"Beautiful Mistakes" is a song by American band Maroon 5 featuring American rapper

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. It was released through

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and

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on March 3, 2021, as the third single from the band's seventh studio album, ''

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''. The song was written by the band's lead singer

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, Megan Thee Stallion, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Joe Kirkland, and producers

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& Blackbear. The music video was directed by

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Composition

"Beautiful Mistakes" is a guitar-driven

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song with heavy drums and atmospheric synths and a tranquil beat. The song is written in the key of

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with a tempo of 99 beats per minute. Thee Stallion delivers a slow and melodic verse, and switches from rapping to singing halfway through.

Release and promotion

The song was revealed along with its title, cover art, and release date on February 22, 2021. The official lyric video was released alongside the song on March 3, 2021. The official music video premiered on

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on March 11, 2021, and was directed by

Reception

The song received mixed to negative reviews from critics. ''

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'' 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

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'' Unstaged'' series. The band continued with the song live in ''

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'' on April 21, and the 3000th episode in the eighteenth season of ''

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'' on April 29, 2021, respectively. The band played "Beautiful Mistakes" for the season 20 finale of the reality show ''

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''. On June 14, 2021, Maroon 5 performed the song on

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Album Release Party to commemorate the release of ''Jordi''.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. *

– lead vocals, songwriter *

– songwriter, producer, guitar, keyboards, programming * Jacob Kasher Hindlin – songwriter * Joe Kirkland – songwriter * Blackbear – songwriter, producer, keyboards, programming *

– featured vocals, songwriter * James Valentine – guitar *

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– engineer, mixer * Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – recording engineer, vocal producer * Sam Schamberg – assistant recording engineer * Shawn "Source" Jarrett – vocal engineer *

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– mastering engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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