The band performed the song on 45th at Night, which originally included a special guest Eve for the remix version, but never officially recorded.

[2] However, the band later requested artist Mary J. Blige, with musician Mark Ronson to work on the song's official remix version.

[citation needed] The music video for "Wake Up Call" is directed by Jonas Åkerlund and was filmed in Los Angeles in July 2007.

The rest of the video centers around the other members of Maroon 5 who committed different crimes, while Levine and Smith are going through an elaborate plan to cover up the murder.

A director's cut version of the video includes additional scenes from the original video, with Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine giving the finger while getting a mug shot and the ending scene where Levine is getting sentenced to death for the murder.