How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? - Alicia Keys Version

Alicia Keys Version

"How Come You Don't Call Me"
Single by Alicia Keys
from the album Songs in A Minor
Released June 4, 2002
Format Digital download, CD single, 12" maxi single
Recorded 1998; KrucialKeys Studios
Genre R&B, soul
Length 3:57
3:31
Label J
Writer(s) Prince
Producer Alicia Keys, Kerry "Krucial" Brothers
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"A Woman's Worth"
(2001)		 "How Come You Don't Call Me"
(2002)		 "Gangsta Lovin'"
(2002)

Keys recorded a cover of the song—retitled "How Come You Don't Call Me"—for her debut album, Songs in A Minor (2001). It was released as the album's third and final U.S. single and became a moderate chart success, reaching the top thirty in Australia, the United Kingdom, and on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

An official remix of the song, produced by The Neptunes, was included on the Remixed & Unplugged in A minor reissue, released in 2002. It features vocals from Justin Timberlake towards the end of the track.

Keys' cover of "How Come You Don't Call Me" was inspired by a long-term relationship with a partner.

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