Adam Levine – Stereo Hearts" (in German). ^ "B.o.B, Gym Class Heroes Touch Down at VH1's 'Super Bowl Fan Jam '"."Hear Gym Class Heroes' 'Stereo Hearts' With Adam Levine (Idolator Premiere)". "New Song: Gym Class Heroes, Featuring Adam Levine, 'Stereo Hearts '". ^ Rubenstein, Jenna Hally (June 9, 2011)."Gym Class Heroes Take Their Radio For A Walk In "Stereo Hearts" Lyrics Video". "Gym Class Heroes Get Shady In 'Stereo Hearts' Video". ^ a b Montgomery, James (June 22, 2011).^ "Billboard Bits: Xtina & Adam Levine Duet, Chris Colfer to Pen Young Adult Novels"."Gym Class Heroes' "Stereo Hearts" Single Will Feature Adam Levine". Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. * Sales figures based on certification alone. Adam Levine)" – Soul Seekerz Retronica Extended Mix - 6:17 Adam Levine)" – Dillon Francis Extended Mix - 3:46 Adam Levine)" – Soul Seekerz Retronica Radio Edit - 3:36 Adam Levine)" – Dillon Francis Radio Edit - 3:36 Adam Levine)" – Soul Seekers Retronica Extended Mix – 6:17 In 2012, The song was covered on the musical television show Glee's third-season episode " Heart" sung by Joe Hart ( Samuel Larsen), Sam Evans ( Chord Overstreet), Mercedes Jones ( Amber Riley). The song was released as a digital download, along a music video uploaded to his official YouTube channel. On October 29, 2013, MattyBRaps performed a cover version, featuring Skylar Stecker. The song appears as a downloadable content in the video game Rock Band 3 and was remixed by Dillon Francis, along with a sample for the song " IDGAFOS". Maroon 5 did perform their own version of the song for their future world tours, including the Live in Manchester 2015 performance version which appears on the band's deluxe edition of the sixth album Red Pill Blues.Ĭover versions and in other media The duo continued with the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on November 23, 2011, and Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam, a pre-show of the Super Bowl XLVI on February 3, 2012. Gym Class Heroes and Adam Levine performed "Stereo Hearts" at the 2011 American Music Awards, along with Christina Aguilera for the Maroon 5 song " Moves like Jagger" on November 20, 2011. MTV's James Montgomery described it as a "prime-time slab of genre-mashing, sweat-inducing pop, the kind of song that may very well push GCH to summertime superstardom." īecky Bain of Idolator called it a "head-nodding jam" and "an instantly memorable signal that Gym Class is back in session." Live performances MTV's Jenna Hally Rubenstein complimented the band's new direction on "Stereo Hearts", writing that it is "a little more slickly produced than we're used to, but, we're still solidly behind the experimental new song." The video stars actress Breana McDow and was directed by music video director Djay Brawner. This is one of the first lyric videos to incorporate a live action story line, showing a man and a woman in split-screen as they get dressed for the day and go outdoors carrying boom-boxes, until they finally meet in a park.
It prominently features a pawn shop with a stack of old-fashioned boomboxes and TV sets, on which Adam Levine appears when he is singing the chorus.Ī lyric video for the song received millions of views in the first month of its release. The video (directed by Hiro Murai) has the feel of a 1980s setting, with a breakdancer and several payphones seen, though the actual setting is modern as evidenced by the Mini Cooper in one scene. The video shows the band playing in the city of New York and their shadows are playing on the ground." Gym Class Heroes drummer Matt McGinley explained that the song's music video "basically plays on the idea that we're sort of just being casual, hanging out, being ourselves and our shadows get wild and get loose. Additional Fender Rhodes was played by Austin Bis at Chalice Recording Studios in Los Angeles. McCoy then raps about serenading his ideal girl and picking love over animosity, all the while relaying the message using music-based metaphors. Make me your radio / Turn me up when you feel low / This melody was meant for you / So sing along to my stereo." The song is written in the key of F ♯ minor. "My heart's a stereo / It beats for you, so listen close / Hear my thoughts in every note.
Produced by Benny Blanco and Robopop, "Stereo Hearts" begins with Adam Levine singing the hook.