sentences:  "No One" received critical acclaim upon release.Popjustice viewed the song as "one of [Keys'] best singles to date and possibly one of the eight best ballads of 2007".Chuck Taylor of "Billboard" wrote that the song "shows the soulful chanteuse acting her age, in the best possible way" and that Keys "hold[s] back on the mastery of vocal craft to let cool, crisp production lead", adding that it "heralds her youth, while maintaining Keys' lockdown on penetrating hooks and soul-sopped production with a buoyancy that makes it a blast to sing along with."