Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart

E14725
single song

"Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys that blends emotional lyrics with a lush, retro-inspired production and showcases her powerful vocal performance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Element of Freedom ⓘ
artist Alicia Keys ⓘ
chartedIn Australian Singles Chart ⓘ
UK Singles Chart ⓘ
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
surface form: US Billboard Hot 100
composer Alicia Keys ⓘ
Jeff Bhasker ⓘ
Kerry Brothers Jr. ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception positive ⓘ
features mid-tempo beat ⓘ
synth-driven arrangement ⓘ
followedBy Put It in a Love Song ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:09 ⓘ
lyricist Alicia Keys ⓘ
Jeff Bhasker ⓘ
Kerry Brothers Jr. ⓘ
mainInstrument piano ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Syndrome ⓘ
notableFor Alicia Keys vocal performance ⓘ
emotional lyrics ⓘ
lush production ⓘ
partOf The Element of Freedom ⓘ
peakPositionUKSinglesChart 13 ⓘ
peakPositionUSHot100 27 ⓘ
performer Alicia Keys ⓘ
precededBy Doesn’t Mean Anything ⓘ
surface form: Doesn't Mean Anything
producer Alicia Keys ⓘ
Jeff Bhasker ⓘ
productionStyle retro-inspired ⓘ
recordedFor The Element of Freedom ⓘ
recordLabel J Records ⓘ
releaseDate 2009-11-17 ⓘ
theme emotional resilience ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
vocalist Alicia Keys ⓘ
vocalRangeShowcase yes ⓘ
vocalStyle powerful ballad ⓘ
yearOfRecording 2009 ⓘ

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The Element of Freedom → includesSong → Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart ⓘ
The Element of Freedom → notableSingle → Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart ⓘ
Alicia Keys → notableWork → Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart ⓘ