Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song)

"Burnin' Up"
Single by Jonas Brothers featuring Big Rob
from the album A Little Bit Longer
B-side "Burnin' Up (No-Rap)"
Released June 19, 2008 (2008-06-19)
Format CD single, Digital download
Recorded 2008
Genre Pop rock, teen pop, power pop
Length 2:54 (Album Version)
2:37 (No Rap Version)
Label Hollywood
Writer(s) Nicholas Jonas, Joseph Jonas, Kevin Jonas II
Producer(s) John Fields[1]
Jonas Brothers singles chronology
"When You Look Me in the Eyes"
(2008)		 "Burnin' Up"
(2008)		 "Lovebug"
(2008)
Music video
"Burnin' Up" on YouTube

"Burnin' Up" is the lead single from American pop rock band the Jonas Brothers' third studio album, A Little Bit Longer, and was officially released via Radio Disney on June 19, 2008 as well as other radio stations, and on iTunes on June 20, 2008. In the United Kingdom, it was released as an AA side with "When You Look Me in the Eyes". The single was a hit via digital downloads, and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the group's first top five single in the US and highest charting song in their career. Featured on Now: The Hits of Summer 2009 features American rapper Big Rob.

Background and composition
"Burnin' Up"
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The band first performed this song on their When You Look Me in the Eyes Tour as well as at the 2008 Disney Channel Games. Their summer tour, titled the Burnin' Up Tour, is named after this song. The song also features a rap from their bodyguard, Robert "Big Rob" Feggans.

Entertainment Weekly stated that the song "was inspired by Jonas Brothers' unlikely appreciation for the work of babe magnet Prince."[2] Nick Jonas also stated that the song is "about this girl — maybe she's at a party — and you feel that immediate connection [and] both know it's there."[2] The song was also included on Grammy Nominees 2009.

Critical reception

Time critic Josh Tyrangiel named this the sixth best song of 2008.[3]

Commercial performance

With strong digital sales, "Burnin' Up" debuted at #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's most successful single, with more than 183,000 downloads and sold the single for the first week it went on sale.[4] It has sold 1.9 million copies in the US.[5]

Music video

The music video for "Burnin' Up" premiered after the premiere of the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock on Disney Channel on June 20, 2008. In the video, the brothers read over a potential video treatment and imagine how the video would play out, in which they are portrayed as action stars. Nick as James Bond, Joe as a Sonny Crockett parody, and Kevin as a Kung Fu master. The video featured cameo appearances from Selena Gomez, David Carradine, Robert Davi and Danny Trejo. The video was directed by Brendan Malloy and Tim Wheeler. The video was nominated for Video of the Year and Best Pop Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, but both lost to Britney Spears and the video for her song "Piece of Me". The video also took notes from Spike Jonze's iconic video for "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys. This can be most seen in the scenes with Joe Jonas portraying an 80's TV-style cop with a fake mustache.

Track listing

US/Europe CD Single

  1. Burnin' Up 2:54
  2. Burnin' Up (No Rap) 2:37

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
scope="row" Australia (ARIA)[6] 31
scope="row" Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 39
scope="row" Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] 14
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[9] 49
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 39
scope="row" Ireland (IRMA)[11] 21
Italy (FIMI)[12] 16
scope="row" Norway (VG-lista)[13] 12
scope="row" UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[14] 30
scope="row" US Billboard Hot 100[15] 5
US Pop 100 (Billboard)[16] 9
scope="row" US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[17] 30
Venezuela (Record Report)[18] 1

References

  1. ↑ Gardner, Elysa (2008-03-26). "Jonas Brothers' fame is burning hot". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  2. 1 2 "Summer Music Preview: Jonas Brothers". Entertainment Weekly. May 30, 2008.
  3. ↑ Time: 47–48. 2008-12-22. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ David Jenison (July 24, 2008). "Jonas Brothers Pushin' the Record Books". E! Online. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  5. ↑ Trust, Gary (February 17, 2015). "Ask Billboard: Jonas Brothers Want to Know Their Album & Song Sales". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Jonas Brothers – Burnin' Up". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Jonas Brothers – Burnin' Up" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Jonas Brothers – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Jonas Brothers. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Jonas Brothers – Chart history" European Hot 100 for Jonas Brothers. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jonas Brothers – Burnin' Up". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 43, 2009". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Jonas Brothers – Burnin' Up". Top Digital Download. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Jonas Brothers – Burnin' Up". VG-lista. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2012-10-13" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Jonas Brothers – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Jonas Brothers. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
  16. ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Jonas Brothers - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Jonas Brothers – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Jonas Brothers. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Pop Rock" (in Spanish). Record Report. 2008-09-06. Archived from the original on 2008-08-16.
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