Whiskey (Maroon 5 song)

"Whiskey"
Promotional single by Maroon 5 featuring ASAP Rocky
from the album Red Pill Blues
ReleasedOctober 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)
RecordedJune 2017
StudioConway (Hollywood)
Length3:30
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ryan
  • JKash
Fly-M
Maroon 5 promotional singles chronology
"Help Me Out"
(2017) 		"Whiskey"
(2017)
Audio video
"Whiskey" on YouTube

"Whiskey" is a song recorded by American band Maroon 5 featuring American rapper ASAP Rocky. It was released on October 20, 2017,[1] as the second promotional single from the band's sixth studio album Red Pill Blues (2017). The song was written by Adam Levine, Rakim Mayers, John Ryan, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and Tinashe Sibanda and was produced by John Ryan, Maxime Devaux and JKash.

Composition

"Whiskey" has a duration of three minutes and 30 seconds, and was written and composed by Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, Rakim Mayers, John Ryan, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Maxime Devaux (Fly-M) and Tinashe Sibanda. Production was handled by John Ryan and JKash and features American rapper ASAP Rocky. The track was recorded in June 2017 at Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California.

Credits and personnel

Maroon 5

Additional Personnel

  • ASAP Rocky – guest artist and songwriter
  • John Ryan – producer, songwriter, keyboards, piano, synthesizer
  • Jacob "JKash" Kasher Hindlin – producer, songwriter
  • Fly-M – producer, disc jockey
  • Tinashe Sibanda – songwriter, composer
  • Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – engineer
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing engineer
  • Tom Coyne – mastering

Recording

  • Recorded at Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Digital Song Sales)[2] 46
New Zealand Heatseeker (RMNZ)[3] 7
South Korea International Chart (Gaon)[4] 22
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[5] 15
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[6] 47

References

  1. ^ "A$AP Rocky Joins Maroon 5 for New Song "Whiskey": Listen - Pitchfork". Pitchfork.com. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Canadian Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  3. ^ "NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. October 30, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "Gaon Download Chart – Issue date: 2017.07.09 – 2017.16.09". Gaon Chart. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 43, 27 oktober 2017". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "Maroon 5 Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 1 December 2022.