Alicia Keys — Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)

A down-tempo R&B slow-burn from Alicia Keys's 2009 album The Element of Freedom is broadly charting today, appearing across 136 country and platform charts. The song carries an early production credit for a then-rising Noah "40" Shebib and uncredited background vocals from a pre-fame Drake, who would later be credited on the official remix — per Wikipedia, the track was written by Keys, Graham, Kerry Brothers Jr., and Shebib in B minor. That lineage has made the cut a touchstone for the moody, atmospheric R&B sound 40 went on to define. Its current presence overlaps with renewed attention on Keys's catalog around the 25th anniversary of her debut, Songs in A Minor, which she recently marked in a duet with Raye, per MusicRadar. The song's slow ascent and patient delivery have kept it durable well past its 2010 single run.