"Beautiful Mistakes" is a song by American band Maroon 5 featuring American rapper Megan Thee Stallion. It was released through 222 and Interscope Records on March 3, 2021, as the third single from the band's seventh studio album, Jordi (2021). The song was written by the band's lead singer Adam Levine, Megan Thee Stallion, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Joe Kirkland, and producers Andrew Goldstein and Blackbear. The music video was directed by Sophie Muller.
Composition "Beautiful Mistakes" is a guitar-driven pop rock song with heavy drums and atmospheric synths and a tranquil beat. The song is written in the key of B-flat major with a tempo of 99 beats per minute. Thee Stallion delivers a slow and melodic verse, and switches from rapping to singing halfway through.
Release and promotion The song was revealed along with its title, cover art, and release date on February 22, 2021. The song was released on March 3, 2021, along with an accompanying lyric video featuring a style inspired by comic books. After the release of "Beautiful Mistakes", Maroon 5 team up with Randy's Donuts to create a limited edition of donuts based on the shop's appearance in the song's music video.
Music video The official music video premiered on MTV on March 11, 2021, and was directed by Sophie Muller. The video is set in a CGI/technicolor version of Los Angeles, which follows Adam Levine performing the song and walking across from the city alone, where he drives a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado and flies around through the sky, until Megan Thee Stallion arrives on the 1958 Lincoln Continental Mark III performing her rap as she joins Levine through the sunset, showering the city with donuts as the video ends.
Reception The song received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Variety included it in their list of the worst songs of 2021, saying that "this hookup between two of the M’s in the address book of music’s most eager-to-collaborate stars is evidence of the avalanche of pop/rap duets where both the performers and their characters don’t sound like they exist in the same universe".
Live performances On March 30, 2021, Maroon 5 performed "Beautiful Mistakes" for the first time in a virtual concert as part of the American Express Unstaged series. The band continued with the song live in Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 21, 2021, and for the 3000th episode in season 18 of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on April 29, respectively. The band played "Beautiful Mistakes" for the season 20 finale of the reality show The Voice.
On June 14, 2021, Maroon 5 performed the song at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, California, to commemorate the release of Jordi.
Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal.
Adam Levine – lead vocals, songwriter Andrew Goldstein – songwriter, producer, guitar, keyboards, programming Jacob Kasher Hindlin – songwriter Joe Kirkland – songwriter Blackbear – songwriter, producer, keyboards, programming Megan Thee Stallion – featured vocals, songwriter James Valentine – guitar Serban Ghenea – engineer, mixer Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – recording engineer, vocal producer Sam Schamberg – assistant recording engineer Shawn "Source" Jarrett – vocal engineer Randy Merrill – mastering engineer
Charts
Weekly charts + Chart (2021) Peakposition Brazil (Pop Internacional) 9 Croatia (HRT) 11 Greece (IFPI) 63 Iceland (Tónlistinn) 20 Israel (Media Forest) 20 Italy (FIMI) 39Italian Airplay (EarOne) 8 Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard) 4 Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20) 17 Lithuania (AGATA) 45 Malaysia (RIM) 20 Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard) 14 Netherlands (Dutch Tipparade 40) 1 Netherlands (Single Tip) 5 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 21 Romania (Airplay 100) 24 San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50) 8 Singapore (RIAS) 14 Slovenia (SloTop50) 36 South Africa (RISA) 43 South Korea (Gaon) 111 US Rolling Stone Top 100 19 Venezuela (Record Report) 46
Monthly charts + Monthly chart performance for "Beautiful Mistakes" Chart (2021) Peakposition Paraguay (SGP) 100
Year-end charts + 2021 year-end chart performance for "Beautiful Mistakes" Chart (2021) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 99 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) 28 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 12 Denmark (Tracklisten) 81 France (SNEP) 85 Global 200 (Billboard) 72 Portugal (AFP) 133 South Korea (Gaon) 195 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 87 US Billboard Hot 100 34 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 15 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) 5 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) 29 + 2022 year-end chart performance for "Beautiful Mistakes" Chart (2022) Position Iceland (Tónlistinn) 99 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 13
Certifications
Release history + Release history for "Beautiful Mistakes" Region Date Format(s) Label Various March 3, 2021 Australia March 5, 2021 Contemporary hit radio Universal Italy United States March 8, 2021 Hot adult contemporary radio March 9, 2021 Contemporary hit radio Russia March 22, 2021 Universal
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