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SOS (Avicii song)
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Wikipedia article
"'SOS'" is the first posthumous single by Swedish DJ Avicii featuring co-production from Albin Nedler and Kristoffer Fogelmark, and vocals from American singer Aloe Blacc. It was released on 10 April 2019 and is included on his posthumous third studio album 'Tim', released on 6 June 2019. The single is also his second number-one (and his first posthumously charted single to reach number-one), as well as Blacc's first, on 'Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, in its 1 June 2019 issue.[https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8513754/avicii-dancemix-show-airplay-chart-sos "Avicii Advances to No. 1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart With 'SOS'"] from 'Billboard' (30 May 2019)
The song was produced by Albin Nedler, Kristoffer Fogelmark, and Avicii. It features an interpolation of "No Scrubs" by TLC, written by Tameka Cottle, Kandi Burruss, and Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs.
The song was released alongside a video featuring comments on the Avicii Memory Board, as well as a behind-the-scenes video that was released two hours prior. It debuted at number one on the singles chart in Sweden on two days of sales.
Background
The song was completed by a team of writers and producers following Avicii's death in April 2018. It was said to be "7580% done" at the time of his death.
Co-producers Kristoffer Fogelmark and Albin Nedler confirmed that after Avicii's death, they received the MIDI file for the song that he had produced, and said that all the sounds and notes in the song were from Avicii himself without any additional production. The only additional production done on the track was for Aloe Blacc's vocals.
Though Avicii had suggested Aloe Blacc as a potential singer for the song, Blacc recorded his vocals after Avicii's death.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
* Albin Nedler songwriter, producer, vocal producer, engineer, keyboards, programming
* Kristoffer Fogelmark songwriter, producer, vocal producer, engineer, keyboards, programming
* Avicii songwriter, producer, keyboards, programming
* Tameka Cottle songwriter
* Kandi Burruss songwriter
* Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs songwriter
* Aloe Blacc vocals
* Marcus Thunberg Wessel engineer
* Richard "Segal" Huredia engineer
* Kevin Grainger mixing and mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
See also
* List of number-one singles of 2019 (Finland)
* List of number-one singles of the 2010s (Sweden)
References
Category:2019 singles
Category:2019 songs
Category:Songs released posthumously
Category:Avicii songs
Category:Aloe Blacc songs
Category:Number-one singles in Sweden
Category:Songs written by Avicii
Category:Songs written by Tameka Cottle
Category:Songs written by Kandi Burruss
Category:Songs written by Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Category:Song recordings produced by Avicii
Category:Songs written by Kristoffer Fogelmark
Category:Torch songs
Category:Songs written by Albin Nedler
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