What You Know (Two Door Cinema Club song)

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"What You Know"
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Single by Two Door Cinema Club
from the album Tourist History
Released4 February 2011 (2011-02-04)
Recorded2009
Genre
Length3:09
Label Kitsuné
Songwriter(s)
  • Alex Trimble
  • Kevin Baird
  • Sam Halliday
Producer(s) Eliot James
Two Door Cinema Club singles chronology
"Come Back Home"
(2010)
"What You Know"
(2011)
"Sleep Alone"
(2012)

"What You Know" is a song by Northern Irish band Two Door Cinema Club from their debut studio album, Tourist History (2010). It was released on 7 February 2011 as the album's fifth and final single. The song was written by Alex Trimble, Kevin Baird, and Sam Halliday and was produced by Eliot James. The song peaked at number 64 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Music video

The music video for "What You Know" premiered on 11 January 2011. [1] The video was directed by Lope Serrano of the Barcelona-based creative collective and directors known as Canada and features female Spanish dancers. [2] The dancers' names are: Patricia Suárez, Laia Santanach, Naya Monzón, Alicia Atienza, Adriana Barrabés, Marina Cardona. [3]

The video contains clear references to Blur's Country House .

This song is featured on Telkomsel Loop TV commercials in Indonesia starting in July 2014, [4] followed by Indomie instant noodles to promote two new flavors from new Kuliner Indonesia range, Dendeng Balado and Soto Lamongan, in September that year. [5] In Chile, the song was used in weather news Chilean television show El Tiempo en Meganoticias .

The song is used in the credits of the French version of the show presenting EuroMillions results from 2011 to 2016. [6]

Track listing

  1. "What You Know" – 3:09

Credits and personnel

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Hitseekers) [7] 13
Scotland (OCC) [8] 56
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 64
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] 22
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 40
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [12] 87
UK Indie (OCC) [13] 5

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [14] 3× Platinum1,800,000
United States (RIAA) [15] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom7 February 2011Digital download Kitsuné

References

  1. TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB | WHAT YOU KNOW, YouTube
  2. Mary Chang (14 January 2011). "Video of the Moment #384: Two Door Cinema Club". There Goes the Fear. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  3. "Marc Gómez del Moral" . Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  4. LOOP Ini Kita - YouTube
  5. Indomie Kuliner Indonesia: Dendeng Balado & Soto Lamongan - YouTube
  6. Évolution des génériques de EuroMillions
  7. "ARIA Report: Issue 1096" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  8. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  9. "Two Door Cinema Club: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  10. "Two Door Cinema Club Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  11. "Two Door Cinema Club Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  12. "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association . Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  13. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  14. "British single certifications – Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  15. "American single certifications – Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 9 October 2024.