It ended up spending eight straight weeks within the top 10 in the country, the longest stay for any of her songs including the original version, Jay-Z's, " Empire State of Mind" in which she is featured.
It became Keys' eighth top ten hit in the UK and second from The Element of Freedom.
As of Februit has reached a new peak of number four on downloads alone (her highest-charting solo single since "Fallin" reached number three in 2001). On December 20, 2009, due to high downloads of "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down", the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number fifty-two. Greg Kot of Hartford Courant wrote that Keys' version "retains the soaring vocal hook" but the track "loses its swagger" without Jay-Z. Allison Stewart of The Washington Post noted that the track, which is a pop ballad, had replaced "Empire State of Mind" sports team references and ruminations with "even milder and less controversial string of generalities", highlighting Keys' version's lyrics "If I could make it here/I could make it anywhere". "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" was generally well received by contemporary music critics in their reviews for The Element of Freedom. Keys on recording "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" Critical reception I imagined, 'If I was able to sing this whole song, how would I do it?' So I just sat down at my piano and I kind of broke it down and started singing about New York as I see it, and it turned out great. I wanted to do it for my style-more broken down, more on piano, more voice and intimacy-so that's what I did.
I definitely wanted to give my version of it and my vision of how I see New York and how it feels to me. Discussing the record, Keys claimed that it acts as a dichotomy of strength and vulnerability, commenting that "The music is really strong, and the drums are really aggressive, but my voice is vulnerable and delicate". The original takes of Keys' version, entitled "Empire State of Mind Part 2", included both Keys' vocals and a new rap verse from Jay-Z, but the final product did not include Jay-Z. įollowing the release of "Empire State of Mind" in October 2009, Keys stated that she was planning to release a second version of the song featuring only her vocals, as a single the following month. The song also featured on the soundtrack of the film Sex and the City 2 (2010). Keys and "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" are featured on a 2011 HP Beats Commercial. The single was released on February 22, 2010. The success of the song from a high volume of album downloads, led to it being announced as the second single from The Element of Freedom in the UK.
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Produced by Al Shux and Keys, the song gained international airplay and download sales although it was only officially released in the United Kingdom as the second single from The Element of Freedom.īefore its official release, "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" had reached number four on the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone. It is an answer song to the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single " Empire State of Mind" performed by Jay-Z featuring Keys.
" Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" is a song by American musician Alicia Keys from her fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom (2009).
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