A Woman's Worth
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| "A Woman's Worth" | ||
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| Single by Alicia Keys | ||
| from the album Songs in A Minor | ||
| Released | 2002 | |
| Format | CD single, 12" maxi single | |
| Recorded | Krucial Keys Studios, New York City, New York |
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| Genre | R&B | |
| Length | 5:03 | |
| Label | J | |
| Writer(s) | Alicia Keys, Erika Rose | |
| Producer(s) | Alicia Keys | |
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| Alicia Keys singles chronology | ||
| "Fallin'" (2001) |
"A Woman's Worth" (2002) |
"How Come You Don't Call Me" (2002) |
"A Woman's Worth" is the second single from R&B/soul musician Alicia Keys' debut album Songs in A Minor. It was released to a music video in 2002. "A Woman's Worth" is considered one of Keys' most outstanding and deep-meaning songs.
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[edit] Song information
Plot (According to the music video) - As Keys' boyfriend is coming out of jail, he is filled with frustration because of his lack of finding a job. In the mean time, Alicia sees that he isnt paying much attention to her. She is worried that her boyfriend is putting his job frustration first before his girlfriend, which Alicia explains in the line " You will lose if you choose to refuse to put her first"
The music video starts of when Alicia is walking down a street, singing "Fallin'" while listening it in her headphones. A street kid sees her and joins her saying, " Hey yo shorty, are you going to show me some time or what?" Alicia responds, " What you talking about shorty? What do you know about a woman's worth" The song starts after that, showing Alicia in her apartment, playing the piano and singing.
In the next shot, her boyfreind is frustrated that he could find a job and runs into his friends and they tease him on what he is wearing. He comes home angrily and doesnt see Alicia by the door and passes by her.
The scene then jumps to an old lady walking down the street, struggling with her grocery bags and a young man comes behind her and helps her ( Showing how a man is suppose to be).
Back to Alicia's apartment, both Alicia and her boyfriend are sitting in the couch while Alicia grooms him. In this particular scene, Alicia sings the line, " Ill hold you down when it gets rough" while the real line, as heard in her CD, is " Ill hold you down when sh*t gets rough" replacing the rough word with a simple word.
The next scene shows the street kid from the introduction having dinner with his parents. He sees that his parents are in conflict and they start to argue infornt of the child. The father then slams the food into the ground and leaves, leaving his wife in tears and the child in shock. During this, Alicia is outside an apartment building in a courtyard alone with her piano while singing.
The child then is walking down the street in the ouring rain at night and Alicia sees him while she is talking on a pay phone. She comes out and opens up an umbrella and walks with him.
The video ends while Alicia sings the final chorus of the song.
[edit] Release
"A Woman's Worth' was released in 2002 as Keys' second single. It made Top 10 in the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. In the 2002 Grammy Award Ceremony, Alicia performed both "Fallin'" and "A Woman's Worth", with a different, tango-influenced, edition. Alicia took five Grammy awards that night.
[edit] Awards
A Womans Worth was nominated for MTV Video Music Awards' Best R&B Video and Best Cinematography. It won an award by NAACP Image Awards for 2002 Outstanding Song.
[edit] Music video
The music video of "A Woman's Worth", directed by Chris Robinson was a staple of BET and MTV2 in 2002. Unlike most other contemporary R&B videos, "A Woman's Worth's" video was a low-key clip with no dancing. The video's plot is continued from Keys' first video, "Fallin'". Alicia explain in an interview that she got the idea of writing "A Woman's Worth" from a facial creme commercial she saw repeatedly, saying that at the ending of the commercial, the woman would say " Because I'm worth it" and in Alicia's song, she says repeatedly, "Cuz baby you know, I'm worth it!"
[edit] Credits
- Written by Alicia Keys
- Produced by Alicia Keys
- Lead vocals by Alicia Keys
- Background vocals by Alicia Keys, Cindy Mizelle, Tammy Saunders, and Andricka Hall
- Violin by Miri Ben-Ari
- Drum programming by Kerry "Krucial" Brothers
- All other instruments performed by Alicia Keys
Albums: Songs in A Minor · The Diary of Alicia Keys · Unplugged
Selected singles: "Fallin'" · "A Woman's Worth" · "You Don't Know My Name" · "If I Ain't Got You" · "My Boo" · "Unbreakable" · "Every Little Bit Hurts"
