It Won't Be Soon Before Long

It Won't Be Soon Before Long
Studio album by Maroon 5
Released	May 16, 2007 (see release history)
Genre	Pop rock[1][2][3] disco[1] soul[3] electro-funk blue-eyed soul[4] new wave[3]
Length	40:32
Label	A&M/Octone
Producer	Mike Elizondo Mark Endert Sam Farrar Maroon 5 Mark "Spike" Stent Eric Valentine
Maroon 5 chronology
Live – Friday the 13th (2005) It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007) The B-Side Collection (2007)
Singles from It Won't Be Soon Before Long
"Makes Me Wonder" Released: March 27, 2007 "Wake Up Call" Released: July 17, 2007 "Won't Go Home Without You" Released: November 19, 2007 "If I Never See Your Face Again" Released: May 2, 2008 "Goodnight Goodnight" Released: November 3, 2008

It Won't Be Soon Before Long is the second studio album by the American rock band Maroon 5. It was released in May 2007 as the follow-up to their debut album Songs About Jane (2002). The name was inspired by a phrase the band adopted to keep themselves motivated while on their tour.

The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling around 430,000 copies in its first week^[5] and, as of 2011, approximately 5 million copies worldwide. It is the first Maroon 5 studio release to feature drummer Matt Flynn. The band's former drummer, percussionist and background vocalist - Ryan Dusick, who officially left Maroon 5 in 2006 due to serious wrist and shoulder injuries, was credited as the "Musical Director".^[6]

Background

It Won't Be Soon Before Long has 12 songs, plus 6 bonus tracks. The band stated in interviews that the album has a different feel to it from their 2002 debut album Songs About Jane. The songs are not all based on one specific relationship, as in Jane, and also have a different sound than their first album, being more electric and drawing inspiration from such artists as Talking Heads, Michael Jackson and Prince. A review written prior to the album's release described the songs as having a very retro feel.^[7] Adam Levine explained that this record is a little more self-confident and powerful lyrically: "...you can dance to it, there's a little more attitude."^[8]

According to Levine, working with other artists had influences on the album: "Kanye West and Alicia Keys are amazing talents, in totally different ways. Just seeing such amazing people working in the studio. I definitely took things away from them."^[9]

The chorus of "Nothing Lasts Forever" is the same as the one used in the Kanye West single "Heard 'Em Say", which features Adam Levine, with exclusion to the line: "...the distance between us makes it so hard to stay..."^[10] The song has also featured in a trailer for the movie Definitely, Maybe.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[11]
Blender	[12]
Digital Spy	[13]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)[14]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Stylus	C+[15]
Rolling Stone	[16]
Slant Magazine	[17]
The Times	[18]

Initial critical response to It Won't Be Soon Before Long was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 66, based on 14 reviews.^[19]

Allmusic rated the album 4.5 stars out of 5, commenting that the production of the album "is so immaculate that it glistens".^[11] Billboard rated it 4.5 stars. This album was #32 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.^[20]

Promotion

Singles

"Makes Me Wonder" was released as the lead single from the album on March 27, 2007.

The second single, "Wake Up Call", was released on July 17, 2007.

"Won't Go Home Without You" was released as the third single on November 19, 2007.

"If I Never See Your Face Again" was re-recorded to feature singer Rihanna, and released digitally on May 2, 2008 as the fourth single to promote the June 2008 re-issue of the album, impacting mainstream radio stations on May 15, 2008.

The music video for the fifth and final single, "Goodnight Goodnight", was released on August 21, 2008. On November 3, 2008, the single was released in Brazil.

Despite not officially being released as a single, "Nothing Lasts Forever" managed to chart at number 23 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which is equivalent to #123 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[21]

Performances

• Maroon 5 performed a small six-date club tour in June. They hit small venues in Boston (May 30), San Francisco (June 1), Los Angeles (June 2), Minneapolis (June 7), Miami (June 9) and New York City (June 11).^[22]
• March 31 - Maroon 5 introduced their first single "Makes Me Wonder" at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards where they performed it live, although edited for younger audiences.
• May 16 – Maroon 5 performed on American Idol Semi-finals Result Show.
• May 18 – Maroon 5 performed at the Nassau Coliseum.
• May 19 – Maroon 5 performed on Saturday Night Live. They performed "Makes Me Wonder" and "Won't Go Home Without You".
• May 21 – Maroon 5 performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. They performed their lead single "Makes Me Wonder" and "This Love".
• May 23 – Maroon 5 performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with Ellen. They performed their lead single "Makes Me Wonder". Then, Ellen interviewed Adam Levine.
• May 29 – Maroon 5 performed on TRL. They performed "Makes Me Wonder" and "Won't Go Home Without You".
• June 12 – Maroon 5 performed on the Late Show with David Letterman. They performed "Makes Me Wonder". They were the musical guests, which means no interview.
• June 22 – Maroon 5 performed the songs "Wake Up Call", "Makes Me Wonder" and "This Love" at T4 on the Beach in Weston Super Mare, England, to promote their album in the UK.
• July 1 – Maroon 5 performed on the Australian show Rove Live, as a musical guest. They performed "Makes Me Wonder". No interview with the band was made.

