Karma (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Karma


Artist = Alicia Keys
Album = The Diary of Alicia Keys
Released = November 16, 2004
Format = CD single, 12" maxi single, digital download
Recorded = KrucialKeys Studios
(New York City, New York)
Quad Recording Studios
(New York City, New York)
Genre = R&B, hip hop soul, classical
Length = 4:16 (Album Version)
3:38 (Radio Edit)
Label = J
Writer = Kerry Brothers, Jr., Taneisha Smith, Alicia Keys
Producer = Kerry "Krucial" Brothers
Certification = Gold (RIAA)
Last single = "My Boo"
(2004)
This single = "Karma"
(2004)
Next single = "Unbreakable"
(2005)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = The Diary of Alicia Keys
Type = studio
prev_track = "Harlem's Nocturne"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Karma"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Heartburn"
next_no = 3 Extra track listing
altAlbum = Unplugged
Type = live
Length = 2:10
Label = J
prev_track = "Intro Alicia's Prayer" (Acappella)
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Karma"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Heartburn"
next_no = 3

"Karma" is an R&B–hip hop soul–classical song written by Kerry Brothers, Jr., Taneisha Smith, and American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys for Keys' second studio album, "The Diary of Alicia Keys" (2003). Released as the album's fourth and final single in October 2004 (see 2004 in music), it peaked at number twenty on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 and number seventeen on the "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart—the album's only single not to top a "Billboard" chart. A mashup of the song with Stevie Wonder's 1972 hit "Superstition" entitled "Karmastition", produced by Go Home Productions, exists.

Music video

The music video for "Karma", directed by Chris Robinson and Keys herself, had parts shot in New York City and at Casa de Campo resort's Altos de Chavón amphitheatre, in La Romana, Dominican Republic. At the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, it earned Keys her second consecutive award for Best R&B Video.

Personnel

Musicians

*Alicia Keys – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano
*David Watson – horn
*Joe Romano – horn
*Kerry "Krucial" Brothers – all other instruments

Production

*Kerry "Krucial" Brothers – producer, digital programming, engineer
*Manny Marroquin – mixing

Charts

References