THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

373-Maroon 5-Moves Like Jagger.

2011-Number 2 single.

Best Bit-At 2.16. Up until New Years Day 2021 when the Wham! classic ‘Last Christmas’ finally reached Number 1, after first being released in 1984, it had been the UK’s best selling song not to have topped the chart. ‘Moves Like Jagger’ now has that honour, having spent seven weeks at Number 2 in 2011, and with sales at the time of writing in the UK of just short of 2 million copies.

It is safe to say that Maroon 5 were not an overnight sensation, having formed in 1994, it wasn’t until 2002 that they finally found success. The original line up, Adam Levine, (vocals) Jesse Carmichael, (keyboards) Ryan Dusick, (drums) and Mickey Madden (bass) first met while attending Brentwood School, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They first went by the name of ‘Kara’s Flowers,’ ‘Kara’ was a female pupil at the school who all the band members fancied. As ‘Kara’s Flowers,’ playing a mixture of Alternative Rock, and Pop Rock they released two Albums in 1995, and 1997, and one single ‘Soap Disco’ in 1997, which all met with little success. It was around the year 2000 that Levine and Carmichael began becoming interested in R&B music, and this led to a complete change in the bands style, and look, which gained them attention from ‘A&M Octone Records,’ and their breakthrough Album ‘Songs About Jane’ was released in 2002. As for where the new name ‘Maroon 5′ came from, Adam Levine has said,’The origin of the name is so bad, it’s such a horrendous story, that we decided that shrouding it in mystery will make it a better story than the actual story, and it works.’ Maroon 5 have released seven studio Albums between 2002-2021, and 33 singles, four of which have reached Number 1 on Billboard, including this song.

‘Moves Like Jagger’ was the fourth and final single released from the bands deluxe release of their third studio Album ‘Hands All Over’ from 2010. The song was co-written by Adam Levine, Benny Blanco, (see also best songs 888) Ammar Malik, and Shellback (see also best songs 317.) Guest vocals on the track are provided by Christina Aguilera, who, when this song hit the top spot became only the second female artist to have had Billboard Number 1’s in the 1990’s, 2000’s, and 2010’s, the other being Britney Spears.

The songs lyrics refer to the male narrator trying to impress his love interest with his dance moves, which he compares to those of Mick Jagger, the lead singer of The Rolling Stones (see also best songs 933-662-452-160 and 77.) Of his thoughts about the song Mick Jagger has said,’It’s very catchy. I could say I wish I had written it, but wouldn’t that be weird? It’s fun , very young children like it, which is always cool and funny. Only thing is, it puts a bit of pressure on me when I go out dancing. Other songs to name check Jagger since the turn of the Century, and bringing him to the attention of a whole new audience include, ‘Swagga Like Us’ by T.I. and Jay Z ft Kanye West and Lil Wayne,’The Time (Dirty Bit’) from The Black Eyed Peas, and ‘Swagger Jagger’ by Cher Lloyd.

‘Just shoot from the stars and aim for my heart if you feel like it. Take me away and make it okay, I swear I’ll behave.’