Blended Family (What You Do for Love)

"Blended Family (What You Do for Love)"
Single by Alicia Keys featuring ASAP Rocky
from the album Here
Released	October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)
Studio	Oven (New York, NY) [1] Jungle City (New York, NY) [1]
Genre	R&B
Length	3:32
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Alicia Keys Latisha Hyman Dave Kuncio Rakim Mayers Brandon Aly Edie Brickell John Bush John Houser Kenneth Withrow
Producer(s)	Alicia Keys Mark Batson
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"Back to Life" (2016) "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)" (2016) "Us" (2018)
ASAP Rocky singles chronology
"Lovesick" (2016) "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)" (2016) "Raf" (2017)

Digital download ^[16]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blended Family (What You Do For Love)" (featuring ASAP Rocky)	3:32

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2016) Peak position Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 41 France (SNEP) [18] 62 New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ) [19] 9 Japan (Japan Hot 100) ( Billboard ) [20] 52 Scotland (OCC) [21] 79 South Korea International (Gaon) [22] 60 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 85 UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [24] 22 US Adult R&B Songs ( Billboard ) [25] 9

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position US Adult R&B Songs ( Billboard ) [26] 42

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	October 7, 2016	Digital download	RCA	[16]
Italy	October 14, 2016	Contemporary hit radio	Sony	[27]
United States	November 15, 2016	Rhythmic contemporary	RCA	[28]
		Contemporary hit radio		[29]

References

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16. Worldwide digital release of "Blended Family (What You Do For Love)":
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    • "Blended Family (What You Do For Love) - Alicia Keys - Amazon.de". Amazon.de. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
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29. "Top 40 Mainstream Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.