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You Don't Know Me (Armand Van Helden song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = You Don't Know Me
| cover = Udont know me.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Armand van Helden featuring Duane Harden
| album = 2 Future 4 U
| B-side =
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length =
* 8:10 (original version)
* 3:59 (radio edit)
| label =
* Armed
* FFRR
| writer =
| producer = Armand van Helden
| chronology = Armand van Helden
| prev_title = Ultrafunkula
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Flowerz
| next_year = 1999
| misc =
}}
"'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.
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. It was also very heavily influenced by "The Captain" by Johnick which was released the year prior on the Henry Street record label.
Track listings
'US 12-inch single'
:A. "You Don't Know Me"
:B. "You Don't Know Me" (Raw Mix)
'Canadian maxi-single'
# "U Don't Know Me" (radio edit)
# "Alienz"
# "Rock da Spot" featuring Mr. Len
# "U Don't Know Me" (dubstrumental)
# "U Don't Know Me" (original mix)
'UK 12-inch single'
:A. "You Don't Know Me" 8:10
:B. "Rock da Spot" featuring Mr. Len 5:50
'European CD single'
# "You Don't Know Me" (radio edit) 3:59
# "You Don't Know Me" 8:10
# "Rock da Spot" featuring Mr. Len 5:50
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"!Chart (1999)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)
|80
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)
|84
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)
|90
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Dance/Urban ('RPM')
|8
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)
|37
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)
|111
|-
!scope="row"|UK Airplay Top 50 ('Music Week')
| 27
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)
|44
|}
Certifications
References
Category:1998 songs
Category:1999 singles
Category:Armand Van Helden songs
Category:Songs written by Armand Van Helden
Category:Songs written by Duane Harden
Category:FFRR Records singles
Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles
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