Un-thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) - wikipedia Un-thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' Single by Alicia Keys from the album The Element of Freedom Released May 28, 2010 Format Digital download Recorded 2009 Genre R&B quiet storm soul downtempo Length 4 : 09 Label Songwriter ( s ) Alicia Cook Aubrey Graham Kerry Brothers, Jr. Noah Shebib Producer ( s ) Noah `` 40 '' Shebib Alicia Keys singles chronology `` Empire State of Mind ( Part II ) Broken Down '' ( 2010 ) `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' ( 2010 ) `` Wait Til You See My Smile '' ( 2010 ) `` Empire State of Mind ( Part II ) Broken Down '' ( 2010 ) `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' ( 2010 ) `` Wait Til You See My Smile '' ( 2010 ) `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' is a song by American singer - songwriter Alicia Keys from her fourth studio album The Element of Freedom ( 2009 ). 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, the longest - running number - one single of 2010, when the single was in its 12th week on top of the chart, Keys has completed a total of 54 weeks at # 1 on the chart. Contents 1 Composition 2 Critical reception 3 Chart performance 4 Remix 5 Music video 6 Track listing 7 Charts 7.1 Weekly charts 7.2 Year - end charts 8 Radio and release information 8.1 Radio adds 8.2 Release date 9 See also 10 References 11 External links Composition Un-thinkable is a sample of artist Goapele song Closer. `` Un-thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' Alicia Keys 's `` Un-thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' from The Element of Freedom Problems playing this file ? See media help. `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' is a down - tempo R&B song written by Alicia Keys, Aubrey Graham, Kerry Brothers, Jr., and Noah `` 40 '' Shebib in the key of B minor. The vocal range spans from D to D with a moderately slow and simple chord progression of Bm, D major and G major. Critical reception Mariel Concepcion from Billboard magazine was positive toward the song noting it as The Element of Freedom 's `` standout track ''. Concepcion said `` the singer / pianist goes from entertaining puppy love to confessing deeper emotions. Keys sings nervously over extended piano strokes. She finally builds up the courage to share a serious desire with her lover... atop a building, thumping beat. For an artist who has built her career on songs about love, lust and heartache, Keys has never sounded quite as vulnerable and exposed as she does here. '' Ashante Infantry from Toronto Star also picked the song as the album 's top track saying `` Keys is as sexy as she 's ever been on the sultry ' Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) ' ''. Allison Stewart from The Washington Post neither praised nor criticised the song but simple said that Drake 's appearance was pointless. `` ( It fulfills ) some sort of unspoken requirement that every female R&B album contain an appearance by at least one cool - but - unthreatening hip - hop star. '' Molly Lambert from Pitchfork considered the song as the 64th best song of the year saying : `` Alicia Keys always puts out one perfect song per album. It 's an instant babymaking classic. Skittering beats, trembling synths, deep piano chord progressions, and floating drums. It sounds like it was recorded in a downtempo underwater sex chamber or inside a neon motel sign. It belongs on the Art Laboe Connection forever, with Sade and Minnie Riperton and other sensual heavyweights. It is the eye of the quiet storm ''. Chart performance In the chart week dated May 22, 2010, `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' topped the U.S. Hot R&B / Hip Hop Songs chart, having already been present on the chart for eighteen weeks. It remained at the top of the summit for twelve consecutive weeks this becoming her longest running Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs chart leader, beating her previous best of ten weeks with `` No One '' ( 2007 ). The single was also broke another R&B chart record, this time on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart. On June 3, `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' topped the Adult R&B chart, giving Keys her ninth leader on this chart and extended her lead ahead of Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Brian McKnight and Luther Vandross, all of whom rank in second place with six chart leaders each. The single also reached number twenty - one on the Billboard Hot 100. To date the song 's success on both the Hot 100 and R&B charts make `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' the most successful single from The Element of Freedom. At the end of 2010, following its twelve - week run leading the Hot R&B / Hip - Hop chart, `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' was named the number - one R&B / Hip - Hop song of the year on the end of year charts. Remix The official remix of the song features a verse by Canadian rapper Drake was released on iTunes on May 28, 2010. Lloyd Banks released