Max 500

{{short description|2005 single by Kent}} {{Infobox song | name = Max 500 | cover = Kent-Max500.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Kent (band)|Kent]] | album = [[Du & jag döden]] | released = 9 February 2005 | recorded = | studio = *Park Studio (Stockholm) | venue = | genre = [[Alternative rock]] | length = | label = BMG Sweden/RCA | writer = [[Joakim Berg]] | producer = Kent, Stefan Boman | prev_title = [[FF / VinterNoll2]] | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = [[Palace & Main]] | next_year = 2005 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|aPfDgeAvFLo|"Max 500"}} }} }}

"'''Max 500'''" is a song by [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[alternative rock]] band [[Kent (band)|Kent]].<ref>[https://kent.nu/latar/max-500/ Max 500] ''Kent.nu''</ref> It was released in February 2005 as the first single from the album ''[[Du & jag döden]]''.

The case has a sticker on front with the track list and other details. The CD is black on both sides. [[Lisa Miskovsky]] sings backing vocals on "Välgärningar & illdåd".

Max 500 was an illegal nightclub in [[Eskilstuna]] in the early 1990s.

==Critical reception== Anders Nunstedt of ''[[Expressen]]'' wrote: "I'm so blown away by 'Max 500' that I have a hard time putting the experience into words. But the new single sounds unmistakably Kent, without sounding like they have before. The production, which hasn't been this dark since ''[[Isola (album)|Isola]]'' (1997), brings to mind the old 80s like [[The Cult]] and [[The Sisters of Mercy|Sisters of Mercy]] (without being goth) but the melody is beautiful and the chorus crystal clear (despite having to strain to distinguish certain words)."<ref>[https://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/musik/kent-max-500/ Kent: Max 500] ''Expressen''</ref>

Fredrik Welander of ''Dagens Skiva'' wrote: "'Max 500' is a good song. It stuck right away when I heard it a week ago. With somewhat the same musical style as '[[FF / VinterNoll2|VinterNoll2]]', the band brings forth an eerie and cool drive. A melody with guitar and something resembling a xylophone rivets itself and lays the foundation for a characteristic Jocke Berg text."<ref>[http://dagensskiva.com/2005/02/14/kent-max-500/ Allvarligt talat] ''Dagens Skiva''</ref>

== Music video == The music video for "Max 500" was directed by [[Johan Renck]] and features the band in an old log cabin with black ghosts/shadows lurking behind them.

==Track listing== {{track listing | all_lyrics = [[Joakim Berg]] | title1 = Max 500 | music1 = [[Joakim Berg]] | length1 = 3:35

| title2 = M | music2 = Berg | length2 = 4:21

| title3 = Välgärningar & illdåd | note3 = Benefactories & Atrocities | music3 = Berg | length3 = 3:43 }}

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for "Max 500" ! scope="col"| Chart (2005) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{single chart|Denmark|6|artist=Kent|song=Max 500|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2021}} |- {{single chart|Finland|4|artist=Kent|song=Max 500|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2021}} |- {{single chart|Norway|1|artist=Kent|song=Max 500|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2021}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=Kent|song=Max 500|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2021}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for "Max 500" ! scope="col"| Chart (2005) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43/?dspy=2005&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar – År 2005|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=13 April 2025}}</ref> | 12 |} {{col-end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.discogs.com/release/515757-Kent-Max-500 Max 500] at [[Discogs]]

[[Category:2005 singles]] [[Category:2005 songs]] [[Category:Kent (band) songs]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Sweden]] [[Category:Songs written by Joakim Berg]]