Diary (Alicia Keys song)

on bass, piano, guitar, organ and Wurlitzer, while Jermaine Paul provides uncredited additional vocals.

[5] Mark Anthony Neal of PopMatters said the "sparse production" of the song "gives Keys ample space to work out her ideas.

[7] The single's music video, directed by Lamont "Liquid" Burrell, Rod Isaacs, Jeff Robinson, and Brian Campbell, contains footage of several live concerts from both 2004's Verizon Ladies First Tour, which Keys took part in, and her own 2005 The Diary Tour.

He claims to have received more than twenty calls a day from Keys' fans in the weeks after the song's release.

[8] This led to a $95 phone bill resulting from charges associated with the *69 last-call return option, which he used to track down each caller.