning, Dobkin thought that no one should know about the crash and filming. After some rethinking, however, he decided that at least one person should know about it. So they informed only the grooms and decided to keep the secret from the brides. The grooms were not, however, told the name of the band; they were only told that they are very popular and had won several Grammy Awards. The next step was deciding how, at the beginning of each performance, the band would hide. Dobkin designed and had built a drop-down tent, where a button was pressed, causing the curtains drop to the floor. After that, Dobkin visited many wedding planners in Los Angeles and visited a number of the locations where weddings would be happening, in order to decide which location at the site would be the best for setting up the tent.

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The music video was filmed in Los Angeles, California. It was shot at several ballrooms, located at various locations around the city, where weddings were happening. One of the ballrooms was at the Park Plaza Hotel, a very popular location for celebrations and parties. A week before filming the video commenced, Dobkin went to see the band, who were rehearsing for the visual.{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2015-01-14/maroon-5-david-dobkin-sugar-video-wedding-crashers/2/|title=Director David Dobkin Shows Maroon 5 His 'Wedding Crashers' Tricks In New 'Sugar' Video: Page 2|publisher=VH1. Viacom Media Networks|last=Smith|first=Ben|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=January 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115105708/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2015-01-14/maroon-5-david-dobkin-sugar-video-wedding-crashers/2/|url-status=dead}} During the meeting, Levine questioned the concept: "What if people don't like us? What happens if we ruin the bride's moment?" That was the first time they started wondering, "What if we're ruining someone's most special day?" In order to prevent that from happening, Levine got an idea: after performing "Sugar", he and the band's guitarist, James Valentine would perform an acoustic version of their 2004 single "She Will Be Loved" just for the bride and the groom. The dance floor would be cleared of everyone except for the newlyweds and the song would be another traditional "First Dance" for the newlyweds. According to Dobkin, that was a very good idea.

A few days before shooting began, most of the grooms started getting nervous and wanted to cancel the wedding crash. Dobkin met with each of them and talked them out of canceling. At one point, he told them that the mysterious band is in fact Maroon 5. Eventually, it turned out that most of them were fans of Maroon 5 and Adam from The Voice and had positive responses for performing "She Will Be Loved" after shooting "Sugar". Prior to the filming of each sequence, the production team had approximately 20 minutes to enter the location and begin building the tent, while the band tried to get in unnoticed. During the first wedding, which was a Jewish wedding, the bride and the groom were sitting in their chairs and while the tent was being constructed, Dobkin received a call on his radio saying that the band was stuck in the elevator. Eventually, they got out of the elevator and had to run up nine flights of stairs to get to the ballroom in time for filming. Dobkin recalled that when the performance of "Sugar" finished, the members of the band looked at him like they wanted to say, "Oh my God. That was awesome! Where's the next one?"

In a press release for the video, Levine stated: "It was an out of body experience. I had no idea I would be affected by the overwhelming reactions we received from the couples and guests. Being able to create an unforgettable experience for several people was the highlight of it all". He also spoke with Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight and told him how it was stressful to arrange the whole video. However, the brides and grooms were shocked that the band crashed their wedding. He added: "It was a lot of fun. It felt good to kind of surprise these people and make them happy. Happy that they liked our band too. It would have been a total disaster [if not]".{{cite web|url=http://www.etonline.com/music/156288_maroon_5_crashes_weddings_in_sugar_music_video/|title=Wedding Crashers! Maroon 5 Surprises Brides and Grooms In 'Sugar' Video|work=Entertainment Tonight|last=Willis|first=Jackie|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=January 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114223939/http://www.etonline.com/music/156288_maroon_5_crashes_weddings_in_sugar_music_video/|url-status=live}} A representative for Duke Photography, who photographed the weddings, has said: "It was an incredible surprise and everyone at the wedding is going to cherish those memories".{{cite web|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/614765/maroon-5-crashes-weddings-in-sugar-video-watch-brides-and-grooms-freak-out-over-adam-levine-s-band|title=Maroon 5 Crashes Weddings in Sugar Video—Watch Brides and Grooms Freak Out Over Adam Levine's Band!|last=Heller|first=Corinne|date=January 14, 2015|publisher=E! Online News. E!|access-date=January 14, 2015}} The video for "Sugar" premiered on the day after the single, via the band's Vevo channel on YouTube.{{Citation |title=Maroon 5 - Sugar (Official Music Video) | date=January 14, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg |language=en |access-date=2022-08-30 |archive-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711013702/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg |url-status=live }} It was available for digital download the same day, via the iTunes Store in Canada{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/music-video/sugar/957727376|title=Music Videos – Sugar by Maroon 5|date=January 14, 2015|publisher=iTunes Store (CA)|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402204151/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/music-video/sugar/id957727376|url-status=live}} and the United States.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/sugar/1444864514|title=Music Videos – Sugar by Maroon 5|date=January 14, 2015|publisher=iTunes Store (US)|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105522/https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/sugar/id957727376|url-status=live}} It received its television premiere on January 17 at 9AM (EST) and won VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown.

