You Don't Know Me (Armand Van Helden song)

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"You Don't Know Me"
Armand van Helden - U Dont Know Me cover.jpg
Single by Armand van Helden featuring Duane Harden
from the album 2 Future 4 U
B-side
  • "Alienz"
  • "Rock da Spot"
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1999 (1999-01-25) [1]
Genre
Length
  • 8:10 (original version)
  • 3:59 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Duane Harden
  • Armand van Helden
  • Kossi Gardner
Producer(s) Armand van Helden
Armand van Helden singles chronology
"Ultrafunkula"
(1997)
"You Don't Know Me"
(1999)
"Flowerz"
(1999)
Audio sample
"U Don't Know Me"

"You Don't Know Me" (originally titled "U Don't Know Me") is a song by American record producer Armand van Helden featuring vocals from German-American singer Duane Harden. It was released on January 25, 1999, as the lead single from his third studio album, 2 Future 4 U . The creation of the song came about when Helden created a looping track composed of several music samples and left Harden to write and record the lyrics alone. [4]

Contents

The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in February 1999. "You Don't Know Me" additionally reached the top 10 in France, Greece, and Italy, and topped the Canadian RPM Dance chart.

Content

The strings featured in this song are courtesy of Carrie Lucas's "Dance with You", also used in Phats and Small's "Music for Pushchairs". The drums are sampled from Jaydee's "Plastic Dreams". The full version of the track features a dialogue from the Dial M for Monkey segment of Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory . The episode was "Simion", where the title character (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) provided the spoken intro.

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [49] Gold35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [50] Platinum600,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [51]
"U Don't Know Me"
Silver200,000

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

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