"What You Don't Know" is a song recorded by American

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vocal group Exposé for their 1989 second studio

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of the same name. Written and produced by the group's founder Lewis A. Martineé, the lead vocals on "What You Don't Know" were performed by Gioia Bruno. "What You Don't Know" was released as the

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from the album on May 20, 1989, by

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, and peaked at number eight on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in July 1989, extending the group's streak of consecutive top-ten US pop hits to five. Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 215. On the ''Billboard''

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chart, it reached number two and number eight on the ''Billboard''

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chart. It was the first single by the group to be certified

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by the

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(RIAA). In the United Kingdom, the single peaked for two weeks at number 99 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1989.Official Charts Company info
OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2009.

Background and composition

"What You Don't Know" features a prominent

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accompanying the singers, and there is a

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between the second and third verses. Although the group continued to have success on the dance charts, this was one of the final Exposé pop hits featuring a

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, with which they had become associated from most of the singles off their previous album, '' Exposure'' (1987). Many of the singles released by the group from this point on were mid-tempo or ballads.

Music video

The accompanying

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for "What You Don't Know" features the singers rehearsing with a band on stage, then near the end of the music video the girls rush back to be with their respective boyfriends.

Track listing

US 7" vinyl single (Arista Records AS1-9836) :A "What You Don't Know" – 3:58 :B "Walk Along with Me" – 3:49 US 12" vinyl single (Arista Records AD1-9837) :A1 "What You Don't Know (Atomic Mix)" – 6:35 :A2 "What You Don't Know (Might Hurt You Beats)" – 2:36 :A3 "What You Don't Know (Radio Mix)" – 4:10 :B1 "What You Don't Know (Bass Mix)" – 7:09 :B2 "What You Don't Know (Crossover Mix)" – 6:36

Credits and personnel

* Gioia Bruno –

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–

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Jeanette Jurado Jeanette Livier Jurado (born November 14, 1965, East Los Angeles, California) is a member and lead vocalist of the popular American girl group, Exposé, along with Ann Curless, Gioia Bruno and, in the group's later years, Kelly Moneymaker. Sh ...

– backing vocals * Lewis A. Martineé –

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, producer, engineer, mixing *"Little" Cesar Sogbe – engineer (assistant engineer) *Mike Couzzi – engineer (brass recording engineer) *Ismael Garcia –

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*Francisco J. Diaz – executive producer *Mike Fuller – mastering *Rique "Billy Bob" Alonso – mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

U.S. 12" single info from discogs.com
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