Girls Like You (Song)

"Girls Like You" is a song by American band Maroon 5 and serves as the ninth track on the band's sixth studio album, Red Pill Blues(2017). It was released by 222 Records and Interscope Records as the album's third single on June 5, 2018,[1] featuring a verse from American rapper Cardi B. The single version was written by Adam Levine, Cirkut, Cardi B, Starrah, Jason Evigan and Gian Stone and was produced by Cirkut and Evigan. The single has reached a peak of number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the second top 10 entry from the album, Maroon 5's 14th and Cardi B's sixth top-ten single overall. With "Girls Like You" following "I Like It" at the top of Radio Songs, Cardi B became the first female rapper to ever replace herself at number one on that chart.

Background
After extensive touring in support of their fifth studio album, V (2014), Maroon 5 began the writing and recording sessions for their sixth studio album. On October 11, 2016, the band released the tropical house single "Don't Wanna Know", featuring American rapper Kendrick Lamar.[3] Another single, entitled "Cold", featuring American rapper Future, was released on February 14, 2017.[4] Six months later, the band released "What Lovers Do", featuring American singer SZA on August 30. However, when the band unveiled the tracklist of their sixth album Red Pill Blues on October 4, 2017[5] and the two songs "Don't Wanna Know" and "Cold' are later revealed as stand-alone singles and was featured on the album's deluxe edition.[6] Only "What Lovers Do", served as the album's lead single.

"Girls Like You" was revealed as the ninth track on Red Pill Blues via Apple Music.[7] It was announced as the third official single from the album, following the song "Wait".[8]

Official video
The official music video was directed by David Dobkin and released on May 30, 2018 on Vevo.[15][16] The concept for the video has Levine alone at a mic with the band in the background, then features a rotating assortment of women dancing and lip-syncingaround him. The video features appearances from Maroon 5's band members and the song's featured artist Cardi B, as well as cameos by (in order of first appearance) Camila Cabello, Phoebe Robinson, Aly Raisman, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot, Lilly Singh, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Trace Lysette, Tiffany Haddish, Angy Rivera, Franchesca Ramsey, Millie Bobby Brown, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lopez, Chloe Kim, Alex Morgan, Mary J. Blige, Beanie Feldstein, Jackie Fielder, Danica Patrick, Ilhan Omar, Elizabeth Banks, Ashley Graham, Rita Ora and Levine's wife Behati Prinsloo and their daughter Dusty Rose. As of August 2018, the video has over 730 million views.