Beautiful Mistakes

"Beautiful Mistakes"
Single by Maroon 5 featuring Megan Thee Stallion
from the album Jordi
ReleasedMarch 3, 2021 (2021-03-03)
Genre
Length
  • 3:50 (album version)
  • 3:37 (lyric video/single version)
  • 3:20 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriters
Producers
Maroon 5 singles chronology
"Nobody's Love"
(2020)		 "Beautiful Mistakes"
(2021)		 "Lost"
(2021)
Megan Thee Stallion singles chronology
"I'm a King"
(2021)		 "Beautiful Mistakes"
(2021)		 "Pop It"
(2021)
Music video
"Beautiful Mistakes" on YouTube

"Beautiful Mistakes" is a song by American band Maroon 5 featuring American rapper Megan Thee Stallion. It was released through 222 and Interscope Records on March 3, 2021, as the third single from the band's seventh studio album, Jordi (2021). The song was written by the band's lead singer Adam Levine, Megan Thee Stallion, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Joe Kirkland, and producers Andrew Goldstein and Blackbear. The music video was directed by Sophie Muller.

Composition

"Beautiful Mistakes" is a guitar-driven pop rock song with heavy drums and atmospheric synths and a tranquil beat. The song is written in the key of B-flat major with a tempo of 99 beats per minute. Thee Stallion delivers a slow and melodic verse, and switches from rapping to singing halfway through.

The little break where [Megan Thee Stallion goes] to the melodic thing, to be honest, it actually shows this new kind of branch of what she does, and this new versatility that she's going to show everybody right now. That's a side of her I had never really heard yet. [...] What she did was just miraculous, and it brought the song to a whole new level.

— Adam Levine on Megan showing off her versatility in "Beautiful Mistakes".

Release and promotion

The song was revealed along with its title, cover art, and release date on February 22, 2021. The song was released on March 3, 2021, along with an accompanying lyric video featuring a style inspired by comic books. After the release of "Beautiful Mistakes", Maroon 5 team up with Randy's Donuts to create a limited edition of donuts based on the shop's appearance in the song's music video.

Music video

The official music video premiered on MTV on March 11, 2021, and was directed by Sophie Muller. The video is set in a CGI/technicolor version of Los Angeles, which follows Adam Levine performing the song and walking across from the city alone, where he drives a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado and flies around through the sky, until Megan Thee Stallion arrives on the 1958 Lincoln Continental Mark III performing her rap as she joins Levine through the sunset, showering the city with donuts as the video ends.

Reception

The song received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Variety included it in their list of the worst songs of 2021, saying that "this hookup between two of the M’s in the address book of music’s most eager-to-collaborate stars is evidence of the avalanche of pop/rap duets where both the performers and their characters don’t sound like they exist in the same universe".

Live performances

On March 30, 2021, Maroon 5 performed "Beautiful Mistakes" for the first time in a virtual concert as part of the American Express Unstaged series. The band continued with the song live in Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 21, 2021, and for the 3000th episode in season 18 of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on April 29, respectively. The band played "Beautiful Mistakes" for the season 20 finale of the reality show The Voice.

On June 14, 2021, Maroon 5 performed the song at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, California, to commemorate the release of Jordi.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Beautiful Mistakes"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) 3× Platinum 210,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) Diamond 160,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) Platinum 80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) Platinum 90,000‡
France (SNEP) Diamond 333,333‡
Italy (FIMI) Platinum 70,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) 2× Platinum 60,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) Gold 25,000‡
Portugal (AFP) Gold 5,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) Gold 10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) Gold 400,000‡
United States (RIAA) Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for "Beautiful Mistakes"
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various March 3, 2021
Australia March 5, 2021 Contemporary hit radio Universal
Italy
United States March 8, 2021 Hot adult contemporary radio
  • 222
  • Interscope
March 9, 2021 Contemporary hit radio
Russia March 22, 2021 Universal

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