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

"You Don't Know Me" (originally titled "U Don't Know Me") is a song by American record producer Armand Van Helden, featuring the 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.[1]

"U Don't Know Me"
Single by Armand Van Helden featuring Duane Harden
from the album 2 Future 4 U
B-side
  • "Aliene"
  • "Rock da Spot"
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1999
Genre
Length4:01
LabelArmed
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Armand Van Helden
Armand Van Helden singles chronology
"Ultrafunkula"
(1997)		 "U Don't Know Me"
(1999)		 "Flowerz"
(1999)
Audio sample
"U Don't Know Me"
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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, where it dethroned The Offspring's "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" off the top spot. It scored Armand Van Helden his first chart-topper in the UK. "U Don't Know Me" peaked at number seven in France and Italy and topped the Canadian RPM Dance chart. This song was sampled by DJ duo Doman & Gooding for their hit single, "Runnin'".

Content

The strings featured in this song are courtesy of Carrie Lucas's "Dance With You". 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.

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[32] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Gold 400,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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References
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