What kind of car in payphone video

News today to find out just how Levine ended up in this pickle. A pickle, we might add, that doesn't require him to keep his shirt on. The video plays out as a flashback that starts with a beleaguered Levine torching his ride and dialing his lost love from said "Payphone. Then you find out how his shy, bespectacled bank worker managed to save a hot, similarly bespectacled coworker from a horde of machine gun-toting bank robbers.

But—tragic twist! Also be sure to check out what Levine had to say in an exclusive interview with E! However, producer Max Martin, who was the executive producer of Overexposed , adjusted the chorus, because he felt it should be a "little different".

Khalifa appears as courtesy of Rostrum Records. On April 17, , it was digitally released in most territories. Its instrumentation, which consists of funk guitars, bass and synths is accompanied by Levine's high falsetto. The song begins with Levine performing an upper register read-through of the chorus backed by a simple keyboard. Because this is their first song with profanity, "Shit" and "fucking" are intact, but have been replaced with "it" and "stupid" in the song's clean version.

The clean version censors Wiz Khalifa's cursing as well. The song received positive reviews from music critics. Crystal Bell from Huffington Post called it "definitely one of the band's most pop-y singles to date. It's melodic and catchy, and but not overly aggressive.

Rick Florino of Artist Direct commented that the song "merges one of the band's biggest hooks with clever lines. In the United States, the song debuted on the Pop Songs chart at number 21, making it the highest-charting debut by a group since 'N Sync's "Pop" debuted at the same position in June On Pop Songs, the group makes it to back-to-back toppers, as its last entry, "Moves Like Jagger," featuring Christina Aguilera , reigned for six weeks beginning in October.

The band had likewise led consecutively with its first two number ones, " This Love " three weeks and "She Will Be Loved" four in Wiz Khalifa, featured on the pop edit of "Payphone," scores his first Mainstream Top 40 number one. On the Adult Pop Songs chart, "Payphone" debuted at number 17, the highest-ever debut by a group and the third-highest overall.

It also topped the Adult Pop Songs, becoming their fifth leader. On Adult Pop Songs, Maroon 5 - whose number one ledger on the list includes its four Pop Songs leaders plus 's " Misery " - ties Nickelback for the most commanding titles among groups in the chart's year history.

It is also the eighth-best sales week overall since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital downloads in The song debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot It failed to reach number one, peaking at number two on that chart for six non-consecutive weeks, being blocked from the top spot by Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" and Carly Rae Jepsen's smash hit of the summer, "Call Me Maybe". On its 18th week in the top ten, "Payphone" dropped to number seven on the Billboard Hot , making it the first time the song was not a part of the top five.

It also spent its first nineteen weeks in the top ten. Over 5 million copies of the song had been sold in the United States by March , and as of June , it has sold 5,, copies in the US. On the Canadian Hot chart, the song debuted at number 2, for the issue dated May 5, The following week, the song fell to number 3, where it remained for a further week. The following week, the song climbed to number 2 and on the chart issue dated June 2, , the song topped the Canadian charts. For the following seven weeks, the song remained at the top, spending a total of eight weeks at the top.

It remained at the top of the chart for two non-consecutive weeks and became both Maroon 5's and Wiz Khalifa's first chart-topping song in Britain. It sold over , copies, which marks the third week in a row that the number one single broke the , barrier after Gary Barlow and Cheryl Cole.

According to the Official Charts Company, the song sold , copies in the United Kingdom in , becoming Britain's ninth best-selling single of that year. The clip is in an animated graphic novel style, drawn in panels. The clip shows the main character, presumably frontman Adam Levine, looking back on his relationship and heroically fighting monsters, rescuing old women from muggers, etc.

Towards the end, Wiz Khalifa appears in a hoodie, acting as Levine's crime-fighting sidekick. Levine was spotted shooting the video, making a call from a Los Angeles phone booth, fleeing from the police with model Bregje Heinen and speeding away in a classic sports car. It is revealed in the video for Levine's role is a bank worker, he said: "I work at a bank, i have no self-confidence.

The video begins with a flashforward that starts with a beleaguered Levine torching his ride and dialing a telephone number at a payphone. Another typical day at a Las Vegas seen from the decals on the police cars bank for Levine is shown next, which turns into chaos when some bandits enter and take charge some of the bank robbers are played by the other members of the band: guitarist James Valentine , drummer Matt Flynn , bassist Mickey Madden and keyboardist, previously a touring Maroon 5 member, PJ Morton — all of this happens while the song plays in the background.

Levine grabs a gun from one of the robbers and threatens to get rid of them. He and his female co-worker played by Dutch model Bregje Heinen escape, though Levine is shot in the arm, but when some cops mistake him for one of the robbers, Levine tells the female co-worker to hide in a car and steals a fake AC Cobra that belongs to Wiz Khalifa to get away from them.