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Payphone
Maroon 5, Wiz Khalifa
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- Album
- Overexposed (Deluxe)
- Released
- 2012
- Genres
- pop
- Length
- 3:51
- Tempo
- 110 BPM
- Label
- Interscope Records*
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About this song
"Payphone" is a song by Maroon 5 featuring guest vocals from the American rapper Wiz Khalifa. It was released as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album, Overexposed, and marks their first collaboration together.
What it's about
The song is a love story with no happy ending. It follows a narrator who feels pessimistic about his empty life now that his relationship has ended.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 18 other songs, like “THE UNDERTOAD+ by DJSUSIEDELTARUNE”.
- Covered 23 times, including “Payphone by Noblechump8 (Ft. Arthur Morgan)”.
- Written by Adam Levine, benny blanco, Ammar Malik, Robopop, Shellback and Wiz Khalifa.
- Produced by benny blanco, Shellback and Robopop.
- Recorded at Conway Studios.