Jimmy Fallon, Maroon 5 pull street performing prank in NYC subway station

Credit: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for iHeartMedia

Credit: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for iHeartMedia

An oddly familiar-looking band of street musicians treated New York subway commuters to a jam session, and it turns out it was made up of Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and James Valentine and “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon in disguise. Disguised as buskers -- people who perform in public for donations -- the trio performed a rousing rendition of Elvis Presley’s “Love Me Tender” and the Maroon 5 hit. “Sugar” at the 50th Street subway station

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The commuters weren’t in on the joke, and their reactions when the subway musicians’ revealed their true identities were priceless.

This isn’t the first time Fallon has pulled this busking prank. Previously, he went undercover with his good friend, Miley Cyrus, to surprise a bunch of rowdy tourists.

After devising new identities — with Cyrus becoming "Charlene" and Fallon playing "Bart" — the pair donned their disguises and headed to the Rockefeller Center subway station. "No one knows that this is going to happen," Fallon told viewers before he began busking with Cyrus. "No one knows that it's Miley Cyrus. Let's do this."

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