his own remix to the song. Joe Budden would follow up and release his own remix to it as well. Music video Keys filmed the music video in Los Angeles with director Jake Nava. Although Drake appears on background vocals, Keys has stated that he does not appear in the video because she said `` that would be too obvious ''. The video tackles issues of interracial dating and as Keys told Rap Up magazine, `` The promo clip will highlight the past and present stigmas surrounding the subject. '' Additionally Chad Michael Murray, best known for playing Lucas Scott in One Tree Hill, plays Keys ' love interest. One of the scenes depicts a blood - stained Murray fighting a group of men. The video made its world premiere on May 12, 2010 on Vevo and on BET 's 106 & Park. The video features Keys in different decades, from the 1950s to the present. The video was awarded Outstanding Music Video at the 42nd NAACP Awards. Track listing Digital download ( remix ) `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' ( remix ) featuring Drake -- 4 : 42 UK / Ireland Digital single `` Wait Til You See My Smile '' -- 3 : 12 `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' ( remix ) featuring Drake -- 4 : 42 Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 2010 - 11 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 21 US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs Year - end charts Chart ( 2010 ) Position US Billboard Hot 100 78 US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs Radio and release information Radio adds Region Date Type United States March 15, 2010 Urban mainstream March 30, 2010 Urban AC April 13, 2010 Rhythmic Release date Region Date Format ( version ) Label Belgium May 28, 2010 Digital download ( remix ) Universal Music Netherlands United States J Records Finland May 31, 2010 Universal Music France Norway Sweden Canada June 1, 2010 Italy June 4, 2010 Switzerland Ireland June 11, 2010 Germany September 14, 2010 Ireland November 19, 2010 Digital single United Kingdom September 12, 2010 RCA Records See also List of R&B number - one singles of 2010 ( U.S. ) References ^ Jump up to : `` Alicia Keys Puts Beyoncé Video on Hold, Readies Drake Single ''. Rap-Up.com. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Alicia Keys - Un-thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) sheet music ''. Musicnotes.com. Alfred Publishing. Missing or empty url = ( help ) ; access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ Concepcion, Mariel ( 2010 - 02 - 12 ). `` Alicia Keys, `` Un-thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' ``. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 2010 - 12 - 27. Jump up ^ `` Album Review : The Element of Freedom ( Alicia Keys ) ''. Toronto Star. 2010 - 12 - 15. Retrieved 2010 - 12 - 27. Jump up ^ Stewart, Allison ( 2009 - 12 - 14 ). `` Album Review : The Element of Freedom ( Alicia Keys ) ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010 - 12 - 27. Jump up ^ Lambert, Molly ( 2010 - 12 - 13 ). `` The Top 100 Tracks of 2010 : The Element of Freedom ( Alicia Keys ) ''. Pitchfork. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 25. Jump up ^ `` R&B / Hip - Hop Songs Chart Date = 2010 - 05 - 22 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 2010 - 05 - 22. Retrieved 2010 - 12 - 26. Jump up ^ Trust, Gary ( 2010 - 12 - 21 ). `` Chart Beat : Best Of 2010 : Part 3 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 2010 - 12 - 26. Jump up ^ Trust, Gary ( 2010 - 06 - 03 ). `` Chart Beat Thursday : Lee & Crystal Rock On ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 2010 - 12 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Allmusic : Alicia Keys Discography ''. Allmusic. Macrovision ( Rovicorp ). 2010. Retrieved 2010 - 12 - 26. ^ Jump up to : `` Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` Un-thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) ( Remix ) ( feat. Drake ) - Single by Alicia Keys - Download Un-thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) ( Remix ) ( feat. Drake ) - Single on iTunes ''. Itunes.apple.com. 2010 - 05 - 28. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 24. Jump up ^ Copsey, Robert ( 2010 - 05 - 07 ). `` Alicia Keys discusses new video details ''. Digital Spy. Retrieved 2010 - 05 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Behind the Video : Alicia Keys -- ' Un-thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) ' ''. 