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| Single by Alicia Keys | ||||
| from the album Unplugged | ||||
| Released | September 6, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | July 4, 2005 | |||
| Studio | Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York, New York) | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
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| Label | J | |||
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| "Unbreakable" on YouTube | ||||
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| "Unbreakable (Live)" on YouTube | ||||
"Unbreakable" is a song by American R&B-soul singer Alicia Keys, released by J Records on September 6, 2005 as the lead single 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. Due to its inclusion on a live album, album producer Alex Coletti is credited with the song's production, although the beat composition was helmed by West.
Lyrically, the song finds Keys comparing herself and her suitor to various celebrity couples, namely 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 Russell Simmons, and Joe and Katherine Jackson, as well as The Jackson 5. Written in 2003, it was to be included on The Diary of Alicia Keys, but was omitted in favor of "Diary", and nearly missed the album of which it was included. She said, "The song was always one of my favorites, but I did not think it would fit well into my second album".
"Unbreakable" peaked at number 34 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming Keys' first single to miss the top 20 since 2002's "How Come You Don't Call Me". However, it found success on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where it peaked at number four. The song received nominations for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song at the 48th Grammy Awards, but lost both to "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey. It also won two NAACP Image Award, for Outstanding Song and Outstanding Music Video.