Unbreakable (Alicia Keys song)

"Unbreakable"
Single by Alicia Keys
from the album Unplugged
Released	September 13, 2005 (U.S. download)
Format	Digital download, promo CD single, promo DVD single, 12" promo single
Recorded	July 4, 2005; Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, New York City, New York)
Genre	Soul, R&B
Length	4:34 (album version) 4:14 (radio edit)
Label	J
Writer(s)	Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Harold Lilly, Garry Glenn
Producer	Alex Coletti
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"Karma" (2004) "Unbreakable" (2005) "Ghetto Story" (2006)
Unplugged track listing "A Woman's Worth" (Live) (4) "Unbreakable" (5) "How Come You Don't Call Me" (6)

"Unbreakable" is a song by American R&B-soul singer Alicia Keys from her live album, Unplugged (2005). Written by Keys, Kanye West, and Harold Lilly, the track features a Wurlitzer riff, and is built around a sample of Eddie Kendricks' 1977 song "Intimate Friends", written by Garry Glenn. It was released as the album's lead single in 2005 and peaked at number thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming Keys' first single to miss the top twenty since 2002's "How Come You Don't Call Me", and failed to peak inside the top forty on Billboard Pop 100. It was nevertheless a big success on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where it landed at number four.

The lyrics mention names of notable couples Ike and Tina Turner, Bill and Camille Cosby, Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham, Florida and James Evans, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Kimora Lee and Russel Simmons, and Joe and Katherine Jackson, as well as The Jackson 5.

The song received nominations for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song at the 2006 Grammy Awards which were awarded to We Belong Together of Mariah Carey. It also won two NAACP Image Award, for "Outstanding Song" and "Outstanding Music Video".

This song was written in 2003 to record The Diary of Alicia Keys, but did not resolve the disc include The Diary, and nearly missed the album Unplugged. She said, "The song was always one of my favorites, but did not think would fit well into my second album".

Music Video

Two music videos were produced for the song:

• Unplugged Version, directed by Alex Coletti
• BET Version, directed by Justin Francis

Track listing

U.S. promo CD single

1. "Unbreakable" (Radio Edit) – 4:14
2. "Unbreakable" (Call Out Hook) – 0:10

U.S. promo DVD single

1. "Unbreakable" (BET Video)

U.S. promo 12" single

• Side A:

1. "Unbreakable" (Main Version) – 4:14

• Side B:

1. "Unbreakable" (Main Version) – 4:14

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	34
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	4
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	60

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)	Position
U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	63

External links

• Unbreakable at Discogs