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External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Alicia Keys songs Discography Songs in A Minor `` Fallin ' '' `` A Woman 's Worth '' `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' `` Girlfriend '' The Diary of Alicia Keys `` You Do n't Know My Name '' `` If I Ai n't Got You '' `` Diary '' `` Karma '' `` If I Was Your Woman / Walk on By '' Unplugged `` Unbreakable '' `` Every Little Bit Hurts '' `` Wild Horses '' `` Love It or Leave It Alone / Welcome To Jamrock '' As I Am `` No One '' `` Like You 'll Never See Me Again '' `` Teenage Love Affair '' `` Superwoman '' The Element of Freedom `` Does n't Mean Anything '' `` Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart '' `` Empire State of Mind ( Part II ) Broken Down '' `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' `` Put It in a Love Song '' `` Wait Til You See My Smile '' `` We 're Almost There '' Girl on Fire `` Not Even the King '' `` Girl on Fire '' `` Brand New Me '' `` New Day '' `` Fire We Make '' `` Tears Always Win '' Here `` In Common '' `` Blended Family ( What You Do for Love ) '' As featured artist `` All of the Lights '' `` Brotha Part II '' `` Empire State of Mind '' `` Fireworks '' `` Gangsta Lovin ' '' `` Ghetto Story Chapter 2 '' `` I Will Pray ( Pregherò ) '' `` International Party '' `` Looking for Paradise '' `` New Day '' `` Say It 's So '' `` What 's Going On '' Other songs `` 28 Thousand Days '' `` America The Beautiful '' `` Another Way to Die '' `` Back to Life '' `` Die Without You '' `` Do n't Give Up ( Africa ) '' `` If This World Were Mine '' `` It 's On Again '' `` Little Drummer Girl '' `` My Boo '' `` People Get Ready '' `` Rapture '' `` Someday We 'll All Be Free '' `` Speechless '' `` We Are Here '' `` We Gotta Pray '' Book Drake songs Discography Comeback Season `` Replacement Girl '' So Far Gone `` Successful '' `` Best I Ever Had '' `` I 'm Goin ' In '' We Are Young Money `` Every Girl '' `` BedRock '' Thank Me Later `` Fireworks '' `` Over '' `` Up All Night '' `` Fancy '' `` Miss Me '' `` Find Your Love '' `` 9AM in Dallas '' Take Care `` Over My Dead Body '' `` Headlines '' `` Crew Love '' `` Take Care '' `` Marvins Room '' `` We 'll Be Fine '' `` Make Me Proud '' `` Lord Knows '' `` HYFR ( Hell Ya Fucking Right ) '' `` The Motto '' Nothing Was the Same `` Tuscan Leather '' `` Furthest Thing '' `` Started from the Bottom '' `` Wu - Tang Forever '' `` Worst Behavior '' `` From Time '' `` Hold On, We 're Going Home '' `` The Language '' `` Too Much '' `` Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2 '' `` All Me '' If You 're Reading This It 's Too Late `` Energy '' `` Preach '' What a Time to Be Alive `` Jumpman '' Views `` Controlla '' `` One Dance '' `` Pop Style '' `` Too Good '' `` Hotline Bling '' More Life `` Free Smoke '' `` No Long Talk '' `` Passionfruit '' `` Get It Together '' `` Madiba Riddim '' `` Blem '' `` Gyalchester '' `` Portland '' `` Sacrifices '' `` Teenage Fever '' `` KMT '' `` Glow '' `` Since Way Back '' `` Fake Love '' `` Ice Melts '' Scary Hours `` God 's Plan '' `` Diplomatic Immunity '' Other singles `` Forever '' `` 0 to 100 / The Catch Up '' `` Charged Up '' `` Back to Back '' `` Right Hand '' `` Summer Sixteen '' `` Sneakin ' '' `` Two Birds, One Stone '' `` No Frauds '' `` Signs '' `` Nice for What '' As featured artist `` 4 My Town ( Play Ball ) '' `` Digital Girl ( Remix ) '' `` Fed Up '' `` I Invented Sex '' `` Money to Blow '' `` Say Something '' `` The One '' `` Throw It in the Bag ( Remix ) '' `` Aston Martin Music '' `` Deuces ( Remix ) '' `` Fall for Your Type '' `` Gonorrhea '' `` In the Morning '' `` Loving You No More '' `` Moment 4 Life '' `` Right Above It '' `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) ( Remix ) '' `` Wavin ' Flag ( Haiti Mix ) '' `` What 's My Name ? '' `` What Up '' `` Feel Love '' `` I 'm on One '' `` It 's Good '' `` Mr. Wrong '' `` Round of Applause '' `` She Will '' `` Still Got It '' `` Unusual '' `` The Zone '' `` Amen '' `` Champion '' `` Diced Pineapples '' `` Enough Said '' `` Fuckin ' Problems '' `` No Lie '' `` Pop That '' `` Stay Schemin ' '' `` We in This Bitch 1.5 '' `` Cabaret '' `` I Do It '' `` Know Bout Me '' `` Live For '' `` Love Me '' `` Mine '' `` No Guns Allowed '' `` No New Friends '' `` Poetic Justice '' `` Right Here '' `` Believe Me '' `` Odio '' `` Only '' `` Recognize '' `` Trophies '' `` Tuesday '' `` Who Do You Love ? '' `` 100 '' `` Blessings '' `` R.I.C.O. '' `` Truffle Butter '' `` Where Ya At '' `` Back on Road '' `` Big Amount '' `` Come and See Me '' `` For Free '' `` No Shopping '' `` Used to This '' `` Why You Always Hatin ? '' `` Work '' `` Both '' `` Come Closer '' `` No Complaints '' `` To the Max '' `` Walk It Talk It '' `` Look Alive '' `` Lemon ( Remix ) '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Un-Thinkable_(I%27m_Ready)&oldid=831939621 '' Categories : 2010 singles Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles Alicia Keys songs Drake ( musician ) songs Song recordings produced by Noah `` 40 '' Shebib Music videos directed by Jake Nava Songs written by Alicia Keys Songs written by Drake ( musician ) Rhythm and blues songs American hip hop songs Songs written by Kerry Brothers Jr. Songs written by 40 ( record producer ) 2009 songs J Records singles Quiet storm songs Hidden categories : Pages using web citations with no URL Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Views Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Français Italiano Nederlands Português Suomi 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 22 March 2018, at 22 : 51. 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Question: who wrote the song unthinkable for alicia keys
Answer: Alicia Cook