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"S.O.S"
Song
B-side"Year 3000" (Album version)

"S.O.S" is a song by American pop band Jonas Brothers. The song was released as the band's second single from Jonas Brothers, their second studio album, in 2007. It was also their debut single in Europe in May 2008 and in UK in early June 2008.

Song information

The song is about having troubled relationships with girlfriends.

Nick Jonas reportedly wrote the song in ten minutes, and was inspired by a true story.[citation needed]

Upon release, the song received positive reviews and feedback. According to the Radio Disney program Music Mailbag, the song spent a total of 213 weeks on Billboard Hot 100.

The intro is reminiscent of the song "My Sharona" by The Knack.

Chart performance

In August 2007, "S.O.S" debuted at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] In the week following its debut, the song rose to #19 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] becoming the band's first single to reach the Top 20.[3]

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, "S.O.S" debuted inside the Top 50 at #48 on the ARIA Charts on April 13, 2008. It has thus far peaked at #47.

On January 3, 2008, the single gained 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 13 2008.

"S.O.S" premiered on the German charts for the week of June 17, 2008. It is currently the #38 song in Germany.[4] In Spain, it peaked at #4 on October 4 on Los 40 Principales (Top 40 Spain)[5]. On iTunes Spain, it peaked the #7 at the Top 100 Songs.

In the UK, "S.O.S" was a moderate success, entering the UK Singles Chart at #16 and rose the next week to #13. However, despite large amounts of video airplay, it fell 11 places to #24 the following week. In the fourth week on the UK Singles Chart, the single dropped another eight places to #32.The song sold 2,000,000 copies worldwide becoming one of the best selling songs of 2007.

Track listings

UK CD Single 1

  1. "S.O.S" (Album version)
  2. "Hello Beautiful" (Live)

UK CD Single 2 - Enhanced

  1. "S.O.S" (Album version)
  2. "Hello Beautiful" (Live)
  3. "Year 3000" (Album version)
  4. "S.O.S" (Video)

UK 7" Picture Vinyl

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Music video

The video was filmed in June 2007 on the British Queen Mary cruise liner, located in Long Beach, California. It premiered in early August on the Disney Channel. It also features a cameo by Moises Arias. 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.

Since the video was uploaded on to the Jonas Brothers' official YouTube account in the beginning of August 2007, it has currently received over 68,200,000 views as of July 2009.[6]

Charts

Chart (2007-2008)[7] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 47
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) 8
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) 17
Canadian Hot 100 49
German Singles Chart 26
Irish Singles Chart 14
Italian FIMI Singles Chart 21
Portugal Singles Chart 5
Swedish Singles Chart 28
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 19
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 5
UK Singles Chart 13

Procession and succession

Preceded by Chilean Singles Chart number-one song
May 24, 2008 - May 31, 2008 		Succeeded by
"Gotas de Agua Dulce" by Juanes

References

  1. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Kingston's 'Girls' Not Budging From Atop Hot 100", Billboard.com, August 16, 2007.
  2. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Kingston Still 'Beautiful' Atop Hot 100", Billboard.com, August 23, 2007.
  3. ^ Billboard Artist Chart History - Jonas Brothers Singles
  4. ^ http://acharts.us/germany_singles_top_100
  5. ^ Los 40 Principales Spain Chart
  6. ^ "S.O.S" Official music video
  7. ^ Jonas Brothers - S.O.S. Chart Performance. aCharts.us. Accessed June 7, 2008
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