Diary (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Diary


Artist = Alicia Keys featuring Tony! Toni! Toné!
Album = The Diary of Alicia Keys
B-side =
Released = June 2004
Format = Promo CD single, 12" promo single, digital download
Recorded = Kampo Studios
(New York City, New York)
Genre = Soul, R&B
Length = 4:44 (Album Version)
4:28 (Radio Edit)
Label = J
Writer = Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr.
Producer = Alicia Keys
Certification =
Chronology = Alicia Keys singles
Last single = "If I Ain't Got You"
(2004)
This single = "Diary"
(2004)
Next single = "My Boo"
(2004)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = The Diary of Alicia Keys
Type = studio
prev_track = "If I Ain't Got You"
prev_no = 6
this_track = "Diary"
track_no = 7
next_track = "Dragon Days"
next_no = 8 Extra track listing
altAlbum = Unplugged
Type = live
Length = 5:53
Label = J
prev_track = "Wild Horses"
prev_no = 11
this_track = "Diary"
track_no = 12
next_track = "You Don't Know My Name"
next_no = 13

"Diary" is a soul–R&B song written by American musicians Alicia Keys and Kerry Brothers, Jr. for Keys' second studio album, "The Diary of Alicia Keys" (2003). Released as the album's third single in June 2004, the song features Tony! Toni! Toné! and was nominated for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 2005 Grammy Awards.

At one time, "Diary" had been released as a double A-side with "If I Ain't Got You". [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=433721&aid=916196 |title=Alicia Keys – If I Ain't Got You/Diary |accessdate=2007-06-03 |work=Billboard] The song's Hani remixes gave Keys her first—and so far only—chart-topper on the Hot Dance Club Play in late 2004. It also peaked successfully at number eight on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

The phone number

The song's lyrics included a phone number, 489-4608, which was Keys' former telephone number minus the area code when she lived in New York City, according to Keys' publicist, Lois Najarian. Callers who used the correct area code (347) would have received a voicemail from Keys herself. However, many fans tried calling that number with different codes, and one of them turned out to be the number of a Statesboro, Georgia man named J.D. Turner. He claims he received over twenty calls a day from Keys' fans totalling up to $95.00 until this story hit the media. Turner still has not changed his number. [cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/diary.asp |title=Urban Legends Reference Pages: Alicia Keys Diary |accessdate=2007-10-22 |work=Snopes]

Track listings and formats

;U.S. promo CD single
#"Diary" (Radio Edit) – 4:28
#"Diary" (Instrumental) – 4:45
#"Diary" (Call Out Hook) – 0:10
#"Diary" (Radio Edit) (MP3 format) – 4:28

;U.S. 12" promo single
#"Diary" (Radio Edit)
#"Diary" (Instrumental)
#"Diary" (Album Version)
#"Diary" (Acappella)
#"Diary" (Hani Extended Club Mix)
#"Diary" (Hani Mixshow)
#"Diary" (Hani Dub)

Personnel

Musicians

*Alicia Keys – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano
*Dwayne "D. Wigg" Wiggins – guitar
*John "Jubu" Smith – guitar
*Elijah Baker – bass
*Tim Christian Riley – piano
*Carl "Rev" Wheeler – Wurlitzer, organ
*Stockley Carmichael – backing vocals
*Jermaine Paul – backing vocals

Production

*Alicia Keys – producer
*Kerry "Krucial" Brothers – digital programming
*Tony Black – engineer
*Ann Mincieli – engineer
*Manny Marroquin – mixing

Charts

References

succession box
before = "Everyman... Everywoman..." by Ono
title = U.S. "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
years = November 20, 2004
after = "Sand in My Shoes" by Dido