
“Girls Like You” received mixed reviews from critics. It moves in common time, with Levine's vocals spanning from C 3 to C 5. The song is written in the key of C major with a tempo of 125 beats per minute. It was written by Adam Levine, Cirkut, Cardi B, Starrah, Jason Evigan and Gian Stone and was produced by Cirkut and Evigan.


It has a length of three minutes and 35 seconds in the original version, while the extended single version is 20 seconds longer. "Girls Like You" is a pop and pop rock song. In an interview with Variety, Levine stated he told Cardi before she wrote her verse, "I want you to put something down that shows your fierceness as a woman and say it however you want." Composition The band released four remix versions of "Girls Like You" on August 2, 2018, featuring St. On May 30, 2018, Maroon 5 announced a new version of the song with rapper Cardi B, as the fifth and final single from the album, following the song " Wait", which was later released on iTunes on that day. "Girls Like You" was released as the ninth track on Red Pill Blues via Apple Music. It was ranked at 30 on Billboard 's Greatest Hot 100 Hits of All Time, published in November 2021. "Girls Like You" has won multiple awards, including at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards for Top Hot 100 Song, and received a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 61st Grammy Awards. Its music video has surpassed 3 billion views on YouTube. "Girls Like You" ranked at number five on the Billboard decade-end chart for the 2010s, with Cardi B being the only female rapper on the top 40. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) it was the fifth-best selling song of 2018, with equivalent sales of 11.9 million units globally. The song was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2021 for selling more than 10 million units, with Cardi B becoming the first female rapper to achieve two Diamond certifications. Additionally, it reached number one in eleven other countries, including Canada and New Zealand.

It also spent 33 weeks in the top 10, tying both Ed Sheeran's " Shape of You" and Post Malone and Swae Lee's " Sunflower" for the longest top 10 run in the chart's archives at the time and a record-setting 36 weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.

The single achieved commercial success, spending seven weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it Maroon 5's fourth and Cardi B's third chart-topper, who extended her record for most number-ones among female rappers. The song's accompanying music video was directed by David Dobkin, which features the band and Levine performing the song in the center of a room and a number of women making their appearances. The single version was included on the re-release edition of the album. A second version featuring and co-written by American rapper Cardi B, was released on May 30, 2018, as the album's fifth and final single. The track was written by lead singer Adam Levine, Starrah, Gian Stone, Cirkut, and Jason Evigan, with the latter two serving as producers. " Girls Like You" is a song recorded by American band Maroon 5 from their sixth studio album Red Pill Blues (2017). 2018 single by Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "Girls Like You"
