Tamar Counts Down Buzzworthy's Top 5 Songs Of 2009 -- Number 2: Alicia Keys, 'Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart'

We're halfway through the Top 5 Songs Of 2009! A quick review:

#5 Demi Lovato, "Remember December"

#4 Tokio Hotel, "Automatic"

#3 Bat for Lashes, "Daniel"

... And at #2: Alicia Keys, "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart."
Alicia Keys promised that her fourth album, The Element Of Freedom, would eliminate all boundaries "and all the limitations, so that you can feel your freedom and express your freedom" and strike a balance between strength and vulnerability. Nowhere is that equilibrium more obvious than on her second single, "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart." It's four-and-a-half minutes of vulnerability and longing tinged with acceptance and perspective, injected throughout with an almost otherworldly sense of clarity.

"Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" is one of Alicia Keys' most lush love songs since "No One," and every pleading note is coated in passion and power. Absolutely breathtaking and more and more beautiful with every replay, it's an instant classic on every level.

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