Steve LaBate of Paste described the song as "a well-written soul-pop tune with a killer sitar hook and Keys’ chiming harp-like piano accents that eventually morph into sparse, pretty jazz chords during the verse" and concluded that it's one of the "stronger tracks" on the album. Singing as if her life depended on every note, she makes sure you feel the urgency". Dimitri Ehrlich of Vibe praised Keys' vocal in the song, writing "Her voice is low and full, brimming with emotion. BBC Music reviewer Denise Boyd called it a " to look out for" on the album. Mark Anthony Neal of PopMatters felt that the song was the "funkiest and most hip-hop inflected track" on the album, adding that it "forc Keys to push towards her highest vocal register". David Segal from The Washington Post commented that with the music from "Walk on By", the song is a "successful cross-breeding experiment". "If I Was Your Woman" was generally well received by music critics in their reviews for The Diary of Alicia Keys. "If I Was Your Woman" was included on the set list of Keys' Diary Tour (2005). Keys stated that it was "dangerous" to record the song, and commented "when I do a remake, it's not about wondering how people will criticize it. Another version, entitled "If I Was Your Woman (Original Funky Demo Version)" appears on Songs in A Minor: 10th Anniversary Edition (2011). Keys would later record a full version of the song for her first live album Unplugged (2005) it received a nomination for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance at the 2006 Grammy Awards. sampled on his song "Warning", which was produced by Easy Mo Bee, who co-produced Keys' version. Keys sampled the same loop of Hayes' song the Notorious B.I.G. Later versions Alicia Keys version "If I Was Your Woman / Walk on By"Īlicia Keys recorded a version of "If I Were Your Woman" in which she sampled the Isaac Hayes version of " Walk On By" for her second studio album The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003). It was also successful on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, peaking at number 9. Released in late 1970 from the album of the same title, it spent one week at number 1 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart in January 1971. It was written by Pam Sawyer, Clay McMurray, and Gloria Jones, produced by McMurray and arranged by Paul Riser. " If I Were Your Woman" is a song recorded by American family group Gladys Knight & the Pips. Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology
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