It is the band's only album not to feature keyboardist, rhythm guitarist and background vocalist Jesse Carmichael, who took a temporary break from performing with the group to focus on his studies and was replaced by musician PJ Morton.

The accompanying artwork, created by Los Angeles artist Young & Sick, is a colorful collage of illustrations seemingly inspired by the likes of Picasso and a range of modern cartoonists.

Its title is a smirking allusion to Levine's ubiquity, while its sound is a reflection of how the group wishes to retain the large audience they won once again with "Moves Like Jagger".

The album's lead single "Payphone", featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa, produced by Shellback and Benny Blanco, was released and performed on The Voice, on April 16, 2012.

"[5] In July 2011, the band re-released Hands All Over and included a new song called "Moves Like Jagger" which featured American singer and songwriter Christina Aguilera.

[6] The song enjoyed a massive commercial success reaching number one on over 22 national singles chart including on the US Billboard Hot 100.

[7] In an interview with Mike Wood of Los Angeles Times, Levine explained what went wrong on Hands All Over, "I don't think we knew what kind of record we were making.

You know, I think people's attention spans are getting shorter as time goes on, and so we're gonna make a quick, concise but super-diverse album.

[8][10] Notably not joining them would be founding member Jesse Carmichael, who announced he would be taking a hiatus from the group on March 9, 2012, and would return after the touring cycle for their upcoming fourth album finished.

[8] Although new collaborators were recruited to help in developing the album, Levine wrote all the songs with additional help from Valentine and produced a large portion of it, including the ballad "Sad".

"[10] Multiple critics stated that "Moves Like Jagger" served as the biggest influence for composing and writing most songs on Overexposed.

[19][22] The album's opening track, "One More Night", is an "irresistible sexy reggae jam"[13] that features influences of pop and rock music.

According to Adam Markovitz of Entertainment Weekly, the song has choruses that are thickly produced and the only physical instrument that you can pick is Levine's larynx.

[19] "Lucky Strike" is a funk song[19] that features dubstep and soul rock influences[25][30] and lyrically discovers the theme of sexual intercourse.

[29] According to Nate Chinen of The New York Times, in the song, Levine sings "about spoiling his perfect record of honesty to spare a quarreling lover some hurtful feelings.

[21] The funk-laden[34] seventh song, "Ladykiller" features a guitar solo[35] and an elastic funk groove, combined with Adam Levine's blue-eyed soul vocal and pleasing echoes of Hall & Oates.

[36] It was inspired by the work of American recording artist Michael Jackson, as noted by the reviewers of BBC Music and Virgin Media.

"Wipe Your Eyes" is a mid-tempo piano-driven track that contains a sample of the recording "Sabali" by the Mali musical duo Amadou & Mariam.

News, "the psychedelic Beatles-dipped-in-Cream cover is a where-do-you-look-first wink at the pop-music world, which is so crowded with egos and images these days that it becomes almost impossible to just focus on the music.

[50] Jessica Sager from Pop Crush wrote, "the bright colors and cartoon images are representative of the album's themes.

[62] The song received generally positive reviews from critics who praised "the catchy reggae-drenched musical production" and "Adam Levine's confident pop vocals".

[65][66] The video follows Levine's character being a boxer whose relationship is in ruins because of his profession, his love interest is played by American actress Minka Kelly.

This video includes several street musicians from around the world to sing along and playing instruments with scenes of the band performing live on concert shows.

[82] Through September and October, they visited many East Asian countries, including: South Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia and Thailand.

Apparently, an extra eight shows in Istanbul, Auckland, Bogota, Madrid, Warsaw, Caracas and Quito were planned, but this ultimately never came to fruition.

[86] Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian said that the album lacks memorable hooks and "charm", despite Maroon 5's collaboration with popular producers.

[24] Adam Markowitz of Entertainment Weekly felt that the lyrics are poorly written and that its production by several "pop kingpins" detracts from the band's performance, as the album does not consolidate its "rock grit and dance-pop glitz".

[87] In a positive review for Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield called Overexposed the band's best album yet and said that its first-rate, dulcet sound is complemented by sharp, womanizing lyrics.

[89] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing for AllMusic, said that the "briskly contemporary" album may not be as good as Hands All Over, but it will ensure the band's commercial momentum.

[90] Overexposed's start marks the band's best sales week for an album since 2007's It Won't Be Soon Before Long debuted at number one with 429,000 copies.