"You Don't Know" | ||||
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Single by Berlin | ||||
from the album Count Three & Pray | ||||
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Released | December 1986 [1] | |||
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Songwriter(s) | John Crawford | |||
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Berlin singles chronology | ||||
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"You Don't Know" is a song by American band Berlin, released in 1986 as the third single from their fourth studio album, Count Three & Pray . It was written by John Crawford and produced by Andy Richards, Bob Ezrin and Berlin. [2] [3] [4] It reached No. 39 in the UK and No. 16 in Belgium. [5] [6]
"You Don't Know" was recorded in London. [7] Recalling the initial recording of Count Three & Pray, Nunn said in a 2014 interview for Pop Entertainment: "It was so bad with this guy in England that we trashed the whole thing. I think we kept one song, "You Don't Know," that he had done. We started all over with Bob Ezrin." [8]
A music video was filmed to promote the single, which gained breakout rotation on MTV. [9]
Upon its release, Cash Box commented: "A cool, atmospheric treatment shows the musical growth of former synth-pop pioneers. The haunting melody and non-conforming arrangement form a bracing contrast to Terri Nunn's sultry, passionate vocal." [10] Vici MacDonald of Smash Hits described the song as "really quite good" and added: "A screechy guitar and a wailsome woman echo distantly over a foreboding, rolling drumbeat and the whole thing's massive, mysterious and foggy". [11]
7-inch single
7-inch single (UK release)
7-inch single (Japanese release)
12-inch single (UK release)
12-inch single (UK two vinyl gatefold release)
12-inch single (European release)
Berlin
Additional musicians
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Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [12] | 16 |
Ireland (IRMA) [13] | 29 |
UK Singles (OCC) [14] | 39 |