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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Sucker
| type = single
| cover = Jonas Brothers - Sucker.png
| alt =
| artist = Jonas Brothers
| album = Happiness Begins
| released =
| recorded = January 2019
| studio =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 3:01
| label = Republic
| writer = * Ryan Tedder
* Louis Bell
* Mustafa Ahmed
* Adam Feeney
* Homer Steinweiss
* Nicholas Jonas
* Joseph Jonas
* Kevin Jonas II
| producer = * Tedder
* Frank Dukes
| prev_title = First Time
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Cool
| next_year = 2019
| misc =
}}
"'Sucker'" is a song by American pop rock band Jonas Brothers. The song was released on March 1, 2019, through Republic Records. It is the group's first single released together in six years, since their reunion a day before the song was released. Ryan Tedder wrote and produced the song alongside the group co-writing with Louis Bell, Mustafa Ahmed and Homer Steinweiss. The song was also produced by Frank Dukes. The Jonas Brothers appeared on 'The Late Late Show with James Corden' each night from March 4 to 7 to promote the track. It became the brothers' biggest hit single to date, reaching number one in several countries, including Australia, Canada, Latvia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovakia and the United States.
The official music video for "Sucker" featured their wives: Priyanka Chopra (Nick's wife), Sophie Turner (Joe's then-fiance and now wife) and Danielle Jonas (Kevin's wife). The song was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards and in four categories at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year, winning for Best Pop Video.
Background and composition
The group had blacked out their social media prior to announcing the release on February 28. 'Us Weekly' had also revealed the title of the song before the announcement. On 'The Late Late Show with James Corden', Nick Jonas stated that "We've kept this a secret now for almost seven, eight months." In terms of musical notation, the song is composed in time and the key of C minor with moderately fast tempo of 138 beats per minute. The band's vocals span a range of B3 to C5.
Commercial performance
In the United States, "Sucker" debuted at number one on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and the US Hot Digital Songs chart, with 88,000 copies sold in its first week. It was the thirty-fourth song to debut atop the 'Billboard' Hot 100. "Sucker" became the Jonas Brothers' first number-one song and the first number one by a boy band on the chart since 2003's "Bump, Bump, Bump" by B2K featuring P. Diddy. It became the band's first entry on the chart since 2013's "Pom Poms" and their first top 10 since 2008's "Tonight". The Jonas Brothers also became the second group in a lead role in history to have a song debuted at number one after Aerosmith's rock ballad "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from 'Armageddon' (1998) and the first group in this century to achieve this. It fell to number six the following week, but as airplay continued to rise the song was able to return to the top five in May and reached as high as number three on May 27, while also reaching the top of the Radio Songs chart. The song ultimately spent 22 weeks in the top ten of the chart before falling 912 on August 17, 2019. In the April 20, 2019 issue of 'Billboard's' Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart, "Sucker" became the Jonas' first number one, surging to the top spot within four weeks.[https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8506764/diana-ross-the-boss-2019-dance-club-songs-chart "https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8506764/diana-ross-the-boss-2019-dance-club-songs-chart"] from Billboard (April 11, 2019)[https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8507828/jonas-brothers-sucker-number-1-dance-mix-show-airplay-chart "Jonas Brothers' 'Sucker' Jumps to No. 1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart"] from Billboard (April 17, 2019)
This was also their first song in the United Kingdom to chart the Top 10 and consequently, the Top 5, debuting at number 6 and later peaking at number 4 on the fourth week.
As of May 8, 2019, the song had over 630 million global streams.
Music video
The music video was directed by Anthony Mandler and premiered showcasing the brothers with each of their significant others: Kevin's wife Danielle (ne Deleasa), Nick's wife Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Joe's thenfiance Sophie Turner. It was filmed in Hertfordshire at Hatfield House, the home of the Marquess of Salisbury, where Queen Elizabeth I grew up and featured corgis, which are the favorite breed of Queen Elizabeth II.
Their outfits were designed by Prabal Gurung, from his debut menswear line.
