"Sugar" merupakan lagu dari album studio kelima mereka, V (dibaca Five), yang dirilis pada 13 Januari 2015 ditulis oleh Mike Posner, Adam Levine, Dr. Luke, dan Jacob Kasher Hindlin, serta diproduksi oleh Ammo dan Cirkut.
Album V sendiri sukses besar dengan beberapa lagu hits lainnya, seperti "Maps" dan "Animals."
Lagu ini memiliki nuansa disko, funk-pop, dan soul, dengan berbagai instrumen seperti perkusi, kibor, dan gitar. Secara komersial, "Sugar" mencapai posisi nomor dua di Billboard Hot 100 AS dan menjadi singel ketiga dari V yang masuk 10 besar.
Pada tahun 2022, lagu ini mendapatkan sertifikasi Diamond dari Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), menjadi singel ketiga mereka yang meraih sertifikasi tersebut.
Video musik "Sugar" disutradarai oleh David Dobkin dan direkam di Los Angeles. Terinspirasi dari film komedi romantis Wedding Crashers (2005), video ini menampilkan Maroon 5 yang datang secara mengejutkan ke pesta pernikahan di berbagai lokasi di kota tersebut.
Video ini pertama kali dirilis pada 14 Januari 2015 dan ditayangkan di televisi pada 17 Januari 2015. Pada Agustus 2018, sebuah serial realitas yang terinspirasi dari video musik ini dirilis di YouTube.
Beberapa versi remix dari "Sugar" juga dirilis, termasuk yang menampilkan rapper Nicki Minaj pada 10 Maret 2015 dan versi remix lainnya oleh Matt Medved (juga dikenal sebagai Sicarii) pada 9 November 2015.
"Sugar" menerima nominasi untuk kategori Best Pop Duo/Group Performance di ajang Grammy Awards ke-58.
Lirik Lagu "Sugar" - Maroon 5
I'm hurtin', baby, I'm broken down
I need your lovin', lovin', I need it now
When I'm without you, I'm somethin' weak
You got me beggin', beggin', I'm on my knees
I don't wanna be needin' your love
I just wanna be deep in your love
And it's killin' me when you're away
Ooh, baby
'Cause I really don't care where you are
I just wanna be there where you are
And I gotta get one little taste
Your sugar, yes, please
Won't you come and put it down on me?
I'm right here, 'cause I need
Little love, a little sympathy
Yeah, you show me good lovin', make it alright
Need a little sweetness in my life
Your sugar, yes, please
Won't you come and put it down on me?
Babe, my broken pieces, you pick them up
Don't leave me hangin', hangin', come give me some
When I'm without you, I'm so insecure
You are the one thing, one thing I'm livin' for
I don't wanna be needin' your love
I just wanna be deep in your love
And it's killin' me when you're away
Ooh, baby
'Cause I really don't care where you are
I just wanna be there where you are
And I gotta get one little taste
Sugar, yes, please
Won't you come and put it down on me?
I'm right here, 'cause I need
Little love, a little sympathy
Yeah, you show me good lovin', make it alright
Need a little sweetness in my life
Your sugar, yes, please (Your sugar, yes, please)
Won't you come and put it down on me?
Yeah
I want that red velvet, I want that sugar sweet
Don't let nobody touch it unless that somebody's me
I gotta be a man, there ain't no other way
'Cause, girl, you're hotter than a Southern California day
And I wanna play no games, you don't gotta be afraid
Don't give me all that shy shit
No makeup on, that's my sugar
Sugar, yes, please (Please)
Won't you come and put it down on me? (Down on me)
I'm right here, 'cause I need (I'm right here, 'cause I need)
Little love, a little sympathy
Yeah, you show me good lovin', make it alright
Need a little sweetness in my life (Yeah)
Your sugar, yes, please (Your sugar, yes, please)
Won't you come and put it down on me? (Down on me)
Sugar, yes, please
Won't you come and put it down on me? (Down on me)
I'm right here, 'cause I need (I'm right here, 'cause I need)
Little love, a little sympathy
Yeah, you show me good lovin', make it alright
Need a little sweetness in my life
Your sugar, yes, please (Your sugar, yes, please)
Won't you come and put it down on me?
(Down on me, down on me, ooh)
(Nithania Septianingsih)
