'Payphone' hitmakers Maroon 5 have opened up about their popular hit 'Moves Like Jagger' and described it as "an inch away on any side from being a disaster".

In an interview with Britain's The Guardian newspaper, frontman Adam Levine explained that they were uncertain of how the song would be received and it felt like a gamble to release it:

"It's a very delicate song, you're treading so many lines and so many tightropes that I truly believe it's an inch away on any side from being a disaster."

When the interviewer explained that his wife initially disliked the track, but found it grew on her after several listens, Levine agreed and admitted that Coldplay's singer had the same reaction:

"Yeah! Chris Martin said the same thing. He told me: "I fucking hated that song." It had that effect. Even on us!"

He was also asked about his credibility at school and revealed that he once threw a party that caused him to be grounded for an entire summer:

"One summer I got grounded for throwing a party on the roof of our apartment. As a punishment I had to work in my dad's warehouse all summer ticketing shoulder pads."

"It was awful. Throwing your first illegal party is far more stressful than you think. I would not recommend it. All you kids out there that want to break the rules – break them some other way. Throwing a party? It's just not worth it."

Watch Maroon 5's latest video for 'One More Night' below: