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"Different Colors"
A white cover with multiple cords of various colors surrounding its borders. Walk the Moon's logo and the title of the track "Different Colors" are in the center of the image.
Single by Walk the Moon
from the album Talking Is Hard
ReleasedMay 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)
StudioRancho Pagzilla (North Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length3:42
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
  • Eli Maiman
  • Kevin Ray
  • Nicholas Petricca
  • Sean Waugaman
Producer(s)Tim Pagnotta
Walk the Moon singles chronology
"Shut Up and Dance"
(2014) 		"Different Colors"
(2015) 		"Work This Body"
(2016)
Music video
"Different Colors" on
YouTube

"Different Colors" is a song written and recorded by American

alternative radio stations by RCA Records as the album's second single on May 5, 2015. Described as an alternative rock, electropop, indie rock, and pop
song, it is lyrically about celebrating and embracing each other's differences by speaking out against discrimination of any kind.

Some

Alternative Songs chart, becoming Walk the Moon's third top ten track on the chart. A music video for the song was released on June 11, 2015, featuring footage of the band touring with colorful visuals. The song was performed live by Walk the Moon at award shows, including the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. It was included on the setlist for the band's Talking Is Hard Tour (2015) and was used in campaigns of Pepsi, AT&T & Apple.[1]

Background and composition

"Different Colors"
A 22-second sample of "Different Colors", featuring
pre-chorus and multiple "oooh-e-oooh-e-ooohs" throughout the chorus.[2][3]
Problems playing this file? See media help.

"Different Colors" was written by all four members of Walk the Moon, while recorded at Rancho Pagzilla in

pre-chorus that is set faster than the song's tempo because he wanted to "create a weird, kind of off-balance effect". In his explanation for using the delay, Maiman said: "As wonderful and delicious as tempo-locked delays are, I've found that occasionally out of time repeats can sound really hip and fresh."[2] As he tracked guitars for the song, the band "tr[ied] com[ing] up with weird noises" to add something bombastic to the last chorus when Pagnotta shouted at them to "just kick the amp over". Maiman complied with the suggestion, causing a "bizarre roar" that the band loved and kept in the recording.[9]

Lead vocalist Nicholas Petricca stated that the song addresses "any part of this world that is diverse and sometimes struggles to be treated with a sense of normalcy".[10] In an interview with Time magazine, Petricca commented on how "Different Colors" differed from their previous single "Shut Up and Dance" by saying that "it shows a different side of [the band] that's equally important", which is "taking this platform [they]'ve got as [the band] get[s] more popular to say something that's meaningful to [them]". He went on to say that the song "is all about not just tolerating each other's differences but celebrating them and embracing them".[11] Maiman also added that it was "a chance for [Walk the Moon] to sort of empower people, especially kids, to have the courage to be themselves and to stand out".[3]

When talking about the inspiration for "Different Colors", Petricca mentioned that while the song "speaks out against discrimination of all kinds, it was the fight for marriage equality that initially inspired the song".[12] He mentioned being frustrated that news segments were still arguing about same-sex marriage and whether people should have equal rights in 2013. Petricca said "it should be second nature at this point" and that the band wanted "to write a victory march and a call to arms for everyone" that is "about equality and love in every way".[13]

Release and reception

"Different Colors" was released as the opening track of Walk the Moon's sophomore album Talking Is Hard.

LGBTQ+ youth.[20]

James Grebey of

Vulture's Lauretta Charlton noted that its use of synths and "oooh-e-oooh-e-ooohs" made the song "sound like it was written about 30 years ago", but commented that it was "not a bad thing".[3] Chris DeVille, writing for Stereogum, was less enthusiastic towards the song, writing that it "marks a steep decline" from "Shut Up and Dance", but called the chorus "probably strong enough to save Walk the Moon from one-hit wonder status".[21] Mitchell Bozzetto of Renowned for Sound also did not think the song lived up to the band's previous singles from Walk the Moon (2012) due to its "somewhat cheesy vibe".[22]

Alternative Addiction gave three out of five stars in a positive review of the Different Colors EP, calling Walk the Moon's cover of "It's Your Thing" a "cool rendition" and the new song "Boyfriend" a "decent listen", despite not "stand[ing] out as anything too amazing". The staff of the publication noted that the two "Different Colors" remixes were the highlights of the EP and concluded the review by saying: "If you're a fan of the band, you'll find something you want to listen to here."[23] Alternative Addiction later included "Different Colors" on their "Top 200 of the 2010s" list at number 180.[24]

Commercial performance

"Different Colors" debuted at number 36 on the US

Canada Rock airplay chart.[31]

Promotional videos

lyric video
for "Different Colors".

A

lyric video for "Different Colors" was filmed in Walk the Moon's hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio and was uploaded to their Vevo account on June 3, 2015.[32][33] City landmarks featured in the video include Eden Park, the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, the Ohio River, Cincinnati Union Terminal, and Sawyer Point Park & Yeatman's Cove.[32] The visual stood as the band's second video to be filmed in Cincinnati, after "Anna Sun" in 2010.[32] Over 15,000 long exposure photographs went into making the clip.[34]

An accompanying

tweeted that they "get to experience such vibrant creativity and diversity in the people and places [they meet and] visit," so the video is built out of "some of [the band's] favorite moments from [their] journey across North America this past spring".[35]

Live performances and use in other media

"Different Colors" was first performed live at the Observatory in

USANA Amphitheatre.[7] They later performed the song at SumTur Amphitheater on July 30 of that year.[48][49] It was performed by them at the Firefly Music Festival on June 23, 2019.[50]

"Different Colors" was used in the trailer for Paper Towns (2015), an adaptation of John Green's novel of the same name.[32] Beginning in June 2015, the song was featured in several television commercials for Pop Open Music, the summer music program of Pepsi. Walk the Moon had signed on as one of the first bands to partner with Pepsi on the project.[51] Additionally, "Different Colors" was also featured in a short video titled "Subway Serenade" for AT&T's Feel the Music campaign, a social project designed to improve music access to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. AT&T worked with the Deaf Professional Arts Network to create the video using American Sign Language (ASL).[52] The video features performers in a subway dancing, while rhythmically signing the lyrics of the song to enable those that are deaf and hard of hearing to appreciate the clip. Though AT&T initially wanted to use "Shut Up and Dance" for the video, the band felt that "the lyrics of 'Different Colors' were a better fit".[10]

Track listings

  • Digital download[53]
  1. "Different Colors" – 3:42
  • Digital download – EP[17]
  1. "Different Colors" – 3:41
  2. "It's Your Thing" – 2:47
  3. "Boyfriend" – 2:57
  4. "Different Colors" (Lost Kings Remix) – 3:05
  5. "Different Colors" (The Griswolds Remix) – 3:56
  • Digital download and streaming[54]
  1. "Different Colors x Pride" (featuring Jake Wesley Rogers) – 3:30

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Talking Is Hard.[4]

Locations
  • Recorded at Rancho Pagzilla,
    North Hollywood, California
  • Mixed at The Casita, Hollywood, California
  • Mastered at
    Sterling Sound, New York City
Personnel

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Different Colors"
Region Date Format Label(s) Ref.
Various November 17, 2014
[14]
United States May 5, 2015
  • Alternative radio
[15]
Various December 4, 2015
  • Digital download – EP
[17]
June 30, 2022
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Moon
[54]

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