Animals

Over a shimmering bass line and thumping drums, this primal song finds Adam Levine hunting down his prey: A girl who used to be his. Far from an "I want you back" love song, however, this one ventures into stalker territory and gets very sexual. "Don't deny the animal that comes alive when I'm inside you," he crudely croons. The Maroon 5 singer penned the song with Benny Blanco (with whom he also collaborated with on "Moves Like Jagger" and "Payphone"), and the song's producer, Shellback.

The song starts with the chorus, which appears three more times in the song. A little over half the song is comprised of chorus, which leaves little room for story, but hammers home the hook. Repetition is the songwriting strategy on this track, as the title is repeated 30 times.

The disturbing video was directed by Samuel Bayer, who first worked with Maroon 5 in 2012 when he shot their "Payphone" clip. It finds Levine portraying a slaughterhouse worker who spots a beautiful lady (played by his Victoria's Secret model wife Behati Prinsloo), and starts stalking her. It is not a video for the squeamish - one scene, for instance, shows Levine and Prinsloo embracing each other fully naked, covered in blood.