Maroon 5 - Pay Phone

Last year Maroon 5 debuted their huge hit "Moves Like Jagger" on The Voice, and this year it looks like they're trying for a repeat with "Pay Phone." The song has all the usual aspects of a Maroon 5 song and sounds pretty similar to some of their other stuff, but that doesn't mean that it's no good.

Like songs like "She Will Be Loved" and "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" it combines falsetto with bouncy verse and emotional lyrics. The chorus is nothing new, but as the verses roll along a bouncing beat with meaningful clever lyrics it starts to hook you in. Altogether the song is very catchy and it's easy to have it play in your head all day.

Lyrically it's actually got some meaning to it. The song tells a story about a break-up and the feelings afterward. You can tell that effort really went into something that was meaningful and sounded true, and not just some copy and paste lyrics.

The flow of the song is broken up by an appearnace of Wiz Kalifa. His verse doesn't really fit with the rest of the song can kind of throws it off for me. It's job was probably to keep the song interesting, which it did, but I would have picked someone else to feature on the song. He doesn't feature all that promently though, so we can just overlook it.

Maroon 5 already have the formula for a hit so I don't think they have to worry about "Pay Phone" doing poorly. They still managed to keep the sound fresh and interesting on this one and it sounds great all around. I'm certain it'll be another huge smash.