Track listing

Standard edition

All tracks written by Adam Levine, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"If I Never See Your Face Again" (Adam Levine, James Valentine)	3:21
2.	"Makes Me Wonder" (Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Michael Madden)	3:31
3.	"Little of Your Time"	2:17
4.	"Wake Up Call" (Adam Levine, James Valentine)	3:20
5.	"Won't Go Home Without You"	4:10
6.	"Nothing Lasts Forever"	3:07
7.	"Can't Stop" (Adam Levine, James Valentine)	2:37
8.	"Goodnight Goodnight" (feat. string arrangements by David Campbell)	4:03
9.	"Not Falling Apart"	4:06
10.	"Kiwi" (Levine, Carmichael)	3:34
11.	"Better That We Break"	3:07
12.	"Back at Your Door" (Levine, Carmichael and feat. string arrangements by David Campbell)	3:47
Total length:		40:32

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Figure It Out" (iTunes release)	3:00
14.	"Infatuation" (Asia, Brazil, UK, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand & iTunes release)	4:27
15.	"Until You're Over Me" (UK, Australia, New Zealand & Japan release)	3:17
16.	"Losing My Mind" (Best Buy & Japan release)	3:21
17.	"Miss You Love You" (US Best Buy release)	3:10
18.	"Story" (US Circuit City release)	4:27

Korean/Australian Limited Deluxe Edition

CD
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Until You're Over Me"	3:17
14.	"Infatuation"	4:27
15.	"Losing My Mind"	3:21
16.	"Wake Up Call" (Mark Ronson Remix featuring Mary J. Blige)	3:13
17.	"The Way I Was" (Levine, Valentine, Ryan Dusick)	4:20
18.	"Story"	4:27
19.	"Won't Go Home Without You" (acoustic)	4:06

DVD[23]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Makes Me Wonder"
2.	"Wake Up Call (Director's Cut)" (music video)
3.	"Won't Go Home Without You" (music video)
4.	"Makes Me Wonder" (live)
5.	"This Love" (live)
6.	"Sunday Morning" (live)

Reissue

It Won't Be Soon Before Long was reissued in expanded form on June 29, 2008 in Australia and July 8, 2008 for the rest of the world via A&M/Octone. The package included a bonus DVD with four music videos and a full concert recorded on June 13, 2007 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The reissue contained the original 12 tracks plus five B-sides: "Infatuation", "Miss You Love You", "Until You're Over Me", "Story" and "Losing My Mind". Also added onto the track list is "If I Never See Your Face Again", Maroon 5's then-newest single featuring Rihanna.^[24] The Australian and UK versions included one more track, a remix of "Wake Up Call" by Mark Ronson featuring Mary J. Blige.

In Australia, the CD was only available as the "Special Edition", and the DVD was not included as the Limited Edition featured a DVD. The UK version also does not include the DVD.

CD

• Standard 12 tracks

Worldwide edition
No.	Title	Length
13.	"If I Never See Your Face Again" (featuring Rihanna)	3:22
14.	"Infatuation"	4:27
15.	"Miss You Love You"	3:10
16.	"Until You're Over Me"	3:17
17.	"Story"	4:27
18.	"Losing My Mind"	3:21

UK and Australian edition
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Until You're Over Me"	3:17
14.	"Infatuation"	4:27
15.	"If I Never See Your Face Again" (featuring Rihanna)	3:22
16.	"Wake Up Call" (Mark Ronson Remix feat. Mary J. Blige)	3:13
17.	"Story"	4:27
18.	"Losing My Mind"	3:21
19.	"Miss You Love You"	3:10

DVD

Live from Le Cabaret in Montreal, Quebec – 6.13.2007
No.	Title	Length
1.	"If I Never See Your Face Again"	4:14
2.	"Makes Me Wonder"	4:36
3.	"Harder to Breathe"	2:54
4.	"The Sun"	8:21
5.	"Secret"	5:38
6.	"Shiver"	5:28
7.	"Won't Go Home Without You"	3:43
8.	"Sunday Morning"	5:47
9.	"Little of Your Time"	3:42
10.	"Sweetest Goodbye"	11:28
11.	"She Will Be Loved"	4:41
12.	"This Love"	5:09

