"The Man Who Never Lied" | ||||
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Song by Maroon 5 | ||||
from the album Overexposed | ||||
Recorded |
Conway Studios (Los Angeles, California) |
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Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:25 | |||
Label | A&M/Octone | |||
Songwriter(s) | Adam Levine, Brian West, Marius Moga | |||
Producer(s) | Levine, Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy, Sweetwesty (add.) | |||
Overexposed track listing | ||||
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"The Man Who Never Lied" is a song recorded by American band Maroon 5 for their fourth studio album Overexposed (2012). It was written by Adam Levine, Brian West and Marius Moga and produced by Levine and Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy together with West under his production pseudonym Sweetwesty. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, particularly for its chorus. Following the release of the album, due to strong digital downloads, the song peaked at number nine on the singles chart in South Korea with sales of 31,977 digital copies.
In 2011, Maroon 5 re-released their third studio album Hands All Over. The lead single from the re-issue of the album, "Moves Like Jagger" featured American recording artist Christina Aguilera and was a commercial success, managing to reach number-one on 18 national charts including the US Billboard Hot 100. In middle 2011, the band started working on their following fourth studio album. One of the members of Maroon 5, James Valentine spoke to Billboard and revealed their plans to release their fourth studio album in early 2012. On March 22, 2012, the band posted a video on YouTube featuring numerous scenes from the band in the studio, recording the album. On July 17, 2012, the album was released under the title Overexposed.
"The Man Who Never Lied" was written by Maroon 5's lead singer Adam Levine together with Brian West and Marius Moga. The song was produced by Levine together with Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy; West provided additional production under his production name Sweetwesty. "The Man Who Never Lied" was recorded at Conway Studios in Los Angeles by Noah Passovoy while Eric Eylands served as engineering assistant. Serban Ghenea mixed the song at Mixstar Studios in Virginia Beach together with John Hanes and Phil Seaford who served as mixing engineer and mixing assistant respectively. Passovoy also provided the programming and the keys, while West provided the guitar and additional programming. Additional keys and programming were assisted by Max Martin and Sam Farrar respectively.