Cole released on September 30, 2014, and Big Boi premiered execlusively on Pigeons & Planes website on December 18, both written and produced by Freaky Ta, DCBC and Aftermath artist Me3mo (Sameem Nadeem). The remix versions of "Animals" featuring with American rappers, J. The commercial also appeared at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards on August 24, and the song was released the next day. Later, Maroon 5 released the song's lyric video on August 22, 2014, from their YouTube channel. For a limited time after the commercial premiered, "Animals" was available for free download on the Kia website only. To promote the song, Kia Motors debuted an advertisement of 2015 Kia Soul EV model on August 21, 2014. The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 giving Maroon 5 their tenth top 10 single in the U.S.
The song was written by Adam Levine, Benny Blanco and its producer Shellback. It was released on August 25, 2014, as the second single from the band's fifth studio album V (2014).
" Animals" is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5. For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation).