[News] Maroon 5's "Feelings" Scoring Poorly with Pop Listeners

Pop radio callout data confirms a "net negative" reaction to Maroon 5's "Feelings", coming from a superstar band responsible for many #1 hits.

Per Mediabase/CMM callout data, however, is resonating well with pop radio listeners.

With a positive reception from 35.2% of listeners (#32 out of the 32 measured pop songs) and a negative reaction from 41.9% (highest-negative), Maroon 5’s “Feelings” actually holds the dreaded “net negative” reaction at pop radio. Its “net positive” score is -6.7; none of the other 31 pop songs featured in this week’s callout reports has a sub-zero net positive score.

The 6.7% “favorite” rating for Maroon 5’s “Feelings” is the lowest — and thus proof that the reaction to the Maroon 5 track is not simply “polarizing.” It is bad.

The song can certainly achieve improved marks moving forward, however, appears unlikely to end up with a particularly warmreception from pop radio listeners.

Just as strong callout scores do not assure success, low callout scores do not assuredly damn a song to failure. They are, however, capable of curtailing — or even eliminating — momentum.