“Payphone” is a song by the American pop rock band Maroon 5 featuring American rapper Wiz Khalifa. It was released on April 16, 2012, as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Overexposed (2012). The song was written by Adam Levine, Khalifa, Ammar Malik, producers Benny Blanco & Shellback, and additional producer Robopop. The song is a pop ballad genre and describes a romance that ends abruptly. It has received favorable reviews from music critics, who praised the catchy melody and dubbed it a “radio success”, but several others rejected Khalifa’s title and performance.
The official music video is directed by Samuel Bayer, and finds Levine taking down several bank robbers and trying to be a “hero” in a hail of bullets as he escapes, steals a gun from the robber, and is later mistaken for a robber. . As such, he had to escape from the police fleet, which he did with ease. The video received positive reception from critics, who considered it a fun mini-action film. The video was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video, but lost to “What Makes You Beautiful” by One Direction. In July 2012, “Payphone” was named Song of the Summer for 2012 by Idolator.
On the Billboard Hot 100, the song debuted at the number three spot before peaking at number two. The song sold 493,000 copies in its first week, becoming the best-selling week for a digital song by a group and also the eleventh best-selling week overall. It peaked at number one in Canada for eight consecutive weeks. It also topped the charts in the UK, making it the band’s first single to do so. “Payphone” was the fifth best-selling single in the world of 2012 with 9.5 million copies sold.
Another Maroon 5 Song Lyrics : “One More Night” Lyrics From Maroon 5
Lyrics Payphone – Maroon 5
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I’m at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change I spent on you
Where have the times gone? Baby, it’s all wrong
Where are the plans we made for two?
Yeah, I, I know it’s hard to remember
The people we used to be…
It’s even harder to picture,
That you’re not here next to me
You say it’s too late to make it,
But is it too late to try?
And in our time that you wasted
All of our bridges burned down
I’ve wasted my nights,
You turned out the lights
Now I’m paralyzed.
Still stuck in that time
When we called it love
But even the sun sets in paradise
I’m at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change I spent on you
Where have the times gone? Baby, it’s all wrong
Where are the plans we made for two?
If “Happy Ever After” did exist,
I would still be holding you like this
[Explicit:] All those fairy tales are full of shit
[Clean:] All those fairy tales are full of it.
[Explicit:] One more fucking love song, I’ll be sick.
[Clean:] One more stupid love song, I’ll be sick
Oh, you turned your back on tomorrow
‘Cause you forgot yesterday.
I gave you my love to borrow,
But you just gave it away.
You can’t expect me to be fine,
I don’t expect you to care
I know I’ve said it before
But all of our bridges burned down.
I’ve wasted my nights,
You turned out the lights
Now I’m paralyzed.
Still stuck in that time
When we called it love
But even the sun sets in paradise
I’m at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change I spent on you
Where have the times gone? Baby, it’s all wrong
Where are the plans we made for two?
If “Happy Ever After” did exist,
I would still be holding you like this
[Explicit:] All those fairy tales are full of shit
[Clean:] All those fairy tales are full of it.
[Explicit:] One more fucking love song, I’ll be sick.
[Clean:] One more stupid love song, I’ll be sick
Now I’m at a payphone
[Clean radio version verse:]
Yeah, yeah, now baby don’t hang up,
So I can tell you what you need to know,
Baby I’m begging you just please don’t go,
So I can tell you what you need to know
[Explicit version verse (Wiz Khalifa):]
Man, fuck that shit
I’ll be out spending all this money
While you’re sitting ’round wondering
Why it wasn’t you who came up from nothing,
Made it from the bottom
Now when you see me I’m stunting,
And all of my cars start with a push of a button
Telling me I changed since I blew up
Or whatever you call it,
Switched the number to my phone
So you never could call it,
Don’t need my name on my shirt,
You can tell that I’m balling.
Swish, what a shame could have got picked
Had a really good game but you missed your last shot
So you talk about who you see at the top
Or what you could have saw but sad to say it’s over for.
Phantom pulled up valet open doors
Wished I’d go away, got what you was looking for
Now it’s me who they want, so you can go and take
That little piece of shit with you.
I’m at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change I spent on you
Where have the times gone? Baby, it’s all wrong
Where are the plans we made for two?
If “Happy Ever After” did exist,
I would still be holding you like this
[Explicit:] All those fairy tales are full of shit
[Clean:] All those fairy tales are full of it.
[Explicit:] One more fucking love song, I’ll be sick.
[Clean:] One more stupid love song, I’ll be sick
Now I’m at a payphone…
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