The video starts with the members of Maroon 5 leaving the Carondelet House, with Levine saying: "It's December 6, 2014. We're going to drive across L.A. and hit every wedding we possibly can".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/maroon-5-crash-wedding-receptions-in-sugar-video-20150114|title=See Maroon 5 Crash Wedding in 'Sugar' Clip|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media LLC|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=January 14, 2015}} After his introduction, Levine gets into the car and starts driving. Subsequently, a van parks near the Park Plaza Hotel where a wedding is taking place in the ballroom.{{cite web|url=http://radio.com/2015/01/14/maroon-5-sugar-video/|title=Maroon 5 Thrill Some Brides in 'Sugar' Video: Watch|publisher=CBS Radio News. CBS|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=January 14, 2015|archive-date=January 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114173129/http://radio.com/2015/01/14/maroon-5-sugar-video/|url-status=live}} A group gets out of the van, enters the building and starts constructing a secret stage, surprising guests, who wonder what's happening. One stands up and starts anxiously questioning the builders, while scenes are intercut with Maroon 5 driving around the city and Levine singing the song lyrics. The band arrives in front of the hotel and sneaks into the building, ducking behind the white curtains where the instruments are set up. As they finish their preparations, the bride and the groom are asked to stand in front of the stage. The curtain drops to reveal the band playing "Sugar" and the couple screams happily while confused guests look on. Afterwards, the unwitting wedding party audience starts smiling and all the guests get up to dance to the song.

Scenes are intercut with the band driving to another wedding and sneaking inside the building where it's taking place. A similar situation occurs as they appear before the guests, who are both surprised and delighted. While the band is driving around Los Angeles, young women pulling up to a traffic light beside them recognize the group and take selfies with Valentine. During the last part of the video, the band crashes five more weddings, leaving the attendees utterly surprised. The video concludes with the wedding guests applauding the band, while Maroon 5's members toast, embrace, and cheer with the newlyweds.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg|title=Maroon 5 – Sugar (Official Music Video)|date=January 14, 2015 |publisher=Vevo. YouTube|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=July 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711013702/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg|url-status=live}}

According to Ryan Reed of Rolling Stone, video showed the band channeling the roles of actors Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in Wedding Crashers while surprising the audience with its performance of "Sugar". The Daily Telegraph{{'}}s Catherine Gee felt the video proved that "not a soul in Los Angeles would mind if the rock band arrived at their reception unannounced and performed their new single".{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/musicvideo/11347160/Maroon-5-crash-real-life-weddings-for-new-video-Sugar.html|title=Maroon 5 crash real-life weddings for new video 'Sugar'|work=The Daily Telegraph|last=Gee|first=Catherine|date=January 15, 2015|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116000909/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/musicvideo/11347160/Maroon-5-crash-real-life-weddings-for-new-video-Sugar.html|url-status=live}} Elias Leight of Billboard noted that the reaction of the people in the weddings ranged from screaming and pointing to shouting, and finally dancing. He also noted that the women were quicker to recognize Levine than the men.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6436714/maroon-5-sugar-video-wedding-crash|title=Watch Maroon 5 Crash Real Weddings in 'Sugar' Video|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=January 24, 2015}} Melodi Smith of CNN wrote that the looks of faces in the rooms are "priceless: delight, tears, confusion". Jennifer Maas of Entertainment Weekly noted how every groom should be embarrassed by Levine hugging his bride after the performance and wrote: "All in all, if this is somehow an authentic stunt, the music video director totally stole the thunder of those couples' wedding videographers".{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2015/01/14/maroon-5-sugar-video/|title=Adam Levine crashes weddings for Maroon 5 'Sugar' video because he can|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc|last=Maas|first=Jennifer|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=January 15, 2015}}

