Tears Always Win
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| Single by Alicia Keys | ||||||||||||||||
| from the album Girl on Fire | ||||||||||||||||
| Released | May 7, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download | |||||||||||||||
| Recorded | The Oven Studios (New York City) | |||||||||||||||
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| Length | 3:59 | |||||||||||||||
| Label | RCA | |||||||||||||||
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"Tears Always Win" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys for her fifth studio album, Girl on Fire (2012). It was written by Keys, along with Bruno Mars, Jeff Bhasker and Phillip Lawrence, and produced by Keys and Bhasker. It was digitally released on May 7, 2013, as the fifth single from Girl on Fire. Keys debuted the single during a performance on American Idol on May 9, 2013. The song has been met with general critical acclaim from critics. Keys included the song in the setlist for her fifth concert tour, the Set the World on Fire Tour. It is being released as the second Top 40/Mainstream single following the lead single "Girl on Fire". Keys also performed the song on the May 9, 2013 episode of American Idol.
Girl on Fire is Keys' fifth studio album and a follow-up to The Element of Freedom (2009). It is her first release under RCA Records, after a re-organization at parent company Sony Music Entertainment led to her previous label J Records roster being absorbed into RCA. After 2009, Keys got married to record producer and rapper Swizz Beatz, became a mother, began co-managing her own career, produced and directed both a Broadway Play and short film, in addition to designing a line of trainers for Reebok. Keys revealed the inspiration behind the song during one of her live performances while on tour, stating, "Some things don't always work out the way that you wish that they would, but [...] you have to give it a try, and at the very least, I have a song for that too." It was digitally released on May 7, 2013, through the iTunes Store and serves as the fifth single from Girl on Fire. Keys officially debuted the single during her performance of the song on American Idol on May 9, 2013. The single was supposed to impact Top 40/Mainstream radio in the U.S. on July 1, 2013, however, its release was scrapped at the last minute. This is the third push back of the song to radio, it previously had two impact dates: May 21, 2013 and June 11, 2013.
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