People You Know (Selena Gomez song)

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"People You Know"
Song by Selena Gomez
from the album Rare
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2020 (2020-01-10)
Length3:15
Label Interscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jason Evigan
  • Bart Schoudel
  • Billboard
  • Alexandra Hope
Lyric video
"People You Know" on YouTube

"People You Know" is a song by American singer Selena Gomez from her third studio album, Rare (2020), included as the seventh track on the standard version album, and on the deluxe version the twelve track. The track was written by Gomez, Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine, Alexandra Hope, Steph Jones, Lil Aaron and Jason Evigan. The song became viral on the app TikTok.

Contents

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Rare. [1]

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Portugal (AFP) [2] 143

Certifications

Certifications for "People You Know"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [3] Gold35,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [4] Gold20,000
Poland (ZPAV) [5] Gold25,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousJanuary 10, 2020
Interscope [6]

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References

  1. Rare (CD booklet). Selena Gomez. Interscope Records. 2020.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. "Selena Gomez – People You Know". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  3. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2024 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. "Brazilian single certifications – Selena Gomez – People You Know" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil . Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  5. "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved June 13, 2024. Click "TYTUŁ" and enter People You Know in the search box.
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