
The production of the song was done by the latter two under their respective production names Ammo and Cirkut. I'm a big fan, so I'm glad they did it." The final version of "Sugar" was written by Levine, Posner, Lukasz Gottwald, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Joshua Coleman and Henry Walter. In an interview with, Billboard, Posner elaborated, "Well, this is just gonna sit on my laptop' so I gave it to them and when they recorded the song Adam added his flavor to it and he wrote on it as well, lyrically and some melodic things, and he really sang it well.

However, in 2014, he switched labels and announced that Pages would not be launched, instead of it a new body of music would be released. One of the songs set to be included in the album was "Sugar", which Adam Levine heard and wanted to have it on the upcoming Maroon 5 album, on which Posner declined. Since the release of his debut studio album, 31 Minutes to Takeoff (2010), American singer and songwriter Mike Posner started writing material to be included in his follow-up record, titled Pages. Mike Posner originally wrote "Sugar" for his planned album Pages, but forwarded it to Maroon 5 after his album's release was cancelled. "Sugar" received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. A remix of the song, featuring rapper Nicki Minaj was digitally released on March 10 via the iTunes Store. The song is also used as the encore of the shows during the Maroon 5 World Tour 2015. The video premiered on January 14, 2015, and received its television premiere on January 17. Inspired by the 2005 romantic comedy Wedding Crashers, it features Maroon 5 crashing weddings that happened in the city. Film director David Dobkin shot the accompanying music video for the single in Los Angeles. "Sugar" is the 68th song in history to score at least 20 weeks in the top 10 of the Hot 100. "Sugar" is a disco, funk- pop and soul song that features a wide range of instruments including percussion, keyboards and guitars.Ĭommercially, "Sugar" peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became the band's third top 10 single from V, and eighth consecutive top 10 entry. It was sent to contemporary hit radio in the United States, as the third single from the album on January 13, 2015. Luke, and Jacob Kasher Hindlin together with its producers Ammo and Cirkut. It was written by Mike Posner, Adam Levine, Dr.

" Sugar" is a song recorded by American pop rock band Maroon 5 for their fifth studio album, V (2014).
