“Daylight” by Maroon 5

"Daylight" was the third single from Overexposed, Maroon 5's fourth studio album, and A&M Octone sent it out in November 2012, hot on the heels of "One More Night". Adam Levine wrote and produced it with Max Martin and Mason "MdL" Levy, with Sam Martin adding to the writing, and it's a soft-rock ballad about knowing an old relationship is finished while not being quite ready to walk out the door.

Levine sings lead over James Valentine's guitar, Mickey Madden's bass and Matt Flynn's drums, Max Martin adds guitar, keys and voice, and Brie Larson turns up among the backing singers. Critics were split: some knocked Levine's vocal and called it filler among the album's dance-leaning tracks, others heard Coldplay in the tail of the chorus. It still cracked the top 10 in Canada, Israel, Lebanon and the United States.

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