Put It in a Love Song

## Single by Alicia Keys featuring Beyoncé

"**Put It in a Love Song**" is the single by Alicia Keys featuring Beyoncé. It was released through J Records in 2010, co-written and produced with Swizz Beatz. It serves as the tenth track from Keys' fourth studio album, *The Element of Freedom*. They performed the song live for the first time at the Madison Square Garden, during The Freedom Tour.

## Music video

The music video was directed by Melina Matsoukas and filmed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Keys acknowledge the video was fun to shoot, but "didn't quite capture the energy that I think that we really intended it to," causing it to be put on hold.

## Lyrics

Lyrics
[Intro: Alicia Keys, *Beyoncé*]

Hey yo, B

*What up, A?*

What we want?

*Want them to say*

[Chorus: Alicia Keys]

Say you love me, say you love me

Then put it in a love song (Put it in a love song)

Say you need me, say you need me

Then write it in a letter form (Oh, oh-oh)

Say you want me, say you want me

Then text me on a cell phone (Text me on my cell phone)

Say you love me, say you love me

Then put me in a love song (Oh)

[Verse 1: Alicia Keys]

If you say you want me, yeah

You say you want me

If you do the right thing, we can be together

I'm not easy, yeah, you gotta work for it

I'm the real thing and babe, you gotta please me

All that talk, and boy, you better walk it

All that front and that's not how you do it

If you really need me like you say you need me

Baby, better show me, baby, better come and say

[Chorus: Alicia Keys]

Say you love me, say you love me

Then put it in a love song (Put it in a love song)

Say you need me, say you need me

Then write it in a letter form (Oh, oh-oh)

Say you want me, say you want me

Then text me on a cell phone (Text me on my cell phone)

Say you love me, say you love me

Then put me in a love song (Oh)

[Verse 2: Beyoncé]

What you gonna do when somebody convinces

Me to believe that he can do it better?

Send me gifts and showin' me the romance

All this-this and that, can you do better?

All I'm saying love is what I'm looking for

If you wanna keep me, baby, gotta love me more

If you really want me, like you say you want me

If you really need me, baby, better come and say

[Chorus: Alicia Keys]

Say you love me, say you love me

Then put it in a love song (Put it in a love song)

Say you need me, say you need me

Then write it in a letter form (Oh, oh-oh)

Say you want me, say you want me

Then text me on a cell phone (Text me on my cell phone)

Say you love me, say you love me

Then put me in a love song (Oh)

[Bridge: Alicia Keys, *Beyoncé*]

Gotta work it, baby, work it out

If you want me, baby, work it out

If you need me, baby, work it out

Gotta work it out, gotta work it out

*If you love me, baby, work it out*

*Gotta work it, baby, work it out*

*If you want me, baby, work it out*

*Gotta work it out, gotta work it out (Say)*

[Verse 3: Alicia Keys, *Beyoncé*, **Both**]

If you want my love and all of my time

Part of my plans and part of my mind

All of the things that you wanna do

But make sure your love for me's true to you

Oh, if you show me, baby, believe

So many possibilities

Oh, we can look to infinity

**If you wanna be with me**

**Oh...**

[Chorus: Alicia Keys]

Say you love me, say you love me

Then put it in a love song (Put it in a love song)

Say you need me, say you need me

Then write it in a letter form (Oh, oh-oh)

Say you want me, say you want me

Then text me on a cell phone (Text me on my cell phone)

Say you love me, say you love me

Then put me in a love song

One, two, three

[Outro: Alicia Keys, *Beyoncé*]

Gotta work it, baby, work it out

If you want me, baby, work it out

If you need me, baby, work it out

Gotta work it out, gotta work it out

*If you love me, baby, work it out*

*Gotta work it, baby, work it out*

*If you want me, baby, work it out*

*Gotta work it out, gotta work it out*

Sing!

## References

1. ↑ Camille Augustin (May 13, 2016). "Alicia Keys Explains What Actually Happened to That "Put It in a Love Song" Video". *Vibe*.