I never liked Maroon 5. The game itself in many ways was received by viewers as a battle between the Pats and the not-Pats and reacted accordingly. The late Johnny Pearson composed it for the BBC’s music library back in 1970 — an era before instant international digital copyrights — and the song came over the Atlantic via KPM, which was later assimilated into APM. The Stars' social media team gave us a glimpse of what "Sweet Victory" would have looked like. Tumblr Tells Us What Needs Fixing in Social Media, Communities Are Molded by the Shape of their Platform, Elon Musk’s 2 Rules For Learning Anything Faster, Life Lessons Learned in My 40’s That I Wish I Could Tell My 20-Year Old Self, The Only Four Books Bill Gates Has Rated Five Stars, License and royalties to the song’s composers and publishers, via a performance rights organization, Special licenses filed for both the 70k-seat venue (Mercedes-Benz Stadium) and the 100m-viewer network (CBS). Covering the impact of coronavirus on the sports world. Maroon 5 was prepping for its Super Bowl performance, which included a moment from the famous SpongeBob scene. Most people don’t even know the second verse or the bridge, because it wasn’t in that episode. From there, APM pulled out their composers for hire to remix their own track a couple times exclusively for the show’s move to ESPN. Normally, that requires the following: That’s just to get the song cleared to perform at the halftime show. See, to have Maroon 5 or even the original people on hand to perform a song, the organizers need another type of license — the public performance license. Maroon 5 surprised some people by playing a lot of their album "Songs About Jane," which was a pleasant surprise in and of itself. A petition gathered more than 1 million signatures to get "Sweet Victory" at the Super Bowl halftime show, and Maroon 5 listened. Despite the rise of home studios and indie music, the success of a major artist is largely dictated by a sustained system that favors big singles. It’s a stock music track with a cult audience because of a show that hit the airwaves 20 years ago. Instead of giving the 1.2 million people who signed a petition what they wanted, the crossover of a lifetime was relegated to Squidward and the trumpeters giving way to “Sicko Mode”. pic.twitter.com/AedPuhi4Q1, Caught a peek of @SpongeBob while @maroon5 rehearsed for #SBLIII at the @MBStadium #SweetVictory pic.twitter.com/5H09kAfmQ2. A song that pop culture nearly forgot, but which felt like the ultimate saving grace for the biggest game of the year… if it were played during the halftime show. Some people saw it as the drama of Rihanna turning it down in protest to a rocky NFL season full of politics. Avid SpongeBob fans have kept up with the giant canonical list of tracks both licensed from APM and composed in-house largely by Nicholas Carr and Steve Belfer. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nhl | pageType: stories | Even with the highly-publicized late start in finding their guest rappers in the first place — which clearly limited their ability to choreograph anything close to the peak performance of Bruno Mars — setlists are often set in stone rapidly to make way for the rest of the coordination. We figured this would likely end up being a possibility. Overall, the actual halftime performance has been received with lukewarm to negative thoughts. The track was found by chance and made the centerpiece of one of many classic Season 2 episodes. Both of these songs are under the umbrella of Associated Production Music (APM), a compacted mass of stock music libraries and composers built up over the past few decades of recorded music. Small comfort for those who thought the organizers would completely snub the tribute? Both the final score and viewership were at historic lows. Some people saw the controversy around the Super Bowl LIII halftime show as the politics around getting performers late in planning. David Glen Eisley contributed a few tracks along with KISS musicians Bob Kulick and Eric “The Catman” Singer, including the one eventually chosen for “Band Geeks”. And in case you haven't watched the epic performance before, you can listen to "Sweet Victory" below. Even though we didn't get it, there was a lot of talk about what it would look like if Maroon 5 did decide to pay tribute to "Spongebob" creator Stephen Hillenburg. By comparison, “Heavy Action” wasn’t actually a typical APM track. section: | slug: dallas-stars-show-what-spongebob-squarepants-sweet-victory-would-have-looked-like-during-super-bowl-halftime-show | sport: hockey | route: article_single.us | It’s not for the sake of a concert though — it’s for getting as many eyes on the game as possible. I do love “Sweet Victory” though. If you want the first reason “Sweet Victory” wasn’t played on stage, you need to understand what that means for licensing. The campy shots of fans cheering, the weird overhead view of the stadium, it's all true to the episode. Maybe, but it exists in a different category and the transition was done mainly for the benefit of the TV audience. All of this is happening in thanks to a petition on Change.org, which is nearly at 1.2 million signatures as of this writing. https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/e4/54/spongebob-halftime-show-ftr_zdz3na5pb8qb1socyxum2csdy.png?t=-1452298008&w=500&quality=80, NFL brings attention to Maroon 5 backlash. UPDATE: The Super Bowl 53 halftime show did include Spongebob, and you can watch the full performance here. SpongeBob SquarePants did make an appearance during Maroon 5's Super Bowl halftime show,, introducing Travis Scott playing his song "Sicko Mode." Since the clip itself is separate from the artists, aside from being used as the overdubbed intro to “Sicko Mode”, the cue sheet routine is technically all they need to incorporate it into the show. “Sweet Victory” is not too dissimilar, having been recorded in 1996 and released by APM in 1998, alongside the development of SpongeBob but not in any way aware of each other. After the death of SpongeBob Squarepants creator Stephen Hillenberg, fans of the beloved Nickelodeon character launched a petition to get the song "Sweet Victory" played as a tribute during the Super Bowl LIII halftime show.The hit song by David Glen Eisley was featured at the end of the classic 2001 SpongeBob episode "Band Geeks."