The Unheard Demos of Maroon 5’s Biggest Songs

[DanielsWall]

Benny and I talked about the demos behind his biggest songs ever like Eastside, Love Yourself, Diamonds, Moves Like Jagger, Payphone, Stereo Hearts, and many more. Check out the full convo to see them all ❤

[hjewkes]

I love how half of Benny’s stories are “we did this shit in 2 seconds while writing 12 other generational hits and probably high AF” and the other half are “this had been worked on for a decade”

[DBB]

Fun fact: payphone was written back when people knew what payphones were.

[KatieInTheLight]

He must be so organized to just have that readily available

[argent]

Shellback is such an unsung hero of the music community. Dude has written 90% of the pop hits we all know and love

[jadedaniella]

THE ORIGINAL ANIMALS SOUNDS SO GOOD WHATTTT

[Delaniac]

Can you imagine knowing exactly where one piece of an artistic project from 8 years ago is on your computer

[beatsbymagic]

Love when producers get the recognition they deserve

[thgse]

Hanging with Blanco must be so intimidating. Like any song you mention he's got the demos and full lore on.

[lowkeysmokey]

Benny got more secrets on that laptop than the government

[briarduggan]

He is so unpretentious. He just loves what he does, and it shows in his art 🙌❤️

[ValeriePallaoro]

I love that somehow we’re getting more of him on our feed. His joy is infectious, his admin skills out of this world, and his professionalism in production is just an eye opener!!

[ThatGuyGloomy]

Benny is the perfect example for not judging a book by its cover.

[EXOxALAMATvocalkings]

I love the original original demo version of Payphone. I don't know. It has a more emotional vibe. Shellback's demo for animals sounds more rock.

[jenna_maria]

The Payphone demo version sounds absolutely angelic, I wish I could listen to the whole thing. Shellback really knows how to make it sound the way the band would want it to sound

[k_efe]

I love How exited and pasionate he speaks about demos and music ideas❤really inspiring

[mclinton]

It’s always awesome to hear songs that were originally meant for other people and being sung by different people and different interpretations of it as it gets to its release

[crzgkdy]

The demo sounds so much better than the Maroon5 version 😢

[treyblakeandrew]

I have trouble with the music industry writing and selling songs to other artists. It really shows how the music is ultimately a product and the band/artist is just the marketing

[paulorizal]

Has Maroon 5 written anything for the past 20 years is what I’m wondering