"Mayday" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Cam for her second studio album Untamed (2015).

[1][2] "Mayday" is a mid-tempo country pop ballad about an unhealthy relationship in which the deteriorating situation is compared the sensation of drowning.

[1] The two continued making adjustments to the lyrics and arrangement over the next couple of years and eventually recorded the song after Cam signed to Arista Nashville in 2014.

[1] Positive-thinking lyrics were added toward the end of each verse to add some levity to an otherwise-dark concept, and the "swelling" pedal steel guitar at the start of the track served to balance out a "rhythmic heaviness" identified by Johnson.

[3][4] Cam performed "Mayday" and announced the song as her next single during an appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show airing January 29, 2016.