"You Don't Know" is a song by American band

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, which was released in 1986 as the third single from their fourth studio album ''

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''. It was written by John Crawford and produced by

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and Berlin. It reached No. 39 in the UK and No. 16 in Belgium. "You Don't Know" was recorded in London. Recalling the initial recording of ''Count Three & Pray'', Nunn said in a 2014 interview for ''Pop Entertainment'': "It was so bad with this guy in England that we trashed the whole thing. I think we kept one song, "You Don't Know," that he had done. We started all over with Bob Ezrin." A music video was filmed to promote the single, which gained breakout rotation on

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Critical reception

Upon release, ''

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'' commented: "A cool, atmospheric treatment shows the musical growth of former synth-pop pioneers. The haunting melody and non-conforming arrangement form a bracing contrast to Terri Nunn's sultry, passionate vocal." Vici MacDonald of ''

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'' described the song as "really quite good" and added: "A screechy guitar and a wailsome woman echo distantly over a foreboding, rolling drumbeat and the whole thing's massive, mysterious and foggy".Smash Hits magazine - 3–16 December 1986 - Review: Singles - Vici MacDonald - page 73

Track listing

;7" single #"You Don't Know (Edit)" - 3:18 #"Trash" - 3:38 ;7" single (UK release) #"You Don't Know" - 3:18 #"Hideaway" - 5:00 ;7" single (Japanese release) #"You Don't Know" - 4:27 #"Trash" - 3:38 ;7" single (US promo) #"You Don't Know (Edit)" - 3:18 #"You Don't Know (Edit)" - 3:18 ;7" single (Japanese promo) #"You Don't Know" - 4:27 #"Trash" - 3:38 ;12" single (UK release) #"You Don't Know" - 4:26 #"Hideaway" - 5:08 #"Dancing in Berlin (Remix)" - 4:44 ;12" single (UK two vinyl gatefold release) #"You Don't Know" - 4:26 #"Hideaway" - 5:08 #"Dancing in Berlin (Remix)" - 4:44 #"No More Words (Dance Remix)" - 5:44 #"Will I Ever Understand You" - 4:40 ;12" single (European release) #"You Don't Know (Extended Remix)" - 5:31 #"Trash" - 3:38 #"You Don't Know (7" Version)" - 3:30 ;12" single (UK promo) #"You Don't Know" - 4:26 #"Hideaway" - 5:08 #"Dancing in Berlin (Remix)" - 4:44 ;12" single (US promo) #"You Don't Know (Edit)" - 3:16 #"You Don't Know (LP Version)" - 4:26

Charts

Personnel

;Berlin *

Terri Nunn Terri Kathleen Nunn (born June 26, 1961) is an American singer and actress. She is known as the vocalist of the 1980s New wave music, new wave and synth-pop band Berlin (band), Berlin. Biography Nunn was born in Los Angeles, California on June 2 ...

- vocals * John Crawford - bass, background vocals * Rob Brill - drums, background vocals ;Additional musicians *

Masakazu Yoshizawa was a Japanese American flutist and musician, known for his mastery of the bamboo flute, specifically the shakuhachi. Yoshizawa also mastered several other traditional Japanese flutes, in addition to other Japanese and Western musical instruments. ...

- shakuhachi on "You Don't Know" * Osamu Kitajima - koto and biwa on "You Don't Know" *

- keyboards and keyboard programming on "You Don't Know" ;Production *

- producer on "You Don't Know" *

- producer on "You Don't Know", "Trash" and "Will I Ever Understand You" *

- producer on "You Don't Know", "Trash" and "Hideaway" * John Crawford - producer on "You Don't Know", "Trash" and "Hideaway" * Rob Brill - producer on "You Don't Know", "Trash" and "Hideaway" * Ted Hayton - recording of "You Don't Know" ;Other * Lara Rossignol - photography (US sleeve)

References

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