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Maroon 5 – Payphone ft Wiz Khalifa in full

After releasing a snippet from their new single ‘payphone’, American popgroup Maroon 5 have now officially presented the full version of the song. ‘Payphone’ is the newest track since the group scored a massive hit globally with ‘Moves Like Jagger’ ft Christina Aguilera. Keeping up with the tradition, the band is joined by rapper Wiz Khalifa.

On a first base listen, the song reminds very much of Adam Levine’s collab with the Gym Class Heroes, ”My Heart’s a Stereo’ which didn’t quite reach the same result as ‘Moves Like Jagger’. The main differences is that ‘Payphone’ follows a more Maroon 5-vibe being much more poppy and less rapping. The lyrics are damn great too, so we think Maroon 5 might be dominating the charts for a second year in a row with this one!

The song is currently already on its way to the top of the charts, after frontman Adam Levine and his band, performed the track during last night’s  ‘The Voice’.  Adam Levine is one of the coaches on the show. The single is currently only available in the US. It’s not yet known whether the song will be released as single in the rest of the world. Considering the success of ‘Moves Like Jagger’ we wouldn’t be surprised it goes the same way.

‘Payphone’ is also the lead for the band’s new album ‘Overexposed’ which will be released in the UK June 25th and followed by the US one day later. The band took the opportunity to also reveal the full track list for the album. A week ago they presented the artwork for the album.The tracklist looks as follow:

1. ‘One More Night’
2. ‘Payphone (ft. Wiz Khalifa)’
3. ‘Daylight’
4. ‘Lucky Strike’
5. ‘The Man Who Never Lied’
6. ‘Love Somebody’
7. ‘Ladykiller’
8. ‘Fortune Teller’
9. ‘Sad’
10. ‘Tickets’
11. ‘Doin’ Dirt’
12. ‘Beautiful Goodbye’

Deluxe tracks
13. ‘Wipe Your Eyes’
14. ‘Wasted Years’
15. ‘Kiss’
16. ‘One More Night (Sticky K. Remix)’
17. ‘Payphone (The Other Years Remix’) [iTunes pre-order only]

Enjoy the lyric video for ”Payphone” by Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa.

 

Ones to Watch: StooShe – Love me Ft Travie McCoy

It’s been awfully quiet in the girl band camp, especially with Girls Aloud having a break,  no more Sugababes line up headlines (sorry girls), and the little muffins aka Little Mix embarking on the X Factor tour, one should wonder what has happened to the once strong Girl Power slogans of girl bands.  But fear no more… because a new girl group is on the horizon: StooShe!

Alexandra Buggs, Karis Anderson and Courtney Rumbold, three girls from East London, were signed to Warner Music Group in August 2011, releasing their debut single “Betty Woz Gone” on 28 October 2011. 2012 is expected to bring them their big breakthrough with their 2nd single ‘Love Me’ being launched on 5 March. For the song they are collaborating with Gym Class Heroes front man Travie McCoy.

‘Love Me’ is Funky Britpop at its best, having that fresh 60ies pop style, a style being really current at the moment. It’s incredibly catchy, includes some rapping (not only by Travie) harmonies are sublime, the production is amazing and everything blends in wonderful. They bring the kind of freshness the Spice Girls brought in 1996, and mixed their own style with some Sugababes & Misteeq swagger. No wonder the girls were put on the BBC sound of 2012 list.

Personally we don’t think they needed Travie McCoy to join them, especially since the girls rap themselves, but as a 2011 is still fresh in the mind, the trend of having a rapper to support your single will most likely still continue for a little while. So we forgive it them as a one off.

A great start for the girl band and they’ve set the bar for Little Mix very high. Let’s see who will win the battle of the girl bands this year.

‘Love Me’ by Stooshe is available for pre-order on iTunes now: Get it here http://bit.ly/wqTmAH

Gym Class Heroes – Ass Back Home ft Neon Hitch

While ‘Stereo Hearts’ ft Adam Levine (Maroon 5) did not quite reach the biggest tops of the charts here in the UK, Gym Class Heroes are teaming up with British singer song writer Neon Hitch and give it another try in order to crack it on this side of the pond.

‘Ass Back Home’ or non-explicit title ‘Get Yourself Back Home’ follows the same collaboration style, in line ‘Stereo Hearts’ although the melody sounds a little bit more rocky this time and suits the vocals of Neon Hitch much better than ‘Stereo Hearts’ did with Adam Levine.

The video sees Travie & The Gym Class Heroes being on tour, while Neon Hitch is waiting at home for Travie to return. There is clearly something wrong in their relationship and all Neon wants is Travie to get his ass back home. But will he?

The beat is really addictive, and I would say that the chorus, sang by Neon Hitch, really lifts the song and gives it that extra push to make it memorable enough. Whether ‘Ass Back Home’ will make it completely at the top of the music charts, remains to be seen but it’s a proper attempt. We wouldn’t mind.

‘Ass back Home’ is the second cut lifted from the album ‘Papercut Chronicles II’ and is expected to be available for download on February 19.

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