# Alicia Keys song is the same as...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alicia-keys-song-is-the-same-as/789725 "2017-06-24T04:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alicia-keys-song-is-the-same-as/789725/1 "2017-06-24T04:23:38Z")
I could not identify a single Alicia Keys song if my life depended on it, but while channel surfing tonight I caught her singing “[Fallin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urdlvw0SSEc)’” and I can swear I’ve heard that same piano in another song from long ago. I even recall the background singers “Ah-whoop”. Where have I heard this before? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alicia-keys-song-is-the-same-as/789725/2 "2017-06-24T06:17:10Z")
I had the same reaction. I knew it sound familiar and couldn’t place it. Keys is a modern singer that I like. Some of her R&B stuff would have been hits 30 years ago. She’s got some hip hop that I avoid. > **[Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallin%27_(Alicia_Keys_song))** > > "Fallin'" is the debut single of American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys from her debut studio album, Songs in A Minor (2001). Written and produced by Keys, "Fallin'" is generally considered her signature song. It was released as the lead single from Songs in A Minor on April 10, 2001, by J Records. The official remix features rappers Busta Rhymes and Rampage. > "Fallin'" attained global commercial success, reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top 10 in several countries, toppi... > [@](#): > > The song samples the early James Brown hit, “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World.” ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alicia-keys-song-is-the-same-as/789725/3 "2017-06-24T20:07:27Z")
Yeah, now I’m getting the James Brown thing. Thanks for the link. I’m still going to be on the lookout for the song in my head though. I know it’s out there somewhere. (Probably in my own collection.)