"SOS" is a song by American pop rock band Jonas Brothers. Written by Nick Jonas, a member of the band, the song was released as the band's 2nd single from their self-titled second album in 2007. It is set to be their debut single in Europe in April 2008 and in UK in early June 2008. This is one of their biggest singles, due to being #1 on Radio Disney Top 30 Countdown 6 weeks in a row.
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Song information
The song is about their troubled relationships with their girlfriends.
Nick said he wrote this song in a span of only ten minutes after having experiencing a certain situation with a girl. Upon release, the song managed to get positive reviews and feedback. According to Radio Disney's Music Mailbag, a program in which listeners get to rate the song, the song managed to get a 98% approval rating.
During the AMA'S, Joe Jonas tripped while performing this song, and cut his hand on shattered glass from the doors the boys had made their entrance through. The ironic part is there is a lyric in the song "It's like I'm walking on broken glass." Joe got right back up and finished the song, although his hand was bleeding.
Chart performance
In August 2007, "SOS" debuted at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] In the week following its debut, the song rose to #17 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] becoming the band's first single to reach the Top 20.[3] It would also be the band's third charting single in their career and is also their highest peaking single on the chart to date.
The single sold very well digitally, having peaked at #4 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart for two consecutive weeks in September 2007.
In Australia, "SOS" debuted inside the Top 50 at #48 on the ARIA Charts on April 13, 2008. It has thus far peaked at #47.
It was #1 on the Radio Disney Top 30 Countdown for almost 6 months, iTunes' "Most Purchased Songs" list and Radio Disney's Dot Com Top 3. Due to its long reign at the top, it was #1 on Radio Disney's Top 50 Songs of 2007.
On January 3 the single got a dramatic rise from #85 to #40 increasing album sales in the past few weeks. The video was also premiered on Disney Channel Asia on February 13th. This song also peaked at #8 on Channel V's V Countdown, just behind OneRepublic's Stop and Stare. It is peaked at #11 on V Countdown.
Charts
| Chart (2007/08)[4] | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 47 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 49 |
| Polish National Top 50[5] | 26 |
| Portugal Singles Top 50 | 35 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 45 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 17 |
| United World Chart | 25 |
Music video
The video was filmed on the haunted Queen Mary ship, located in Long Beach, in Southern California. It premiered in early August on the Disney Channel. It also features a cameo by Moises Arias, who plays Rico on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana. The Jonas Brothers have said that the boat was "kind of creepy" and that they liked to try and scare each other while aboard it. The video on Jonas Brothers' official Youtube account has over 20,000,000 views since it was uploaded on August 3, 2007. [6].
References
- ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Kingston's 'Girls' Not Budging From Atop Hot 100", Billboard.com, August 16, 2007.
- ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Kingston Still 'Beautiful' Atop Hot 100", Billboard.com, August 23, 2007.
- ^ Billboard Artist Chart History - Jonas Brothers Singles
- ^ Jonas Brothers - SOS. Chart Performance. aCharts.us. Accessed June 7, 2008
- ^ Polish Top 50 Singles Chart Accessed June 7, 2008
- ^ "S O S" Official music video