Maroon 5 successfully and ingeniously expressed their underlying feelings about the direction of the United States’ foreign policy through an abstract message hidden within a love song. The band added the line “Give me something to believe in, ‘cause I don’t believe in you anymore” as the song’s chorus, and the storylines of love and politics became one. For this, “Makes Me Wonder” offered the perfect outlet. Adam, who was rather disappointed with the government at the time, said that he wanted to write about his political feelings without sounding “preachy”.
After four long years, however, they came up with one verse that would elevate not only the song, but also the band to new heights.ĭuring the later time period of the song’s writing, the United States became deeply involved in the war in Iraq. However, the pop jam was continuously put on the back burner as the band could not come up with a suitable chorus. The song, which began as the story of one of Adam Levine’s failed relationships, was surprisingly one of the very first demos recorded by the band when they started out on the road. “Makes Me Wonder,” the hit song from the band’s second album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long in 2007, was actually quite troubling for some time. With their second Grammy winning song, Maroon 5 took the saying “slow and steady wins the race” to a whole new level.
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