--- --- # You Have to Hear Alicia Keys' Masterful Impression of Adele Singing the Alphabet Song by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 1, 2017 3:54 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 1, 2017 3:54 PM UTC When Alicia Keys plays at musical impressions, she plays to win. Keys stopped by _The Tonight Show_ on Tuesday and Jimmy Fallon challenged her to a round of his infamous [Wheel of Musical Impressions](http://time.com/4036129/ariana-grande-musical-impressions/?iid=sr-link1). The game pairs an artist like with a song like _The Lion King’_s “Hakuna Matata” with Mick Jagger ([Jamie Foxx got that](http://time.com/3890472/jimmy-fallon-jamie-foxx-musical-impressions/?iid=sr-link3) unique combo) and then asks the guest to do their best impression. Keys proved she had a strong game from the start when she turned “Miss Mary Mack” into Gwen Stefani’s next big hit (“I ain’t no Mary Mack, girl” is definitely the follow-up hit to Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl”). Jimmy Fallon stumbled while trying to sing the State Farm jingle like the Pointer Sisters. Keys blew the competition out of the water though when she was asked to sing “The Alphabet Song” like [Adele](http://time.com/4155801/adele-story/?iid=sr-link1). Who knew [Adele](http://time.com/4668650/grammys-2017-adele-beyonce-award/?iid=sr-link5http://time.com/4668650/grammys-2017-adele-beyonce-award/?iid=sr-link5)’s “Hello” was the perfect tune for the ABCs? Alicia Keys Adele Impression, Musical Impressions VIDEO ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4687018/alicia-keys-adele-impression/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4687018/alicia-keys-adele-impression/"},"headline":"You Have to Hear Alicia Keys' Masterful Impression of Adele Singing the Alphabet Song","datePublished":"2017-03-01T15:54:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:31.655Z","description":"Goddess","url":"https://time.com/4687018/alicia-keys-adele-impression/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Music","Late Night","jimmy fallon","The Tonight Show","Alicia Keys","Late Night Television","Adele"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4687018/alicia-keys-adele-impression/","name":"You Have to Hear Alicia Keys' Masterful Impression of Adele Singing the Alphabet Song"}}]}] ```