No Air
March 4, 2008
No Air is a song by American pop and contemporary R & B singer Jordin Sparks, along with Chris Brown. It was published on 4 March 2008 in the U.S., after which it reached on the Billboard Hot 100 number three. After a few months later also appeared in Europe, it gained in Germany and ten position in the UK third in the charts. The title, in which Chris Brown resigns as a duet partner in appearance is, therefore Sparks' most successful single release and was able to sell 3.3 million sound recordings in the U.S. alone. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the cooperation in the category was " Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals " nominated, losing to "Rich Woman," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.
- 4.1 reception
- 4.2 Commercial success
- 4.3 Awards for music sales
- 4.4 Awards and nominations
Background and publication
The song, which was written by Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas, James Fauntleroy II and Erik Griggs, 2008 Sparks as third single was released as a whole and demonstrated in the U.S., the second single from her debut album named after her dar. In addition, it was their second single in the UK and the first, which you published throughout Europe. The production of the title took over the songwriter, who worked here under her pseudonym The Underdogs. As a B- side of the single, the song " Save Me " is included, which is known as " digital bonus track" can also be found on their album.
In February 2008, the song for the American Radio was released before it was released in March also available for download. In May they released it internationally, including in Germany and Australia. In the UK it was launched in July 2008.
Composition
" No Air " is a Contemporary -R & B and pop song. In addition, he has been described as a "power ballad" and use the " impressive range of Sparks ' voice' good. According to Musicnotes.com, the song plays in the key of G flat major and the time signature four-four time.
Music Video
Background
The music video was filmed in New York City on January 23, 2008. Here, Chris Robinson directed. The clip was the first collaboration between Robinson, Sparks and Brown. Later, the director still led in some other videos directed, which also Brown and Sparks participated. Originally, the video should be shown for the first time on February 25 on Yahoo! Music, but it leakte already on 20 February.
Summary
In the first sequence Sparks plays at home piano before it interrupts the games to use their phone. However, they only reached the answering machine in which it Brown leaves the message to call as soon as he has the chance. Shortly before this was the phone that she was going to call, has been shown on a counter in a strange steaming room. Then her silhouette on the left side against a gray background can be seen, before the music starts. After the music has started, you can see how Sparks sitting in front of a window and a heart on the foggy window paints, before she starts to sing. In the next scene, Brown turns up for the first time. He wipes the foggy mirror into his bath when he sings his first verse. After both protagonists will be outlined briefly for a short time, one sees again the gray background against which the left again and right now Brown Sparks are now discovering. The two look at directly. Then it is shown how Brown grabs his coat and runs through New York City. In between individual scenes are displayed repeatedly, which also Sparks or the gray background with two singers on each side can be seen. After some time, Sparks is on the Brooklyn Bridge, before driving through the city in a car. In the meantime, several times sequences were displayed in Brown in a recording studio singing his lines. Then dive Brown in Sparks at home, and the two sing the chorus of the song. Most recently, he leaves the house again and you can see again the two silhouettes against the gray background. This time, however, they move away from each other and disappear from the image. Shortly before, Brown had also begun to play the instruments in the recording studio.
Awards and nominations
The music video received, among other things, at the MTV Video Music Awards two nominations in the categories " Best Female Video" and " Best New Artist ", with the awards to Britney Spears and their video " Piece of Me" and Tokio Hotel and " Ready, Set, Go " went! .
Success
Reception
The song received mixed reviews. Bill Lamb, for example, wrote that the title " so bright and tearful WOULD since the beginning of Sparks ' again a resounding voice that it takes special effects and production tricks to cover the fact that there is really no notable song". In BBC Music man, however, was of the opinion that the title was quite prophetic towards the end. The two singers would vocally also expend so much that you wonder how they hide their desire to gasp every 30 seconds of a bucket full of precious oxygen.
Commercial success
In the Billboard Hot 100, the U.S., the song end of January rose to number 95 before it third place gained its highest position in April after many weeks. It had a total of four weeks held before it again fell into the charts down this position. With this position it is today Sparks' highest ranking in the United States. By November 2011, approximately 3.347 million recordings were sold, making it both Brown and Sparks' first single, which ever crossed the border of three million units sold. In addition, Sparks is also the first American Idol artist who achieved this. In the UK, the song also placed himself in third place, in Germany it rose only up to tenth place.
Awards for music sales
Platinum record
- USA
- Australia
2x - platinum record
- New Zealand
Awards and nominations
The collaboration has received numerous nominations and awards. At the BET Awards 2008, the song was nominated in the category, for example " Viewer 's Choice", the price received at the time but " Lollipop" by Lil Wayne and Static Major. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the duo lost in the category " Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals " from the song " Rich Woman ," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Also at the NAACP Image Award of the title received a nomination ( "Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration" ). Both the People's Choice Awards 2009 as well as at the Teen Choice Awards 2008 the duet was twice proposed for a price, but ever to win an award. During the ceremony the People's Choice Awards the prize in the category "Favorite Combined Forces " the singers was presented, whereas they went blank for " Favorite Pop Song". At the Teen Choice Awards was reached in the category " Choice Music: Hook-Up " an award while the award for " Choice Music: Love Song " went to the Jonas Brothers and their single " When You Look Me in the Eyes ".
Cover versions
The song has been covered several times. The American country singer Rissi Palmer took the title in 2008 for a re-release of their debut album, which was released in October 2008. On 27 May of the same year, the cover was released as the first single and then reached # 47 of the Hot Country Songs.
The alternative rock Boyce Avenue coverte the song for her acoustic album Acoustic Sessions, Vol 2 also. In this case the title was not released as a single.
In the eighth episode of the first season of the television series Glee the song has been covered by the cast. In the episode, which bears the name Throwdown, the piece of music by Rachel Berry, played by Lea Michele and Finn Hudson, played by Cory Monteith, sung. They were supported by the school choir in the series, New Directions. On October 7, the Glee version was eventually released as a single, whereupon it in the UK and reached number 52 rank 65 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Live performances
On 10 April 2008 Brown and Sparks sang the song together during the top 8 show of the seventh season of American Idol. Then Sparks came without Chris Brown on Australian Idol in where it claimed the title in the Top 12 show. Later Sparks Alicia Keys accompanied her on the As I Am Tour in North America and Oceania, where the song was part of the setlist. Similarly, to set list was the title during the Jesse & Jordin LIVE Tour, a joint tour of Sparks and Jesse McCartney, which took place in the U.S. in August 2008.