[5] On May 6, 2015, it was rumored that Maroon 5 were to release a brand new single titled "This Summer's Gonna Hurt" on May 26, to radio airplay.

[8] During the May 17–23 tracking week, "This Summer's Gonna Hurt" received approximately 4,216 pop radio spins.

The following week, "Summer" leveraged only two days of airplay to debut at number 35 on the official pop chart.

"This Summer's Gonna Hurt" also reached the top 25 at hot adult contemporary radio.

[9][10] After peaking at number 23, the song became the band's first official single release in five years to miss the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

[11] The official music video for the song was filmed during a live concert at SSE Arena Wembley on May 28, 2015 and was shot in black-and-white.

Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone wrote humorously that the video is revealing for two reasons; "First, it offers a candid look at life on tour through the eyes of Adam Levine as the viewer journeys with the singer from the dressing room to backstage to the edge of the catwalk at a massive arena.

[16] Vimal Esvaren of The Record Blog explained: "Another run-of-the-mill concert video, it is told from the perspective of frontman Levine as he leaves the shower, gets ready, goes on stage, performs and gets in a car out of the stadium with the rest of his bandmates.

A progressive house version of the song remixed by Swedish producer Alesso, was released on June 29, 2015 on iTunes.

We are both friends with [producer] Shellback and have mutual respect for each other so it was cool to be able to collaborate on something together like this.”[79]On June 20, 2015, Alesso debut the version for the first time at EDC festival in Las Vegas, Nevada.