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"Wake Up Call" is a song by Americanpop rock bandMaroon 5. It was released on July 17, 2007, as the second single from their secondstudio albumIt Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007). The band performed the song on45th at Night, which originally included a special guestEve for the remix version, but never officially recorded.[2] However, the band later requested artistMary J. Blige, with musicianMark Ronson to work on the song's official remix version.[3] The remix was released on November 13, 2007, and was included on the album's international limited deluxe edition and with both artists' remix albums (Call and Response by the band andSoul Is Forever by Blige), all released in 2008.
It is also featured on the television shows,Entourage andThe Hills. Before the release of "Wake Up Call", the band promoted by performing it a half-step lower. The song wasBBC Radio 1 playlisted for the playlist week beginning July 18, 2007. As of June 2014, the song has sold 1,821,000 copies in the US.[4]
The music video for "Wake Up Call" is directed byJonas Åkerlund and was filmed inLos Angeles in July 2007. The video is presented as a trailer for an imaginaryNC-17-rated film. It featuresAdam Levine's leading lady for the video,Kim Smith, talking with the suspicious Levine, asking for his forgiveness since shehad sex with another man whom Levine doesn't know and who serves as the antagonist. As the video progresses, Levine arrives home and hears noises coming from the bedroom. He kicks down the door and catches his girlfriend cheating on him with the other man (played byJeremy Sisto). As his girlfriend tries to break up the fight while attempting to explain the reason of her infidelity, Levine immediately shoots him in the chest, killing him in the process while his girlfriend watched in horror as her lover dies. Levine covers up the body and drags it out of the bedroom. The rest of the video centers around the other members of Maroon 5 who committed different crimes, while Levine and Smith are going through an elaborate plan to cover up the murder. At the end of the video, Levine gets arrested and taken to custody.
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