This Love

Album: Songs About Jane (2002)
Charted: 3 5
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Songfacts®:

  • This is about a guy who thought everything was good but was blinded by the fact that the relationship was going to hell. She's left him lots of times, playing with his heart, but this time she's not coming back. It hit him hard, and it's like a permanent scar. He did what he could to keep her, but she's just never satisfied. He's playing love like it's a game, not taking it seriously, which angers her and causes her to leave. He wants to fix what's broken, and make everything better again. He just wants to love her, because it's what they both want, but when she left him for good, it hurt him, and he doesn't know if he can go through it again.
  • According to lead singer Adam Levine, this song is about how he was fed up with his relationship with Jane and how the record label was pressuring the band for more songs. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Kara - great neck, NY
  • There are two versions of the video, both featuring vocalist Adam Levine canoodling with his girlfriend at the time, model Kelly McGee. The second is a censored version where flowers cover nudity.

    Sophie Muller directed the video, along with the band's "She Will Be Loved" and "Won't Go Home Without You." >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Erourke - Raleigh, NC
  • This was Maroon 5's second single, following "Harder To Breathe." It was part of their first album, Songs About Jane, which sold over 4 million copies in America.
  • Maroon 5 won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. The next year, this won the award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Bertrand - Paris, France, for above 2
  • The Miami Herald October 3, 2008 commented to Adam Levine that many of Maroon 5's videos are pretty steamy (such as this one), before asking the singer if he was consciously trying to push boundaries. Levine replied: "Well, I think there's definitely a sexual element to a lot of the music, so it would make sense that there would be a sexual element to the videos as well. It's all very natural to me. But yes, I don't want to just show a little bit of skin. I want to go for it. I'd like to get to the point where we could shock people. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Stones and Zeppelin, but I also grew up listening to Prince, who was kind of a sexual icon. So I have a lot of different tastes I like to display. But yeah, pushing it is always nice. When people get a little uncomfortable, I have no problem with that."
  • When Maroon 5 headlined the halftime show of Super Bowl LIII in 2019 between the Patriots and the Rams, they opened their set with this song.

Comments: 7

  • ChloeCatherine From Glasgow, England.
    "I thought this song was about him not being able to satisfy her sexually"
    "My pressure on her hips"
    "Sinking my fingertips"
    "Into every inch of you"
    "Cause I know that's what you want me to do"
    Catherine From Glasgow, England.
    Two of those lines from the lyrics are wrong, aren't correct.
    "My pressure on your hips"
    "Sinking my fingertìps"
    "Every inch of you"
    "Cause I know that's what you want me to do"
    The two lines from the lyrics that were wrong are, "My pressure on her hips" , "Into every inch of you". Those are the two lines from the lyrics that are wrong. The correct versions are, "My pressure on your hips" , "Every inch of you" , these are the correct versions. Learn the correct lines from the lyrics!
  • Megan from Stevenson, AlI just hear the beginning and go crazy EVERYTIME!!! Dang! Great song, wonderful band!
  • Catherine from Glasgow, EnglandI thought this song was about him not being able to satisfy her sexually
    "My pressure on her hips
    Sinking my fingertips
    Into every inch of you
    Cause I know that's what you want me to do"
  • Haze from Canada, Scthis song is so cool the beat of the song is so nice that everyone will love it
    THE SONG IS THE BEST!!
  • Kara from Nyc, NyThats Adam's Ex-Girlfriend in the video. I think adam is currently single.
  • Jeevan from Brampton, CanadaThis song is cool. It has a good beat. Maroon 5 is cool and I like how Adam Levine is in Heard Em Say by Kanye West. Adam's girlfriend is the girl in the music video.
  • Stephan from St Georges, CanadaI was totally sure that this song was from Simply Red!!
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