The video cites The Blue Angel with Sophie Turner smoking in blue nglige and top hat as Lola Lola (Marlene Dietrich) while Joe Jonas embarrasses himself in a bondage position as Professor Immanuel Rath (Emil Jannings).
Awards and nominations
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! scope="row" rowspan="16"| 2019
| rowspan=2| Teen Choice Awards
| Choice Song: Group
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| Choice Pop Song
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| rowspan=4| MTV Video Music Awards
| Video of the Year
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| Song of the Year
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| Best Pop Video
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| Song of the Summer
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| rowspan=2| LOS40 Music Awards
| Best International Song
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| Best International Video
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| MTV Millennial Awards
| Global Hit
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| MTV Millennial Awards Brazil
| Global Hit
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| Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards
| Favorite Hit
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| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
| Favorite Song
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| People's Choice Awards
| Song of the Year
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| rowspan=3 | TeleHit Awards
| Best Anglo Video
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| Best Anglo Song
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| Peoples Best Video
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! scope=row rowspan=7 | 2020
| Grammy Awards
| Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
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| ASCAP Music Awards
| Song of the Year
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| Billboard Music Awards
| Best Radio Song
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| BMI Pop Awards
| Most Performed Song of the Year
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| rowspan=3 | iHeartRadio Music Awards
| Song of the Year
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| Best Music Video
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| Titanium Award
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Live performances
On March 7, 2019, the Jonas Brothers performed the song for the first time on 'The Late Late Show with James Corden'. On May 2, 2019, they performed the song at the 'Billboard' Music Awards along with Nick's debut hit 'Jealous' and Joe's hit song 'Cake by the Ocean' with his band DNCE. On May 11, 2019, they performed the song again on 'Saturday Night Live' as the musical guests. They also performed the song on the first episode of 'All That's' revival on June 15, 2019.[https://www.etonline.com/jonas-brothers-are-helping-kick-off-all-that-reboot-on-nickelodeon-125256 "Jonas Brothers Are Helping Kick Off 'All That' Reboot on Nickelodeon"] from 'Entertainment Tonight' (CBS Television Studios) (May 14, 2019)
The Jonas Brothers performed "Sucker" along "X" (without Karol G) and "What A Man Gotta Do" as Exclusive 'home' sessions recorded especially for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.
Plagiarism allegations
American rock band, Portugal. The Man accused the Jonas Brothers' song as copying their 2017 single, "Feel It Still". Portugal. The Man tweeted: "To be fair, the chorus of Feel It Still sounds very similar to Please Mister Postman by the Marvelettes... Which we respectfully cleared and thanked them for every chance we got. As one does. @jonasbrothers" The band later clarified saying that they were "not mad at all", and that they "actually dig a lot of their music and Nick's solo records".
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
* Nick Jonas vocals, songwriter
* Joe Jonas vocals, songwriter
* Kevin Jonas vocals, songwriter
* Louis Bell songwriter, bass guitar
* Ryan Tedder background vocals, producer, songwriter, programmer, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drum programmer
* Frank Dukes co-producer, songwriter, guitar
* Homer Steinweiss drums, songwriter
* Mustafa Ahmed songwriter
* Andrew DeRoberts guitar
* Randy Merrill mastering engineer
* Serban Ghenea mixer
* John Hanes assistant mixer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
See also
* List of 'Billboard' Hot 100 number-one singles of 2019
* List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2019
* List of number-one songs of 2019 (Singapore)
* List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2019 and 2020 (U.S.)
* List of airplay number-one hits of the 2010s (Argentina)
References
Category:2019 singles
Category:2019 songs
Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:Jonas Brothers songs
Category:Music videos directed by Anthony Mandler
Category:Number-one singles in Australia
Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand
Category:Number-one singles in Singapore
Category:Songs involved in plagiarism controversies
Category:Song recordings produced by Ryan Tedder
Category:Songs written by Frank Dukes
Category:Songs written by Joe Jonas
Category:Songs written by Kevin Jonas
Category:Songs written by Louis Bell
Category:Songs written by Nick Jonas
Category:Songs written by Ryan Tedder
Category:Song recordings produced by Frank Dukes
Category:Republic Records singles
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