Stutter (song)
"Stutter" is a song performed by American pop rock band Maroon 5 from their third studio album Hands All Over released on September 15, 2010. The song was written by frontman Adam Levine, Matt Flynn, and Sam Farrar. It was recorded and produced in Vevey, Switzerland in early 2010 by producer and music engineer Robert John "Mutt" Lange.
| "Stutter" | ||||
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| Song by Maroon 5 | ||||
| from Hands All Over" | ||||
| Released | 15 September 2010 21 September 2010 (Digital Release) | |||
| Recorded | 2010; Vevey, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | A&M/Octone Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Adam Levine, Matt Flynn, Sam Farrar | |||
| Producer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
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Background
The song itself premiered during the band's nationwide summer tour in late July 2010 by featuring it on their set list to perform live. The track gained much gratitude and was demanded as a single, however was released along with the album, Hands All Over, on September 15, 2010. Several amateur videos were uploaded to YouTube and other video-sharing social networks prior to its full-length studio release. On E! News' online website it was said that the group would release the song as a third single, following up the second single "Give a Little More", released on October 12, 2010, in late December or early January the next year. However, "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" ended up being the third mainstream single from the album, being released under A&M Records on February 5, 2011.
Chart rankings
The track gained a great number of digital downloads around the time of the album's release in late September, 2010 pursuing "Stutter" to debut and peak at #84 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It became the biggest selling song on the album that wasn't a single.