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and Miguel. It was written by Keys, Miguel,

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(credited to his legal name Daystar Peterson), and guitarist-producer Morgan Matthews, while production was handled by Keys and Matthews. The song was released on September 17, 2019 through

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with UMPG as the lead single from Keys' seventh studio album '' Alicia''. It is an R&B ballad involving feelings of desire. A remix version of the song featuring rapper

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was released on November 4, 2019. The song received positive reviews from music critics, who went on to compliment the chemistry between the duo, as well as praising its sultriness and charm. Commercially, the song debuted on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart at number 90, becoming Keys' first single as a lead artist to debut on that chart in seven years; the last one being " Girl on Fire" (2012). It would also become her eleventh chart topper on

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, extended her record as the artist with the most number ones on the chart. A music video directed by Cara Stricker was released on the same day, and it features actors

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, Zoe Saldana and her husband Marco Perego Saldana, alongside Keys and Miguel. As of August 2020, the song has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

Background

After the release of her sixth studio album, ''

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'' (2016), Keys took a time off from music, and served as coach from the American singing competition series ''

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'', where she would remain for three seasons. During 2017, she released a few singles, such as a collaborative track with

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on "Sweet F’n Love" and "That's What's Up", a song that samples

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's "Low Life". Meanwhile, in 2019, she released the acclaimed single Raise a Man", while also embarking on a remix version of the latin successful song "

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". During the week of its release, Keys posted a series of videos teasing a visual from what was going to be the video for the song. On September 16, 2019, a day before the song's release, Keys announced she was going to release "Show Me Love" with its accompanying music video the following day. On November 4, 2019, Keys released a remixed version of the song featuring rapper

Critical reception

Adi Mehta from ''Entertainment Voice'' called it a "Spanish guitar laden track" in which "Keys sings in airy, sinuous stretches", exchanging "thrilling harmonies" with Miguel. Konstantinos Pappis from ''

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'' wrote that the song “comes off as painfully generic” and named it one of the album’s “weakest spots”.

Live performances

Keys performed the track for the first time during her appearance at the

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in Las Vegas on September 21, 2019. She also performed the song at

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on September 28, 2019. In October, Keys performed the song on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' from Tidal X Rock the Vote concert. In November, Keys was joined by Miguel,

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, and

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at the

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for a medley of a Spanish version of the song and "

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. Keys performed the song at a concert to promote the '' Alicia'' album held at

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in London on February 7, 2020. The song is performed as part of The Alicia + Keys World Tour.

Track listings

*Digital download #"Show Me Love" – 3:08 *Digital download #"Show Me Love" (Remix) – 3:59

Credits and personnel

"Show Me Love" credits and personnel. *Songwriters – Alicia Keys, Daystar Peterson, Morgan Matthews, Miguel Pimentel *Producers – Alicia Keys, Morgan Matthews *Recording engineer – Ann Mincieli *Engineer – Chris Galland *Mastering engineer – Dave Kutch *Mixing engineer –

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*Assistant engineers – Jeremie Inhaber, Brendan Morawski, Andrew Keller, Scott Desmarais *Associated performers – Alicia Keys, Miguel *Guitars –

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, Morgan Matthews

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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