Swizz Beatz produced a remix of "Teenage Love Affair" featuring LL Cool J, using a sample from Slick Rick's 1988 song "Teenage Love" on it.
According to Keys' official website and official fan club, the music video for "Teenage Love Affair," directed by Chris Robinson (with whom she had previously worked with on 2001's "Fallin'" and 2003's "You Don't Know My Name," among others), was filmed at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Derek Luke plays Keys' love interest, and Anthony Hamilton, Jackie Long, Albert Daniels, Tristan Wilds, and Tanisha Scott make cameo appearances in the video as well. The video is based on Spike Lee's 1988 film School Daze, starring Laurence Fishburne, Tisha Campbell-Martin, and Kyme, among others. The video premiered across the U.S. on April 23, 2008 on MTV's TRL. That same day, Keys also appeared on BET's 106 & Park to premiere the video.
Teenage Love Affair
Alicia Keys Lyrics
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Baby, dial your number
Can you pick up the phone?
'Cause I wanna holla
Daydreaming about you all day in school, can't concentrate
Wanna have your voice in my ear
'Til mama comes and says it's too late
'Cause the lights are on outside (outside)
Wish there was somewhere to hide (to hide)
I just don't want to say goodbye
'Cause you are my baby, baby
Nothing really matters
I don't really care
What nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair
Another secret meeting
On the fifth floor stair case
I'm gonna give you this letter
Of all the things I can't say
Want you to be my first, my last, my ending and beginning, yeah
I wrote your name in my book
Your last name, my first
I'm your Mrs
'Cause the lights are on outside (outside)
Wish there was somewhere to hide (to hide)
I just don't want to say goodbye
'Cause you are my baby, baby
I don't really care
What nobody tell me (uh-ah)
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance (uh-ah)
My first teenage love affair
Hey boy (what's up)
You know I really like being with you?
Just hanging out with you is fun
So, so maybe we can go to first base
Because I feel you (yeah)
Second base (yeah)
Want you to feel me too
Third base
Better pump the breaks
Well baby, slow down
I gotta go home now
'Cause the lights are on outside (outside)
Wish there was somewhere to hide (to hide)
'Cause I just don't want to say goodbye
'Cause you are my baby, baby
Nothing really matters
I don't really care
What nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair
My baby, baby
Nothing really matters
I don't really care
What nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair
Alicia Keys's song "Teenage Love Affair" is about the intense feelings that come with the first love experience in adolescence. The lyrics speak of the longing to be close to the loved one, to hear their voice, and to be with them physically. Alicia sings about the fantasies one experiences about their crush, being unable to concentrate on anything else because they are so preoccupied with thoughts of their loved one, even daydreaming in school. The song expresses the yearning to be with the loved one, waiting for them to call, and wanting to spend every moment together.
The song also touches on the secrecy surrounding teenage love, as the couple meets in hiding on the fifth floor stairs, passing notes, and keeping their relationship hidden from the rest of the world. The chorus is a declaration that nothing else matters but the love they share, and the extreme importance of the first teenage love affair.
Line by Line Meaning
Uh, can't wait to get home
Excited to get home to call and speak with significant other
Baby, dial your number
Asking significant other to pick up phone
Can you pick up the phone?
Requesting significant other to answer phone call
'Cause I wanna holla
Desiring to speak to significant other
Daydreaming about you all day in school, can't concentrate
Thinking constantly about significant other
Wanna have your voice in my ear
Longing to hear significant other's voice
'Til mama comes and says it's too late
Continuing conversation until parent interrupts
'Cause the lights are on outside (outside)
Awareness of surroundings while talking on the phone
Wish there was somewhere to hide (to hide)
Desire to conceal state of being on phone call
I just don't want to say goodbye
Not wanting to end conversation with significant other
'Cause you are my baby, baby
Significant other is beloved and husbanded
Nothing really matters
Overriding focus on significant other
I don't really care
Lack of concern for outside opinions
What nobody tell me
Ignoring what others say or think
I'm gonna be here
Determined to stay committed to significant other
It's a matter of extreme importance
Significance of first teenage love affair
My first teenage love affair
Description of current romantic relationship being first at this age
Another secret meeting
Meeting with significant other in secret
On the fifth floor stair case
Place of secret meeting
I'm gonna give you this letter
Handing significant other a written confession
Of all the things I can't say
Writing down thoughts and feelings due to difficulty verbalizing them
Want you to be my first, my last, my ending and beginning, yeah
Uttering desire for significant other to be only and forever partner
I wrote your name in my book
Expressing love for significant other in written form
Your last name, my first
Fantasizing about future union with significant other
I'm your Mrs
Accepting role as significant other's future partner
Hey boy (what's up)
Addressing significant other playfully
You know I really like being with you?
Expressing fondness for significant other's company
Just hanging out with you is fun
Not needing extravagant outings to enjoy time with significant other
So, so maybe we can go to first base
Proposing advancement in physical relationship
Because I feel you (yeah)
Feeling significant connection with significant other
Second base (yeah)
Suggesting further progression in physical intimacy
Want you to feel me too
Desiring reciprocal feelings from significant other
Third base
Expressing readiness for intimacy
Better pump the breaks
Realizing the need for caution and restraint
Well baby, slow down
Encouraging restrained behavior
I gotta go home now
Signifying end of current interaction
My baby, baby
Endearing pet name for significant other
Lyrics ยฉ Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Carl Mitchell Hampton, Jo Bridges, Tom Nixon, Alicia Keys, Matt Kahane, Harold Spencer Jr. Lilly
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@suavesweett
I'm crying ๐ญ why can't music be this good again ! I have all these memories flooding back ๐ฐ
@RaNdOmPlAyS
Lisa #1 Fan Change is this worlds rule
@captainamerica6545
Because it was always like this. Music changes.
@themachanel8128
me too I was in love with the song and the video
@lazariacole6627
IN YOUR AREA BLINK. Lmao why when she said "Hey boy" I instantly thought of Blackpink whistle ๐๐๐
@shelleydelong4156
IN YOUR AREA BLINK I feel ya
@samlewis7878
Are you kidding? This girl is forever beautiful. People will be watching this for a hundred years.
@capomarlin11
When your a 35 year old Male and you cry because you still holding it down with your teenage love affair... happy 18 years baby โคโคโค
@mahlatsecandy351
May the good Lord bless y'all with many more years...
@seppphy
Itโs been 20 years nowโค๏ธ