| Superwoman | |
| Cover: | Alicia Keys - Superwoman.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Alicia Keys |
| Album: | As I Am |
| B-Side: | "Teenage Love Affair" |
| Released: | July 29, 2008 |
| Length: |
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| Label: | J |
| Prev Title: | Teenage Love Affair |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Another Way to Die |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
"Superwoman" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys for her third studio album As I Am (2007). Written by Keys, Linda Perry, and Steve Mostyn, it was released as the fourth and final single from As I Am on July 29, 2008, by J Records.[1]
Critically acclaimed, "Superwoman" earned Keys her second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, at the 2009 ceremony, and was also nominated for Outstanding Music Video and Outstanding Song at the 40th NAACP Image Awards.[2]
Keys stated in an interview with MTV that "Superwoman" is her favorite track of the album, saying: "Every time I sing it, it makes me feel inspired to be however I am that day."[1] "Superwoman" is also the opening song on the WNBA games which features a video of Keys performing the song in one of her concerts along with shot of women playing in the WNBA. The song debuted in the U.S. on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart week of August 14, 2008, at number fifty-five, eventually peaking at number twelve. Keys performed the song with Queen Latifah and Kathleen Battle at the 2008 American Music Awards on November 23.
The music video for "Superwoman" was filmed on June 9–10, 2008 at Quixote Studios and Center Studios in Los Angeles. It was directed by Chris Robinson, who had previously worked on other videos with Keys, like her MTV Video Music Award-winning video "Karma" and her previous single "Teenage Love Affair".
Keys plays many roles of women at their best strength and effort. Throughout the course of the video, she embodies a young mother applying for a university, an African woman, a businesswoman, a Cleopatra-like pharaoh, and an astronaut. Jada Pinkett Smith was also in the video, along with her son Jaden. The music video premiered exclusively on July 15, 2008 on Keys' official website.[1] It was ranked number seventy-one on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008.[3]
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[7] | 57 |
| Japan (Japan Hot 100)[8] | 27 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[9] | 128 |
| Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | July 29, 2008 | J | ||
| August 26, 2008 | Contemporary hit radio | |||
| Australia | September 1, 2008 | CD | Sony BMG | |
| September 15, 2008 | Digital download | [11] | ||
| Germany | September 19, 2008 |