If I Ain't Got You is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her 2003 album The Diary of Alicia Keys. The song lyrics Crown the idea that love and companionship matter more than fortune, fame, or material gifts, with the refrain that everything means nothing if I ain't got you. The track runs 3:48 and was released under RCA/JIVE. It has become one of Keys' signature songs and has accumulated over 1.4 billion plays on Spotify. The music is piano-driven and rooted in the R&B / Soul genre, and it has been performed in formats such as VH1 Storytellers.