Music videos
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Makes Me Wonder"
2.	"Wake Up Call"
3.	"Won't Go Home Without You"
4.	"If I Never See Your Face Again" (featuring Rihanna)

Special version

No.	Title	Changes	Length
1.	"If I Never See Your Face Again"	Preceded by Levine's as and sung with Rihanna	3:50
2.	"Makes Me Wonder"		3:34
3.	"Little of Your Time"	Changed the introduction instrument	2:20
4.	"Wake Up Call"	Changed the dynamics	3:27
5.	"Won't Go Home Without You"	Backing vocals by the public	3:49
6.	"Nothing Lasts Forever"		3:08
7.	"Can't Stop"		2:35
8.	"Goodnight Goodnight"	Changed the dynamics	4:08
9.	"Not Falling Apart"		4:03
10.	"Kiwi"	Length of the introduction notes	3:39
11.	"Better That We Break"	A little reduced[25]	2:59
12.	"Back at Your Door"	Changed the tonality	3:29
13.	"Until You're Over Me"		3:20
14.	"Infatuation"	Followed by Levine's thankings	4:59
15.	"Figure it Out"		3:00

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[26] 5 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[27] 14 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[28] 16 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[29] 26 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[30] 2 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[31] 10 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[32] 4 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[33] 11 French Albums (SNEP)[34] 13 French Download Albums Chart[35] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[36] 6 Irish Albums (IRMA)[37] 3 Italian Albums (FIMI)[38] 4 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[39] 3 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[40] 3 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[41] 2 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[42] 7 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[43] 23 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[44] 6 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[45] 15 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[46] 6 Taiwan 5-Music Western Chart[47] 2 Taiwan G-Music Western Chart[48] 2 Taiwanese Albums Chart[49] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[50] 1 US Billboard 200[51] 1 US Digital Albums (Billboard)[52] 1 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[53] 3 US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[54] 3 US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[55] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2007) Position Australian Albums Chart[56] 32 US Digital 200 (Billboard)[57] 1 Chart (2008) Position Australian Albums Chart[58] 71

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)	Platinum[59]	70,000
Canada (Music Canada)	Platinum[60]
Colombia (ASINCOL)	Diamond
Ireland (IRMA)	Gold[61]
Italy (IFPI)	Gold[62]
Japan (RIAJ)	Platinum[63]
Mexico (AMPROFON)	Diamond+2×Gold[64]
New Zealand (RIANZ)	Gold[65]	7,500
South Korea (MIAK)	3× Platinum[66]	14,804+[67]
United Kingdom (BPI)	Platinum[68]	413,451[69]
United States (RIAA)	2× Platinum[70]	2,000,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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Credits and personnel

Maroon 5

• Adam Levine – lead vocals (All tracks), backing vocals (All tracks), additional guitar (All tracks), drums (track 11)
• Jesse Carmichael – keyboards (All tracks), slide guitar (track 11), backing vocals (All tracks)
• Mickey Madden – bass guitar (All tracks)
• James Valentine – lead guitar (All tracks), rhythm guitar (All tracks), backing vocals (All tracks)
• Matt Flynn – drums (All tracks), percussion (All tracks)

Others

• Ryan Dusick - musical director
• David Campbell – strings, horns (arrangement and conducting) (track 12)
• Mike Elizondo – additional piano (tracks 11), bass (11), additional guitar (5), additional keyboards (1, 6, 9)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (tracks 1-2, 10)
• Bill Reichenbach – horns (tracks 10)
• Daniel Higgins – horns (tracks 10)
• Gary Grant – horns (tracks 10)
• Jerry Hey – horns (tracks 10)
• Rashida Jones – additional vocals (tracks 10)
• Adam MacDougall – additional keyboards (tracks 7)
• Matt Teal – additional keyboards (tracks 4)
• Mark Endert – additional keyboards (tracks 1-2, 4), audio mixing (1-2, 4), recording engineer (1-2, 4), music arranger (4), drum machine (1-2, 4)
• Mary J. Blige - vocals
• Rihanna - vocals

Release history

Standard edition

Country	Date
Japan	May 16, 2007
Belgium	May 18, 2007
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Switzerland
Australia	May 19, 2007
France	May 21, 2007
United Kingdom
Canada	May 22, 2007
United States
South Korea
Sweden	May 23, 2007
Brazil	May 24, 2007
Germany	May 25, 2007
South Korea (Limited deluxe edition)	February 19, 2008
Taiwan (Deluxe edition)[23]	March 7, 2008
Australia (Deluxe edition)[71]	March 15, 2008

Re-issue

Region	Date
Australia	June 29, 2008
United States	July 8, 2008

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External links

• It Won't Be Soon Before Long at Metacritic