Tears Always Win

"Tears Always Win"
Single by Alicia Keys
from the album Girl on Fire
Released	May 7, 2013 (2013-05-07)
Studio	Oven Studios (New York, New York)
Genre	Pop R&B
Length	3:59 (Album Version) 3:38 (Single Version)
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Alicia Keys Jeff Bhasker Bruno Mars Phillip Lawrence
Producer(s)	Jeff Bhasker Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"Fire We Make" (2013) "Tears Always Win" (2013) "Better You, Better Me" (2013)
Music video
"Tears Always Win" on YouTube

"Tears Always Win" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys for her fifth studio album, Girl on Fire (2012). It was written by Keys, along with Bruno Mars, Jeff Bhasker and Phillip Lawrence, and produced by Keys and Bhasker. It was digitally released on May 7, 2013, as the fifth single from Girl on Fire. Keys debuted the single during a performance on American Idol on May 9, 2013. The song had positive critical reaction. Keys included the song in the setlist for her fifth concert tour, the Set the World on Fire Tour. It is being released as the second Top 40/Mainstream single following the lead single "Girl on Fire". Keys also performed the song on the May 9, 2013 episode of American Idol.^[1]