Steven Gottlieb of Video Static called the video "fun" and a "gambit" with a goal just to surprise the wedding and not to pick up drunk bridesmaids, a reference to Wedding Crashers.{{cite web|url=http://www.videostatic.com/watch-it/2015/01/14/maroon-5-sugar-david-dobkin-dir|title=Maroon 5 'Sugar' (David Dobkin, dir.)|publisher=Video Static|last=Gottlieb|first=Steven|date=January 14, 2014|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=January 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125111002/http://www.videostatic.com/watch-it/2015/01/14/maroon-5-sugar-david-dobkin-dir|url-status=live}} Elizabeth Vanmetre of Daily News wrote that "having Adam Levine crash your wedding would be the icing on any wedding cake".{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/maroon-5-crashes-weddings-new-music-video-sugar-article-1.2078969|title=Maroon 5 crashes real Los Angeles weddings in new music video 'Sugar'|work=Daily News|last=Vanmetre|first=Elizabeth|date=January 15, 2015|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=January 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115232402/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/maroon-5-crashes-weddings-new-music-video-sugar-article-1.2078969|url-status=live}} Time's Laura Stampler reviewed the video and wrote that although the video will not make you mad like Maroon 5's previous visual for "Animals" in which Levine stalks a woman who is played by his real wife, model Behati Prinsloo, while covered in blood, "but you'll probably still be annoyed".{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3668085/maroon-5-sugar-video/|title=Maroon 5 Can't Stop Crashing Weddings In This New Video|magazine=Time|publisher=Time Inc|last=Stampler|first=Laura|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=January 15, 2015}} She further stated that "I do" is the happiest moment in your life, but seeing Levine singing the lyrics "hotter than southern California Bay" to the new wife "is the happiest moment in your life". According to Leigh Weingus of The Huffington Post in the video, Levine made the wedding crashing a lot more "awesome" than Wilson and Vaughn.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/maroon-5-sugar-video_n_6473464.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063|title=Maroon 5's 'Sugar' Video Raises The Bar For Wedding Crashers Everywhere|work=The Huffington Post|last=Weingus|first=Leigh|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116183424/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/maroon-5-sugar-video_n_6473464.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063|url-status=live}} Paul Grein of Yahoo! Music's Chart Watch labeled the video as a little bit "corny", but according to him it's also "cute" and "fun".

As of February 2025, the video is YouTube's eighteenth-most viewed video,{{cite web|title=Top 1000 Most Viewed YouTube Videos of All Time|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL11E57E1166929B60|publisher=YouTube|access-date=May 7, 2020|archive-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809182529/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLirAqAtl_h2r5g8xGajEwdXd3x1sZh8hC|url-status=live}} with over 4.1 billion views, and is the group's most viewed video.

Several sources including Life & Style, Rolling Stone{{cite magazine|last1=Knopper|first1=Steve|title=On the Charts: Meghan Trainor Channels 'Bass' Into Number One Album|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/on-the-charts-meghan-trainor-channels-bass-into-number-one-album-20150121|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media LLC|access-date=January 22, 2015|date=January 21, 2015}} and Cosmopolitan{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a35402/maroon-5-sugar-video-fake-weddings/|title=Did Maroon 5 Fake Some of the Weddings in Their New Music Video?!|work=Cosmopolitan|last=Rees|first=Alex|date=January 16, 2015|access-date=January 22, 2015|archive-date=January 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122091051/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a35402/maroon-5-sugar-video-fake-weddings/|url-status=live}} reported that the video was allegedly staged and filmed over the course of three days at the same location.{{cite web |last1=Schaab |first1=Tony |title=Was the Maroon 5 "Sugar" Music Video Staged or Real? |url=https://tonyschaab.com/2015/01/20/was-the-maroon-5-sugar-music-video-staged-or-real/ |website=TonySchaab.com |access-date=23 November 2022 |date=20 January 2015 |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123193511/https://tonyschaab.com/2015/01/20/was-the-maroon-5-sugar-music-video-staged-or-real/ |url-status=live }} According to these sources, the first groom was played by New Zealand actor Nico Evers-Swindell, while actor Eric Satterberg and former America's Next Top Model contestant Raina Hein also played the roles of guest and bride, respectively. Additionally, two of the actors who played the role of parents said: "The Buzz on the internet is whether the Maroon 5 'Sugar' music video is real or staged. We played the parents of the Asian bride and yes, everything was staged".{{cite web|url=http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/remember-that-maroon-5-music-video-where-adam-levine-the-band-crashed-weddings-it-was-all-staged-49825|title=Remember That Maroon 5 Music Video Where Adam Levine & the Band Crashed Weddings? It Was All Staged!|work=Life & Style|last=Cacich|first=Allison|date=January 19, 2015|access-date=January 21, 2015|archive-date=January 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121050122/http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/remember-that-maroon-5-music-video-where-adam-levine-the-band-crashed-weddings-it-was-all-staged-49825|url-status=live}}

