'Daylight' debuted at number 70 on the ARIA Charts. Not that he comes off as particularly organic either, since his voice is usually processed into a kind of high, disaffected whine - like a male Rihanna or an android castrato - that's ideal for tracing the contours of a pop hook.' Helen Nowotnik of The Triangle thought that the song 'It's the perfect fusion of Maroon 5's old and new sounds.' Įvan Sawdey of PopMatters wrote the song 'is your big anthem that actually could've been a lot bigger had they not relied entirely on a thin drum palette during the chorus.' Martyn Young from musicOMH complained that 'By far the most irritating aspect of their magpie-like approach though is the overuse of a 'Whoah, whoah, whoah' vocal which features in almost every song, including 'Daylight'.' Robert Copsey of Digital Spy wrote that the song 'feels anonymous despite its stadium-sized chorus.' Grace Duncan of Under the Gun called it 'watery and uninteresting, a pop song walled in by clichéd optimistic meanderings.' Chart performance Chris Payne wrote for Billboard that Daylight is 'a bittersweet tale that builds momentum towards one of the album's most up-tempo songs that follows it listen closely and you might hear a Chris Martin homage in Levine's 'whoa-oh's'.' Mesfin Fekadu from The Huffington Post also saw similarities, writing that the song 'looks like a bad Coldplay cover.' Adam Markovitz from Entertainment Weekly agreed, calling it 'a Coldplay-ish song.' Markovitz also wrote that the song 'has choruses so thickly produced that the only physical instrument you can reliably pick out is Levine's larynx. Cameron Adams of Herald Sun also noted that 'it sounds like Max Martin trying to write a Coldplay song by recycling his Backstreet Boys handiwork. The song received mixed reviews from most music critics. Many critics agreed that the song resembles Coldplay songs. During her own music career, Larson had said that Maroon 5's Adam Levine was her main inspiration. The song features additional vocals by actress Brie Larson. Levine sings 'In the daylight/ We'll be on our own/ But tonight I need to hold you so close,' Helen Nowotnik of The Triangle analyzed that 'If ' Never Gonna Leave This Bed' and ' Must Get Out' collided into one song, it would be 'Daylight'.' The intro is the same as the Backstreet Boys' 2005 single ' Just Want You to Know', as noted by Cameron Adams from The Herald Sun. Levine has stated numerous times that it is his favorite track on the entire album.

'Daylight' was written by Adam Levine, Max Martin, Sam Martin and Mason 'MdL' Levy, while production was handled by Levine, Martin and MdL. It premiered on November 8, 2012, on The Voice. 'Daylight' was announced as the third single taken from the band's fourth studio album Overexposed (2012).

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