No Air

"No Air"
Song

"No Air" is the second single from American Pop/R&B artist Jordin Sparks, off her eponymous debut album. It is a duet with R&B artist Chris Brown. The song was officially released in the U.S. on February 11, 2008, although it had already been receiving significant airplay and digital sales long before its release. The song has also helped her album rebound on the charts, as it ascended upward to number-sixteen on the Billboard 200 during the height of the song's popularity. It had only peaked higher on its debut week, where it bowed at number-ten.

Official Versions

This list contains official remixes that will be featured in the single as remixes which will be released under Jive.

• "No Air" Official Remix (Featuring Chris Brown & Hood Fella)
• "No Air" (Acoustic Version) - 4:18
• "No Air" (Benny Benassi "Pump-kin" Remix) - 7:23
• "No Air" (Benny Benassi "Pump-kin" Remix Radio Edit) - 3:29
• "No Air" (Tiësto Remix) - 7:40
• "No Air" (Tiësto Radio Edit) - 4:21
• "No Air" (Jason Nevins Remix) - 7:28
• "No Air" (Jason Nevins Radio Edit) - 5:13
• "No Air" (Future Presidents Remix) - 4:58
• "No Air" (TONAL "Deep End" Remix) - 6:04
• "No Air" (TONAL "Deep End" Radio Edit) - 4:07
• "No Air" (Doug Grayson "Cruel Intentions" Remix) - 6:58
• "No Air" (Doug Grayson "Cruel Intentions" Radio Edit) - 4:33

Music video

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Jordin Sparks in the music video for "No Air".

The music video for "No Air" was filmed Wednesday January 23, 2008 in New York City, with photos from the shoot leaking to the internet the next day. A leak of the video was uploaded to YouTube on February 20, 2008, nearly a week before the video was officially released to Yahoo! Music on February 25, 2008.

The video begins with Sparks playing the piano in her home. Suddenly, she stops playing and makes a call on her cell phone, which directs her to an answering machine. The camera cuts to the phone she is presumably calling, which has been left on a counter in a steamy room. Sparks leaves a message, asking someone (Chris Brown) to call her when he can. Her silhouetted profile is then seen on the left in a different scene, against a blank gray background, as the song begins. Sparks is then shown going to her window and looking out, drawing a heart in the fog on the cold glass as she sings the song. Brown is next shown, wiping off a foggy mirror in his bathroom as he begins singing his first verse. Brown's profile is also seen entering on the right in the the gray background scene, and the two's silhouetted profiles face each other. The video cuts to Brown, who is shown putting on his jacket and leaving his home as he walks through New York City.

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Chris Brown in the music video.

Sparks is next seen at nighttime by the water with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background. She gets into her car and begins driving through the city. Meanwhile, we see Brown still in the daytime, arriving at Sparks' home. In a climactic sequence Brown confronts Sparks by her piano and the two passionately sing the final chorus to each other. Brown then leaves, and the video ends with their two silhouettes against the gray background, pulling away from each other. Whether or not they were ever really in the same place at the same time, or were simply imagining the other's presence, is left to the discretion of the viewer.

There are individual face shots of Brown and Sparks intercut throughout the video as well. Brown is also seen singing alone in a studio room with drums, guitars, and a piano, which he plays at the end, mirroring Sparks' first appearance on screen. One notable motif throughout the video is the wind that often blows against Brown and Sparks when they are shown outside or in the silhouetted scenes, driving home the message of the chorus: despite the presence of "air" all around, neither finds it possible to "breathe" without the other.

The music video peaked at #1 on iTunes. The video has been named the Ripe Clip of the Week on Channel [V] in Australia.

Release Dates

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	February 11, 2008
Australia	May 17, 2008
United Kingdom	July 14, 2008
Germany	June 2, 2008

Chart performance

"No Air" started to climb the Mediabase airplay charts in December 2007, two months before its official release. On January 23 2008, "No Air" reached the Top 40 on Mediabase at number thirty-nine, later peaking at number-two. It also became a crossover hit, reaching the Top 5 on both Rhythmic and Urban airplay charts. For the chart week of December 29 2007, "No Air" debuted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at number fourteen. On the chart week ending January 19 2008, it made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number ninety-five. The song was able to climb to number fourty-two before its official release date, and eventually peaked at number-three, giving Sparks her highest charting song to date. It is Sparks first song to appear on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where it debuted at number seventy-four and rose to number-four. "No Air" reached number-three on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart and number-three on the Canadian Hot 100, giving Sparks her second top three hit in Canada.

In New Zealand, "No Air" debuted at number-six on March 10 2008. The song ascended to number-one the following week on the official RIANZ Singles Chart where it stayed for seven consecutive weeks, becoming the most successful single for 2008 in the country so far and making it Sparks' first international number-one single. The popularity of the song helped Sparks' album rise up in the country's Album Chart and obtain top 10 status. On the May 5 2008, the song was then knocked off the top spot by Usher's "Love in This Club". In Australia, her Australian debut single "Tattoo" reached the top 5 of the ARIA charts, whilst "No Air" entered the top 50 digital tracks in the country, reaching number-fourteen on the Australian iTunes music store, a few days after her album Jordin Sparks was released. Later on the "No Air" EP was released and debuted at number fifty-one.

On the 9th of May, "No Air" debuted on the Australian Charts at number fifty-seven. The following week it became a bullet performer and ascended fourty-one places to number-sixteen. "No Air" ascended to number-five the following week and the week after exceeded the success of her first single 'Tattoo'.It has since climbed to a peak position of number #1 making No Air Jordin Spark's first Australian number #1 hit.

Sparks became one of the first non-Disney Stars to reach number-one on Radio Disney Top 30 Countdown. The song is currently at number-one for a second consecutive week. Her success led her to co-hosting to show on June 1, 2008.

Despite not being released until July, the song debuted at number fifty eight in the UK Singles Chart as an album-track download release, on April 20 2008. The following week, the song dropped out of the charts but as of June 8 2008, the song has started a steady climb back up the chart closer to the official release.

The song was released on the German iTunes Store on June 2. The song debuted in the German Singles Chart on the issue date June 13 at number 11.

"No Air" debut at number-thirty on the United World Chart and eventually peaked at number-seven, becoming Sparks' first worldwide top 10 hit, whilst her previous single "Tattoo" had managed a peak of number-fourteen.

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	1
Austria Singles Chart	42
Brazilian Hot 100	36
Bulgarian National Top 40	50
Canadian Hot 100	3
Chilean Singles Chart	96
Denmark Hot 100	6
Finland Hot 100	12
French Airplay Top 100	27
German Singles Chart	11
Irish Singles Chart	38
Japan Hot 100	51
Latvian Airplay Top 50	7
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	1
Norway Hot 100	7
Portugal Singles Top 50	19
Romanian Top 100	14
Sweden Hot 100	4
Swiss Singles Chart	49
UK Singles Chart	58
Euro 200 Single Chart Singles	62
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	2
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	4
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks	15
U.S. Billboard Hot Videoclips	2
United World Chart	7

Rissi Palmer version

"No Air"
Song

A cover version was released in 2008 by country singer Rissi Palmer. Having entered the Hot Country Songs chart in April 2008, Palmer's rendition is her third chart single.

Chart (2008)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	47

External links

• Official music video on Jordin Sparks' channel on YouTube
• "No Air" Lyrics