Carly Mallenbaum of USA Today also analyzed the situation and wrote that although it is possible that some of the weddings were staged, at least two of them were real. She spoke to wedding photographer Eric Parsons, who told her he was shooting one of the weddings when Maroon 5 made the surprise appearance: "Sharon [the bride] knew nothing about it. She's the one who mouths 'what the fuck' in the video".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6LDslTbW8o|title=What ACTUALLY happens when Maroon 5 crashes your wedding|last=USA TODAY|date=January 15, 2015|access-date=March 9, 2017|via=YouTube|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729190340/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6LDslTbW8o|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/01/22/maroon-5-sugar-staged/|title=Maroon 5's wedding crasher video: What's real v. staged?|work=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Company Inc|last=Mallenbaum|first=Carly|date=January 22, 2015|access-date=January 24, 2015|archive-date=January 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123194837/http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/01/22/maroon-5-sugar-staged/|url-status=live}} Another photographer, Duke Khodaverdian, was shooting another wedding: "Around 10:30, some producer came up and said, 'Ladies and gentlemen, we have a great surprise for you'. Everyone went berserk. The room was electric". The scenes where the band toasts the newlyweds with cognac were filmed at the wedding in which Khodaverdian was taking photos.

Video footage on YouTube contains footage of two of the real weddings crashed in the final video, including couple number 5 (Martin and Sharis){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb6fGInP8Eo|title=Maroon 5 – Sugar Crashes Wedding of Martin & Sharis|last=Arm Production|date=March 2, 2015|access-date=March 9, 2017|via=YouTube|archive-date=February 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229235209/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb6fGInP8Eo|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkXcOzUDAPc|title=Maroon 5 performs at an Armenian wedding in Glendale|last=NewsamChannel|date=December 8, 2014|access-date=March 9, 2017|via=YouTube|archive-date=July 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717151809/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkXcOzUDAPc|url-status=live}} and number 7 (Ryan and Melanie).{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kRQ8rWVI3k|title=Maroon 5 crash a real wedding Maroon 5 Sugar- video by Love & You video|last=love and you video|date=June 18, 2015|access-date=March 9, 2017|via=YouTube|archive-date=July 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731072010/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kRQ8rWVI3k|url-status=live}} Eric Parsons' published photograph{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/|title=USA TODAY: Latest World and US News – USATODAY.com|work=usatoday.com|access-date=March 9, 2017|archive-date=February 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224015413/http://www.usatoday.com/|url-status=live}} and testimony confirms that the wedding of couple number 4 (Sharon and Steve) was also genuine. The published article confirms that the groom, Steve Weaver, was a friend of the video producer and was in on the setup, though his bride was unaware.

A fan video version of the song was released on January 21, 2015. It features fans from around the world are lip-syncing and dancing to the song with the use of JamCam app.{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/moniquemelendez/premiere-maroon-5-releases-new-music-video-for-sugar-featuri|title=Premiere: Maroon 5 Releases New Music Video For "Sugar" Featuring Footage Shot By Their Fans|work=BuzzFeed|last=Melendez|first=Monique|date=January 21, 2015|access-date=June 24, 2018|archive-date=July 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063353/https://www.buzzfeed.com/moniquemelendez/premiere-maroon-5-releases-new-music-video-for-sugar-featuri|url-status=live}}

