(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano

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"(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano"
Single by Sampha
from the album Process
Released12 January 2017
Recorded2017
Length3:38
Label Young Turks
Songwriter Sampha Sisay [1]
Producers
Sampha singles chronology
"Don't Touch My Hair (w/ Solange)"
(2016)		"(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano"
(2017)		"Close But Not Quite (w/ Everything Is Recorded)"
(2017)

"(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano" is a song by British musician Sampha. The single was released on 12 January 2017.

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Reception

The song is an ode to his mother and to the piano that Sampha grew up with in his family home in South London. The singer revealed in a June 2016 Fader interview that he wrote this track after moving back in with his mother in late 2014 when she was diagnosed with cancer for the second time. She passed away a few months later. [2] [3] The track has been met with positive reviews by music critics such as Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, noting that it works well with the rest of the album, and many reviewers noting it as a "highlight" of the album. [1] [4]

Music video

The music video for "(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano" was released on 31 January 2017 in standard format and in virtual reality. [5] It was directed by Jamie-James Medina and stars Sampha and model/actress Adwoa Aboah. [6]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano"3:38

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [7] 183
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 92
UK Indie (OCC) [9] 7

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [10] Gold40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [11] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 Mapes, Jill (11 January 2017). "Sampha "(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano" Track Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork . Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Mench, Chris (11 January 2017). "Sampha Reflects On Childhood With His New Song "(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano"". Genius . Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Saxelby, Ruth (28 June 2016). "Sampha's Search For Magic". The Fader . Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Reed, Ryan (11 January 2017). "Hear Sampha's Reflective Ballad '(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Slingerland, Calum (31 January 2017). "Sampha "(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano" (video)". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Young Turks (31 January 2017). "Sampha - '(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano' video" . Retrieved 27 December 2025– via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 6, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Sampha – (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano". Music Canada . Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "British single certifications – Sampha – (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 27 December 2025.
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