Teenage Love Affair

Infobox Single
Name = Teenage Love Affair


Artist = Alicia Keys
Album = As I Am
Released = March 31, 2008 (U.S. radio)
June 9, 2008 (UK CD and digital download)
Format = Digital download, promo CD single
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Soul, R&B
Length = 3:10 (Album Version)
3:20 (Top 40 Edit)
Label = J
Writer = Alicia Keys, Jack Splash, Matthew Kahane, Harold Lilly, Josephine Bridges, Carl Hampton, Tom Nixon
Producer = Alicia Keys, Jack Splash
Certification =
Last single = "Like You'll Never See Me Again"
(2007)
This single = "Teenage Love Affair"
(2008)
Next single = "Superwoman"
(2008)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = As I Am
Type = studio
prev_track = "The Thing About Love"
prev_no = 8
this_track = "Teenage Love Affair"
track_no = 9
next_track = "I Need You"
next_no = 10

"Teenage Love Affair" is a soul–R&B song written by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, Jack Splash, Matthew Kahane, and Harold Lilly for Keys' third studio album, "As I Am" (2007). Released as the album's third single, it is produced by Keys and Splash and is based around a sample from The Temprees' 1972 song "(Girl) I Love You", written by Josephine Bridges, Carl Hampton, and Tom Nixon. The song ranked number twenty-three on "Rolling Stone"'s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. [cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/6 |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2007 |accessdate=2008-05-11 |date=December 27, 2007 |work=Rolling Stone] It impacted mainstream urban radio on April 21, 2008. Keys performed the song on "Late Show with David Letterman" on April 29, 2008.

Swizz Beatz produced a remix of "Teenage Love Affair" featuring LL Cool J, using a sample from Slick Rick's 1988 song "Teenage Love" on it. [cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1589419/20080616/id_0.jhtml |title=Swizz Beatz Addresses Alicia Keys Rumors, Reveals Michael Jackson Tour Deal |accessdate=2008-06-21 |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |date=June 17, 2008 |work=MTV News]

Music video

According to Keys' official website and official fan club, the music video for "Teenage Love Affair", directed by Chris Robinson (with whom she had previously worked with on 2001's "Fallin'" and 2003's "You Don't Know My Name", among others), was filmed at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Derek Luke plays Keys' love interest, and Anthony Hamilton, Jackie Long, Albert Daniels, Tristan Wilds, and Tanisha Scott make cameo appearances in the video as well. The video is based on Spike Lee's 1988 film "School Daze", starring Laurence Fishburne, Tisha Campbell-Martin, and Kyme, among others. The video premiered across the U.S. on April 23, 2008 on MTV's "TRL". [cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/trl/schedule.jhtml |title=TRL – Schedule |accessdate=2008-04-19 |date=April 23, 2008 |work=MTV] That same day, Keys also appeared on BET's "106 & Park" to premiere the video.

Track listing

;U.S. promo CD single
#"Teenage Love Affair" (Album Version)
#"Teenage Love Affair" (Instrumental)
#"Teenage Love Affair" (Call Out Hook)

Personnel

Musicians

*Alicia Keys – vocals

Production

*Alicia Keys – producer, vocal producer, vocal arrangement
*Jack Splash – producer, arranger, programming
*Ann Mincieli – engineer
*Glenn Pittmann – assistant engineer
*Manny Marroquin – mixing
*Jared Robbins – mix assistant

Charts

References