This was co-written and co-produced by Alicia Keys' rapper boyfriend Kerry "Krucial" Brothers. Brothers also contributed to Keys two previous albums.
Keys told Billboard magazine that this was one song that wrote itself: "A lot of the songs didn't happen like that. It was one of the last songs I wrote. I needed to say this. It's full force, classical yet vintage, desperate yet triumphant. I want people to feel my soul."
Keys filled in MTV Canada on the song's meaning: "'No One' is really talking about the way that in relationships, so many things are around you all the time to try to distract you. And even though people may talk and say whatever they may want to say, but then no one can get in the way of this."
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