Levine called McCartney a "really beautiful soul," and said he found his joking jab funny Adam Levine and Maroon 5 covered the Beatles for a 2014 CBS special with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in the audience McCartney later joked to Levine that the Beatles "did it better" He apologized to Levine a few months later,

Adam Levine has revealed that Paul McCartney once apologized for “insulting” him after Maroon 5 covered two songs by The Beatles.

I told you I’ve been scared a handful of f**king times in my life. That was definitely one of them,” the Maroon 5 singer admitted to Howard Stern.