Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart

"Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart"
Single by Alicia Keys
from the album The Element of Freedom
B-side	"Lover Man"
Released	November 17, 2009 (2009-11-17)
Studio	Oven Studios (New York, New York) Conway Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	R&B downtempo
Length	4:09
Label	J
Songwriter(s)	Jeff Bhasker Alicia Keys Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds
Producer(s)	Jeff Bhasker
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"Looking for Paradise" (2009) "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" (2009) "Put It in a Love Song" (2010)
Music video
"Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" on YouTube

"Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" is a song by American recording artist Alicia Keys. It was released as the second single (third in the UK) from her fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom (2009). The ballad has been hailed by many music critics as the best track from the album. It marks a departure in Keys' artistic production. This single was Keys' third consecutive top 10 hit from The Element of Freedom in the United Kingdom. It was also the 99th most successful song of the year 2010 in the Billboard Hot 100.^[1] A remix of the song features American Rapper, Maino.