This Love (Maroon 5 song)

Infobox Single
Name = This Love


Artist = Maroon 5
from Album = Songs About Jane
Released = January 27, 2004
Format = CD single
Recorded = Los Angeles, California, 2002
Genre = Pop rock, Funk-rock
Length = 3:26
Label = Octone Records
Writer = Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael
Producer = Matt Vallace, Mark Endert
Certification = 3x Platinum
Chart position = * #1 (Finland, Israel, UWC)
* #3 (Austria, Italy, Latin America, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom)
* #4 (New Zealand, Switzerland)
* #5 (Germany, United States)
* #6 (France, Ireland)
* #8 (Australia)
* #15 (Spain)

Reviews =
Last single = "Harder to Breathe"
(2003)
This single = "This Love"
(2003)
Next single = "She Will Be Loved"
(2004)"This Love" is the second single from the hit album, "Songs About Jane" by Maroon 5. The song won a Grammy Award in February 2006 in the category Best Pop Vocal Performance, Duo or Group. The song has also been remixed by Kanye West, titled "This Love (Kanye West remix)". It has also been remixed by Korean hip-hop group, Big Bang, still titled "This Love". Maroon 5 performed the song on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in 2007. [ [http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/Toyota_Concert_Series/video/index.shtml#mea=110377 Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC: Late Night TV Headlines and Videos - NBC Official Site ] ]

It is also featured as a playable track in . In this version, the word 'high' is censored from the first line.

Track listing

tracklist
collapsed =
headline = This Love - Single
total_length =

all_writing =

title1 = This Love
note1 = Album version
length1 =

title2 = Harder To Breathe
note2 = Acoustic version
length2 =

title3 = The Sun
note3 = Acoustic version
length3 =

Chart performance

"This Love" was Maroon 5's second top 20 hit, and first top 5 hit in the U.S, peaking at #5.

Controversy

The music video for "This Love" featured lead singer Adam Levine and his then-girlfriend, model Kelly McKee, in extended intimate scenes. The video used creative camera angles and Kelly was wearing a minimalist g-string to show as much as possible without actually revealing any of the couple's genitalia (especially the woman's nipples, which are never seen throughout the video), thereby avoiding possible FCC action. [YouTube|Z47fFj4IMGY|Uncensored music video for "This Love"] A version of the video where a stream of computer-generated flowers cover up more was created for more conservative markets. [YouTube|wUfj_X22uak|Censored music video for "This Love"] When asked about his feelings on this, Levine commented, "That was ridiculous." [cite web | last=Voss | first=Brandon | title=Big Gay Following - Adam Levine | work=The Advocate | date=May 22, 2007 | url=http://www.advocate.com/currentstory1_w.asp?id=44930 | accessdate=July 25 | accessyear=2007] Bass player Madden said that it was "an absurd over-reaction." [cite web | last=Bergmann | first=Caitlin | title=An iVillage Exclusive Q&A with Maroon 5 | work=iVillage.com | url=http://entertainment.ivillage.com/features/0,,bnmv0rcm,00.html?dst=rss%7CMSNBC_Today_Main | accessdate=July 25 | accessyear=2007] And some USA radio stations played an edited version of the song with the word "coming" edited out of the line "keep her coming every night".

Cover versions

Blake Lewis, the runner-up on the sixth season of "American Idol", performed the song on the show on May 15, 2007. The original version of the song re-entered the iTunes Top 100 chart the day after his performance and "Billboard"'s Hot Digital Songs chart at #41 that week. Lewis' studio version was later released on the "American Idol" official website and in the "", the compilation of the studio versions of song performed by the finalists of "Idol".
B'z, the Japanese rock band has also covered this song, titled "This Love" in Japanese. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jXtPBSWOyI This Love cover] ]
Limahl also covered the song on "Hit Me Baby One More Time". John Stevens did a cover on his 2005 album "Red". Michael Bublé did a cover of the song on his DVD called "Caught in the Act". Natasha Bedingfield has also done a live version. On October 13, at the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 Grand Finale, Aditya Narayan sang it live. This song is also covered by Trombone Shorty with Theresa Andersson on vocals.

G-Dragon (Kwon Ji Yong) of Korean boy band, Big Bang, released a single under the same name sampling the single, "This Love". However his version contained rap verses and different lyrical content. The single became a hit for G-Dragon throughout Asia. The single was recorded in both English and Korean.

External links

* [http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/Toyota_Concert_Series/video/index.shtml#mea=110377 "This Love" being performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]