Studio Album · No. 2
It Won't Be Soon Before Long Songwriting Credits by Maroon 5
Produced by Mike Elizondo, Mark Endert, Eric Valentine, Mark 'Spike' Stent · Engineered by Adam Hawkins, David Emery, Alex Dromgoole, Ted Jensen
Holds writing credit on 12 of 12 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 12 / 12 documented
Scored across the 12 tracks with documented writers, by whether Maroon 5 carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 12 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 2
It Won't Be Soon Before Long pushed Maroon 5 toward synth-driven dance-pop while keeping Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael as the core writers. Levine wrote or co-wrote every track, and the band expanded its collaborator list to producers such as Mike Elizondo, Mark Stent, and Eric Valentine rather than outside topliners. Bassist Sam Farrar earned co-production credits, so the songwriting still ran through the band even as the sound modernized. The lead single "Makes Me Wonder" became the group's first number one and won a Grammy.
It Won't Be Soon Before Long is Maroon 5's second studio album, released May 22, 2007, on A&M Octone Records, and the first to feature Matt Flynn on drums following Ryan Dusick's departure due to injury. The album was recorded across multiple studios and produced primarily by Mike Elizondo, who brought a tighter, more contemporary pop-funk sound than the debut. Most tracks were written by Adam Levine alone or with James Valentine and Jesse Carmichael, continuing the pattern of predominantly band-authored material from Songs About Jane. The lead single 'Makes Me Wonder' debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the band's first chart-topping single, and was followed by 'Won't Go Home Without You' and 'Wake Up Call.' The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 176,000 first-week sales, vindicating the band's commercial trajectory after Songs About Jane's slow build.