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Maroon 5 performed "Sugar" in Puerto Rico for the first edition of Victoria's Secret Swim Special, which aired on February 26, 2015.{{cite web|url=https://videos.themaroon5.com/victorias-secret-swim-2015-maroon-5-performs-sugar-video_f0c5e286a.html|title=Maroon 5 – Sugar (Victoria's Secret Swim Special)|work=The Maroon 5 Blog|date=February 27, 2015|access-date=July 20, 2019|archive-date=July 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720003617/https://videos.themaroon5.com/victorias-secret-swim-2015-maroon-5-performs-sugar-video_f0c5e286a.html|url-status=live}} They also played the song in various appearances, such as the eighth season of The Voice{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7587567/the-voice-sawyer-fredericks-trouble-maroon-5-sugar-live?intexp=1|title=The Voice: Sawyer Fredericks Kills It With "Trouble", Maroon 5 Perform "Sugar"|work=Idolator|author=Caila Ball-Dionne|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-date=September 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915063838/https://www.idolator.com/7587567/the-voice-sawyer-fredericks-trouble-maroon-5-sugar-live?intexp=1|url-status=live}} and the television talk shows Jimmy Kimmel Live!;{{cite web|url=https://videos.themaroon5.com/maroon-5-sugar-jimmy-kimmel-live-video_fc13908ed.html|title=Maroon 5 – Sugar (Jimmy Kimmel Live!)|work=The Maroon 5 Blog|date=May 11, 2015|access-date=September 24, 2019|archive-date=September 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925132713/https://videos.themaroon5.com/maroon-5-sugar-jimmy-kimmel-live-video_fc13908ed.html|url-status=live}} and Alan Carr: Chatty Man, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2s2x61|title=Maroon 5 – Sugar (Alan Carr Chatty Man)|work=Dailymotion|date=May 30, 2015|access-date=January 12, 2020|archive-date=September 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915063843/https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2s2x61?retry|url-status=live}} On November 19, 2016, the band played "Sugar" for the Airbnb Open Spotlight festival at the Oasis in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://www.lol-la.com/review-maroon-5-caps-off-airbnbs-open-spotlight/|title=Review: Maroon 5 Caps Off Airbnb's Open Spotlight|work=Living Out Loud|last=Villeno|first=Hillary|date=November 20, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2020}} The band performed the song live for their worldwide tour, Maroon V Tour (2015–2018).{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/72624994/review-maroon-5-v-tour|title=Review: Maroon 5 Tour|work=Stuff.co.nz|last=Croot|first=James|date=October 2, 2015|access-date=October 13, 2015|archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203152322/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/72624994/Review-Maroon-5-V-Tour|url-status=live}}

"Sugar" was featured on the television shows, American Housewife, Bull, Stalker, Lip Sync Battle and Dancing with the Stars. It is also featured on the advertisements with two 2015 vehicles namely, the Nissan GT-R{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/bbthr-conference/6311886/maroon-5-next-single|title=Maroon 5's 'Sugar' to Be Featured in Nissan Commercial|author=Colin Stutz|magazine=Billboard|date=November 6, 2014}} and the Toyota Corolla Altis.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKfhdpoXueI|title=Toyota Corolla Altis – This is My Excitement (Adam Levine)|work=YouTube|date=June 22, 2015 |access-date=June 28, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830173952/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKfhdpoXueI&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}} It appeared in the YouTube Premium web television series of the same name. The song appeared on the band's greatest hits album Singles{{cite web|url=http://m5newsroom.blogspot.com/2015/09/maroon-5-to-release-first-ever-greatest.html|title=M5 News Room: Maroon 5 to Release First Ever Greatest Hits Album, 'Singles'|work=m5newsroom.blogspot.com|access-date=September 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105233637/http://m5newsroom.blogspot.com/2015/09/maroon-5-to-release-first-ever-greatest.html|archive-date=January 5, 2018|url-status=dead}} and the dance rhythm video game Just Dance 2019.

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1. "Sugar" – 3:55

Digital download – Remix

1. "Sugar" (featuring Nicki Minaj) – 3:55

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1. "Sugar" (Sicarii Remix) – 3:31

Digital download – Slaptop Remix

1. "Sugar" (Slaptop Remix) – 4:05

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of V.{{cite AV media notes|others=Maroon 5|title=V|year=2014|type= inlay cover|publisher= Interscope|page=4|location=United States}}

Locations

• Recorded at Conway Recording Studios Hollywood, CA; Luke's in the Boo Malibu, CA; The Mothership Sherman Oaks, CA
• Mixed at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA

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• Songwriting – Adam Levine, Joshua Coleman, Lukasz Gottwald, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Mike Posner, Henry Walter
• Production – Ammo, Cirkut
• Vocals – Adam Levine
• Additional vocals – Mike Posner
• Engineering – Doug McKean, Clint Gibbs, Noah Passovoy, Jonathan Sher
• Assistant engineers – John Armstrong, Eric Eylands, Rachael Findlen, Cameron Montgomery
• Mix engineer – John Hanes
• Instruments and programming – Maroon 5, Dr. Luke, Ammo, Cirkut
• Guitar – James Valentine, Dr. Luke and Jesse Carmichael
• Bass guitar – Mickey Madden
• Synth bass – Dr. Luke
• Drums – Matt Flynn and Cirkut
• Keyboards/synthesizers – Jesse Carmichael, PJ Morton, Dr. Luke, Ammo, Cirkut
• Instrument Technician – Artie Smith

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