You Know Me Better Than That

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"You Know Me Better Than That"
George Strait You Know Me single.png
Single by George Strait
from the album Chill of an Early Fall
B-side "Baby Blue"
ReleasedJune 11, 1991
RecordedSeptember 25, 1990
Genre Country
Length3:01
Label MCA 54127
Songwriter(s) Anna Lisa Graham
Tony Haselden
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"If I Know Me"
(1991)
"You Know Me Better Than That"
(1991)
"The Chill of an Early Fall"
(1991)

"You Know Me Better Than That" is a song written by Anna Lisa Graham and Tony Haselden, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in June 1991 as the second single from his album Chill of an Early Fall . It peaked at number 1 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. [1]

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The song is an uptempo, in which the narrator confides in the significant other who dumped him. He informs her of a sophisticated new girlfriend who idolizes him, but this only displeases him. Likewise, he is haunted by his many flaws, which the former girlfriend knows all too well, and he feels certain that the new girlfriend will eventually realize his inadequacies, and is clearly pining for his old life. It is a rare song in that it deals with the "Impostor syndrome," the belief that one's good fortune is undeserved and likely to disappear.

Chart positions

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 2
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 7

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References

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  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1610." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. August 31, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
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