"Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" is a song by American singer-songwriter
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A classically trained pianist, Keys started composing songs when she was 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Colu ...
from her fourth studio album ''
The Element of Freedom
''The Element of Freedom'' is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys, released on December 11, 2009, by J Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during May to September 2009 at the Oven Studios in Long ...
'' (2009), that features uncredited background vocals from Canadian rapper
Drake, although he is credited on the official remix of the song. It was initially scheduled to be the fifth single, but it was released as the fourth single.
It was her first single to reach number one on the
R&B chart in the United States since 2007's "
Like You'll Never See Me Again". "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" spent twelve consecutive weeks atop the ''Billboard''
Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs, becoming the longest-running number-one single of 2010. The song topped the ''Billboard''
Adult R&B Songs, and reached number twenty-one on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
Composition
"Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" is a
down-tempo R&B song written by Alicia Keys,
Aubrey Graham
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,
Kerry Brothers Jr., and
Noah "40" Shebib
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in the key of
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