While never quite reaching the euphoric, single-of-the-millennium-contender, ''"Hey look, it'''s the apocalypse! Let'''s make out''" heights of its predecessor, Alicia Keys''' ''"Like You'''ll Never See Me Again''" is a pretty worthy record in its own right. At the very least, it'''s the strongest follow-up single of her career (easily out-pacing ''"A Woman'''s Worth''" and ''"If I Ain'''t Got You''"). And yet it'''s also undeniably the warmest-sounding slow jam she'''s ever done '' a little more burner than ballad, if you know what we mean.
As for the clip: Good company the whole way through, with Common co-starring as Alicia'''s ill-fated boyfriend and the words ''"I don'''t wanna forget / the present is a gift''" co-starring as the dumbest lyric of all-time.