'If I Ain't Got You' (Album Version) – 3:54.

The music video, directed by Diane Martel, is set in a wintry New York City and features a cameo by rapper and actor Method Man as Keys' on-screen boyfriend.

By August 2020, the song had reached 4× Platinum certification. In September 2016, Keys appeared on The Voice as a coach, with a contestant singing the song, and it made a new entry into the R&B/Hip Hop singles charts, driving total sales up to 1.5 million units. In late September 2009, the single returned to the chart at number fifty-four. In the United Kingdom, 'If I Ain't Got You' debuted and peaked at number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending April 10, 2004. The single was ultimately placed at number three on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart of 2004. It was also successful on Billboard component charts, reaching number five on the Rhythmic Top 40 and number nine on the Mainstream Top 40. The song topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs on and spent six non-consecutive weeks atop the chart. It spent twenty non-consecutive weeks in the top ten, one of the longest stays of any song that year and outlasting many number one singles. 'If I Ain't Got You' debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty-four on the issue dated March 6, 2004, peaking at number four, four months later, on July 3, 2004. She eventually wrote the song 'Impossible' for Aguilera's album Stripped. In September 2020, Keys revealed that she almost offered the song to Christina Aguilera, as the singer wanted to work with Keys. It just made everything crystal clear to me-what matters, and what doesn't.' It was such a sad time and no one wanted to believe it.

Keys said that the idea of the song was inspired by Aaliyah's death: 'The song idea came together right after Aaliyah passed away.

The song was covered by singer Jordan Feliz in 2016. Ī remix featuring Usher, a Kanye West Radio Mix, and a Spanish-language version featuring Arturo Sandoval appear on the bonus CD of select international pressings of The Diary of Alicia Keys. Keys herself said that it is one of her favorite songs. The song received two nominations at the 2005 Grammy Awards, for Song of the Year and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, winning the latter. Released on February 23, 2004, as the album's second single, 'If I Ain't Got You' peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became Keys' second consecutive R&B chart-topper, remaining atop of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for six weeks. Inspired by the 2001 death of singer Aaliyah, the terrorist September 11 attacks, and other events in the world and in Keys' life, the song is about 'how material things don't feed the soul.' The single cover depicts Keys similarly to the subject of Man Ray's 1924 painting Le Violon d'Ingres.

' If I Ain't Got You' is a song by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys from her second studio album The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003).

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