"What You Don't Know" is a pop

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written by

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, and

Anders Wollbeck Anders Wilhelm Axel Wollbeck (born 10 February 1958 in Stockholm) is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He plays the guitar and Keyboard instrument, keyboard. He is part of the songwriting and production duo Vacuum (band), Vacuum together with Mat ...

for

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pop trio

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's second studio album, '' Strictly Physical'' (2007). It was co-produced by production teams

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and Snowflakers and released as the album's third single on 7 December 2007 (see

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). The song has since reached the top ten in

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and

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Music video

The video for "What You Don't Know" was shot on 13 November 2007 in

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, and world premiered on November 23 on German music network

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's show ''Viva Live!''.Official Fanclub's News-Blogger 2
/ref> At the beginning of the video, a woman leaves her bed while her male partner looks on. She seemingly ignores him. The three women of Monrose are then seen over an intersection standing and singing between shots. Bahar is seen throughout the video along with her reflection, walking streets, while Senna is seen in the backseat of a car. Mandy is shown alone. The woman of the story lives her life while the man follows, and she continues in not noticing him. By the end of the video, it is revealed that he is dead, and was killed in an automobile accident. She loved him then and still. His body fades as he learns the truth, and the video comes to a close.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "What You Don't Know".

CD single

# "What You Don't Know" (Album Version) - 3:45 # "What You Don't Know" (Candlelight Mix) - 3:49 # "Say Yes" - 3:53 # "What You Don't Know" (Instrumental) - 3:45

Charts

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References

External links

* * {{Monrose 2000s ballads 2007 singles Monrose songs Pop ballads Songs written by Billy Mann Songs written by Anders Wollbeck Songs written by Mattias Lindblom 2007 songs