"You Know My Name" is a song by South Korean

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musician

Jang Minho Jang Ho-geun ( ko, 장호근, born 11 September 1977), known professionally as Jang Minho, is a South Korean singer. He competed in the TV Chosun audition show ''Mr. Trot'', placing in the top sixth. He is also a model, dancer, and TV presenter ...

. It was released on Jang's first trot regular album ''Drama'' in 2017.

Song information

''You know my name'' in Korean (내 이름 아시죠) is the same translation of a gospel song 'He knows my name'. Jang seems to have been influenced because he is a Christian. The lyrics is a first person perspective talking to 'you', so it was translated to ''You know my name'' in English instead of ''He knows my name''. This song was written by Jang Minho, missing his deceased father, and composed with Yoo Jongwoon. It is the fourth track of Jang's first trot regular album, ''Drama''. At the time of release, nothing other than the title song was known. During the recording of '' Romantic Call center'' he revealed that it was the first time singing in front of the audience because the song makes him too emotional to perform. The audience who requested this song also became a topic because she was 100 years old and a huge fan of Jang Minho's. After the live performance at the '' Romantic Call center'' in September 2020, when performing this song in front of fans again at an online concert in February 2021, Jang could not control his emotions and had to stop the performance once. In the reality show '' God father'', which has been airing since October 2021, 'Everyone has someone who gave you a name and we want the loved ones are not lonely when they leave this world', Jang explained the meaning of lyrics and sang the song to ''God father''

Kim Kap-soo Kim Kap-soo (born April 7, 1957) is a South Korean actor. Since his acting debut in 1977, Kim has had a long career on the stage, in television dramas and film. In addition to acting full-time, he also has his own master class acting studio. F ...

. Kim expressed his feelings that he was heartbroken while listening to the song. The song was also sung at Jang's concert, and Kim Kap-soo's tearful expression at the concert was caught on camera.

Live performance

This song entered the charts three years after its release. It became a hot topic when it was introduced to the popular show ''Romantic Call Center'', which recorded the highest ratings every week. The video of this song's live performance hits 5.9 million views on YouTube. It is renewing 2.7 million views on Jang's personal channel and 3.2 million views on show's official channel.

Credits and personnel

Personnel as listed in the album's

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are.''Drama'' (booklet). Elijah Entertainment. 2017 Musicians * Composed by

, Yoo Jongwoon * Written by

* Arranged by Yoo Jongwoon * Guitar : Ham Choonho * Bass : Shin Hyungwon * Drum : Kang Sooho * Keyboard : Jeon Youngho * Chorus : Kim Hyuna *

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: Park Sungjin * Produced by Shin Hoonchul, Jang Minho Technical * Recording and mixing : Park Mu-il, Choi Namjin

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2017 songs Trot songs