The song was written by James Fauntleroy II, Harvey Mason Jr., Steve Russell, Erik Griggs and Damon Thomas.

Also in the U.S, the song has sold 3,596,000 copies, making Sparks the first American Idol alumnus to reach the three million mark.

"No Air" was covered by American band Boyce Avenue and country singer Rissi Palmer in 2008 and also on the television show Glee in 2009.

"No Air" is a pop[2] and R&B song[3] written by James Fauntleroy II, Steven Russell, Erik “Blu2th” Griggs, Harvey Mason Jr., and Damon Thomas.

[5] Nick Levine of Digital Spy called the song "an R&B power ballad" and said it makes "full use of her impressive set of pipes.

"[3] Bill Lamb of About.com wrote "from the kickoff of Jordin's echoey vocals it sounds like "No Air" is so light and weepy it needs special effects and production tricks to cover up the fact that there really is not much of a song here.

[6] Steve Perkins of BBC Music awarded the song five stars and said "by the time ["No Air"] hits the final stretch, the title actually seems rather prophetic, since Jordin and Chris are yodelling away at the tops of their voices to the extent that you wonder how they're concealing their need to gasp for big lung bucketfuls of precious oxygen every thirty seconds.

[17] The song was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[18] making Sparks the first American Idol contestant to reach the three million mark.

The single spent 19 weeks on the chart and has since been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), for shipments of 30,000 units.

The video then cuts to Brown, who is shown putting on his jacket leaving his home, as he walks through New York City.

The video is also intercut with scenes of Brown singing alone in a recording studio with drums, guitars, and a piano, of which he plays and at the very end when the song's over Sparks is seen sitting on the floor in her house and kneeling her head down in sadness.

Sparks performed "No Air" with Chris Brown during the American Idol top 8 live results show on April 10, 2008.

The song was also added to her set list of opening Alicia Keys' As I Am Tour in North America,[36] Australia[37] and New Zealand.

[39] "No Air" was covered by American country singer Rissi Palmer, for her self-titled album released on October 7, 2008.