You Don't Know Nothin'

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"You Don't Know Nothin'"
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Single by For Real
from the album It's a Natural Thang
ReleasedAugust 23, 1994
Recorded1994
Genre R&B
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Mervyn Warren & Hallerin Hill
Producer(s) Mervyn Warren
For Real singles chronology
"Easy to Love"
(1994)
"You Don't Know Nothin'"
(1994)
"Like I Do"
(1996)

"You Don't Know Nothin'" is the title of a R&B single by For Real, it was the final single from their debut album It's a Natural Thang . It became the biggest single in the UK from their debut album.

Contents

Tracklisting

You Don't Know Nothin' / Easy To Love

1.) You Don't Know Nothin' (Edit) [3:20]
2.) You Don't Know Nothin' (E-Smoove's Fever CD Edit) [5:29]
3.) Easy To Love (Ballad Version) [4:14]
4.) Easy To Love (In Da Soul Old Skool 12") [4:24]

Chart positions

Chart (1994)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles [1] 80
U.S. Billboard UK Top 75 54
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 88

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