Blended Family (What You Do for Love)

"Blended Family
(What You Do for Love)"
Single by Alicia Keys featuring ASAP Rocky
from the album Here
Released October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:32
Label RCA
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"Back to Life"
(2016)
"Blended Family (What You Do for Love)"
(2016)
ASAP Rocky singles chronology
"Good for You"
(2015)
"Blended Family (What You Do for Love)"
(2016)
"Telephone Calls"
(2016)

"Blended Family (What You Do for Love)" is a song by American recording artist Alicia Keys, featuring vocals from rapper ASAP Rocky. It was written by Keys, Rocky, John Bush, Brandon Aly, Tish Hyman, Dave Kuncio, Kenneth Withrow and Edie Brickell for her sixth studio album Here (2016), while production was helmed by Keys and Mark Batson.[1][2][3][4][5] The song refers to the former marriage of Keys' husband Swizz Beats and musician Mashonda Tifrere. It was released on October 7, 2016 by RCA Records.

The music video, filmed in black-and-white, was released on November 11, 2016, and features both Keys and ASAP Rocky.[6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 41
France (SNEP)[8] 62
New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 9
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[10] 79
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 85
US Adult R&B Songs (Billboard)[12] 19

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Worldwide October 7, 2016 Digital download RCA Records [13][14][15]
United States November 15, 2016 Rhythmic contemporary [16]
Contemporary hit radio [17]

References

  1. Mench, Chris (October 6, 2016). "Hear Alicia Keys and ASAP Rocky's Emotional Family Love Song "Blended Family (What You Do For Love)"". Complex. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  2. Orcutt, KC (October 6, 2016). "Alicia Keys's New Song Will 'Celebrate' Swizz Beatz's Ex-Wife". BET. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  3. Kaufman, Gil (October 7, 2016). "Alicia Keys Releasing 'Here' on Nov. 4; Listen to 'Blended Family' Single with A$AP Rocky". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  4. Blistein, Jon (October 7, 2016). "Hear Alicia Keys' Heartfelt Ode 'Blended Family' With A$AP Rocky". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  5. Pearce. Sheldon (October 7, 2016). "Alicia Keys Announces New Album Here, Shares A$AP Rocky Collab "Blended Family (What You Do For Love)": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  6. Penrose, Natasha (November 11, 2016). "Alicia Keys Celebrates Her 'Blended Family' in New Video". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  7. "Ultratop.be – Alicia Keys feat. A$AP Rocky – Blended Family (What You Do for Love)" (in Dutch). Ultratop Urban. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  8. "Lescharts.com – Alicia Keys feat. A$AP Rocky – Blended Family (What You Do for Love)" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  9. "NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  10. "Archive Chart: 2016-10-14". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  11. "Swisscharts.com – Alicia Keys feat. A$AP Rocky – Blended Family (What You Do for Love)". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  12. "Alicia Keys – Chart history" Billboard Adult R&B Songs for Alicia Keys. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  13. "In Common - Single by Alicia Keys on iTunes". Amazon.com. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  14. "Blended Family (What You Do For Love): Alicia Keys: Amazon.co.uk". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  15. "Blended Family (What You Do For Love) - Alicia Keys - Amazon.de". Amazon.de. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  16. "Top 40 Rhythmic Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  17. "Top 40 Mainstream Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
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