an alicia keys singles poll would be a fine thing, actually

u don't know my name or diary? or my boo?

for me it's a 2-horse race between "You Don't Know My Name" and "If I Ain't Got You."

oh haha take out my boo, i was thinking of that kelly rowland nelly song. which for some reason gets into my head EVERY SINGLE DAY. it's the "i'd buy that for a dollar" of songs.

"My Boo" >>> "Dilemma" though

im just saying, something about the melody of that song is like permanently lodged in my brainpiece.

that said

i like alicia keys. she has a lot of good songs! this is a worthy poll.

ha i tried to do this after that exchange last night but was too drunk to type them all out. if we're talking originals, it's a straight fight between 'fallin' and 'you don't know my name' and maybe 'if i ain't got you' for me.

but the remixes might be the spanner in the works!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzQPoxXna4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SmxB_oAFRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNfkiBXVgKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70cqMWw-B5g

and i KNOW there was an amazing reggae remix of 'you don't know my name' doing the rounds at the time but it's not on youtube and i've lost the mp3...

"No One" is sooooo empty. "You Don't Know My Name" for me.

Oh – I forgot about "Unbreakable," which I liked a lot at the time.

"Fallin'" is garbage imo, one of the dreariest and blandest R&B smashes of the decade

"No One" by a mile

voted "You Don't Know My Name" for obvious obviousness, but have to put in a word for "Every Little Bit Hurts", which ppl don't seem to know

"A Woman's Worth"

def "if i aint got you" with "you don't know my name" and "like you'll never see me again" third. i played that luda rmx out for a few weeks.

"no one" is def one of my three least favorite singles of the decade. the ONLY thing it has going for it is the comedic value of when the synths come in because they sound like if an elephant sat on a whoopie cushion the size of a sedan

^^^this

i'll vote either "you don't know my name" or "if i ain't got you"

ship is wrong about my boo being better than dilemma, dilemma is one of the greatest singles of the decade and my boo is not close

that might be one of the most OTM things said about "no one" ever.

"you don't know my name" or "if i ain't got you."

i must stick up for "fallin'" because it is a pretty short song, around 3:30, and at around 2:00, i feel like i am being taken ahold of by something really amazing.

if i aint got you. but i liked no one to my surprise too.

Good GOD do I hate "No One."

I'm going with "You Don't Know My Name," which is entirely unimpeachable.

^^^ Expert Opinion.

lol

"My Boo" >>> "Dilemma" though

― the fool boy Shiplo (some dude), Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:00 AM (Yesterday)

u maaad, "dilemma" is classic

Hey, Alex likes Luther Vandross, so I've got his back.

you dont know my name is great, yes, even though she sounds butch in the spoken part at the end.

Looking at Wikipedia to see if she had anything new coming soon, I discovered that she was one of the kids on the "Slumber Party" episode from the first season of The Cosby Show where Cliff took Rudy and her friends to the nice restaurant and then ended up getting burgers from across the street because they didn't like the gourmet burgers.

even though she sounds butch in the spoken part at the end

Yeah, the "can you hear me now?" phone ad allusion is cringeworthy, but the song is still gorgeous.

hey Tim F..... why not go fuck yourself?

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"you don't know my name" for that descending piano figure in the chorus. i'm kind of fond of "no one" but less so now than i was when it first came out

"No One" by a mile

― da croupier, Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:02 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is terrible

i wasn't gonna say anything but yeah, ugh son

definitely not by a mile, but it's not as bad as some of you seem to think it is.

even if i'm feeling generous it's not in the top half of these songs

I came around to "No One" eventually. Nothing wrong with big anthems.

i came around to it, but it's not the best by a long shot.

it's just kind of plodding.

Hm, yes, well "No One" is her most affecting for me, but "You Don't Know My Name" just feels like a masterpiece to me

kevin otm about 'no one', i don't get the hate for it at all - i love the "oh-oh-oh-oh"s at the end. and the reggae remixes are amazing.

voted 'fallin' though

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man i shoulda thrown "if i ain't got you" a vote once it became apparent my other favorite would win, because i didn't know the margin would be this big

"diary" deserved at least one vote... :-\

It seems very wrong that "Teenage Love Affair" beat "Like You'll Never See Me Again".

"If I Ain't Got You" is such a great great Idol-style big-chest standard. Almost up there with "I Have Nothing".

"un-thinkable" is certainly top 5 here

i'd be confident of a "try sleeping with a broken heart" win, if these were repolled now

was "love is blind" ever a single anywere? (and if not why not? it's amazing)

Oh, she's still alive.

i love Alicia's first album, just 'liked' Diary, and completely lost track of her. good to see she's going strong.

my favorite song of hers isn't a single tho, it's "Goodbye" from the first album.

also I love Fallin' so fuq the hate itt!

"un-thinkable" is certainly top 5 here

― J0rdan S., Sunday, January 9, 2011 1:01 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i'd be confident of a "try sleeping with a broken heart" win, if these were repolled now

― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Sunday, January 9, 2011 4:18 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yer both nuts, "Un-Thinkable" is maybe top 10 and no fucking way would "Try Sleeping" ever win although it's def good and top 5 material

like she has random barely remembered old 4th singles like "Karma" that are better than the hits off her latest album

ick I've always hated Karma.

yeah "try sleeping" is def top 3 for me. "if i aint got you" is my pick tho

i always loved the reggaeton remix of "karma". i miss reggaeton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO4YnYGzSV4

haha just realised i posted that as the third post in this thread, oh well