McCoy doesn’t deviate from his norm here, but that’s not a bad thing. Hell, the band made a song out of other band’s names. I’ve heard three or four other GCH songs in my life, but even after that few, I’ve been able to put together how McCoy comes up with lyrics for his songs: often between the title and the first few lines, you know what the song’s about, and the rest of the lyrics are puns around that. The instrumental work on the song isn’t bad, but doesn’t feel entirely organic, which is somewhat off-putting. The reverb-laced, old-school production doesn’t hurt, even if Benny Blanco’s production shines a little too much on the chorus. Travis McCoy sounds more confident than he has before (no doubt that whole solo album helped), and he has a calmer delivery than I’ve heard from him before. Levine might be the big name vocalist on the song, and have more airtime, but for my money, these guys are who actually make the track work. That’s not to discredit Gym Class Heroes. The chorus is catchy, fun to singalong to, and upbeat enough. Much like “Cupid’s Chokehold”, I can see how this song became so successful, and Gym Class Heroes don’t have as much to do with it as they wish they did. I might riff on Levine for being a prime example of sensuality derailing thanks to a bad falsetto, but the man knows how to handle a hook. His presence as a judge on The Voice helped Maroon 5’s last album single upswing after falling somewhat off the chart, and the band’s tie-in single with The Voice, “Moves Like Jagger”, went to number one last week. Adam Levine, meanwhile, seems to be on a hot streak. GCH has always been kind of a fringe band “Cupid’s Chokehold” was a Top 10 hit, but outside of that they’ve never had a lot of commercial or critical success. One of the few new Top 10 songs in Gym Class Heroes’ “Stereo Hearts” carried by featuring Adam Levine. By now, we’re so burnt out on our summer hits that even the good songs don’t sound that appealing anymore, but they still make up a sizable portion of the Top 20. Gah, I forgot how uninteresting late August/early September was for the charts.
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