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“You Don’t Know My Name” is the lead single of Alicia’s second studio album The Diary Of Alicia Keys; the song won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 2005.
The track is built around a sample from the 1970s New York group The Main Ingredient’s “Let Me Prove My Love to You”.
[Verse 1]
Baby, baby, baby
From the day I saw you
I really, really wanna catch your eye
There's something special 'bout you
And I must really like you
'Cause not a lotta guys are worth my time, oh
Ooh, baby, baby, baby
It's gettin' kind of crazy
'Cause you are takin' over my mind
[Chorus]
And it feels like, ooh
But you don't know my name (No)
And I swear, it feels like, ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
But you don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go, will you ever know?)
[Verse 2]
Oh, baby, baby, baby
I see us on our first date
You're doin' everything that makes me smile (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
And when we had our first kiss
It happened on a Thursday
Ooh, it set my soul on fire (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Ooh, baby, baby, baby
I can't wait for the first time
My imagination's runnin' wild
[Chorus]
It feels like, ooh
But you don't know my name
And I swear it, baby, it feels like, ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
But you don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go, will you ever know?)
[Bridge]
I'm sayin', he don't even know what he's doin' to me
Got me feelin' all crazy inside
I'm feelin like, "Ow!" (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Doin' more than I've ever done for anyone's attention
Take notice of what's in front of you
'Cause did I mention? (Ow!)
You're 'bout to miss a good thing
And you'll never know how good it feels to have all of my affection
And you'll never get a chance to experience my lovin' (Ow!)
[Chorus]
'Cause my lovin' feels like, ooh
But you don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go, will you ever know?)
And I swear it feels like, ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
But you don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go, will you ever know?), oh
[Post-Chorus]
Will you ever know it?
No, no, no, no, no
No, no
Will you ever know it?
[Spoken Interlude]
"Well, I'm gonna have to just go ahead and call this boy
Hello? Can I speak to — to Michael?
Oh, hey, how you doin'?
Uh, I feel kinda silly doin' this, but, uh
This is the waitress from the coffee house on 39th and Lenox
You know, the one with the braids?
Yeah, well, I see you on Wednesdays all the time
You come in every Wednesday on your lunch break, I think
And you always order the special, with the hot chocolate
And my manager be trippin' and stuff
Talkin' 'bout we gotta use water
But I always use some milk and cream for you
'Cause I think you're kinda sweet
Anyway, you always got on some fly blue suit
'N, your cuff links are shining all bright
So, whatchu do? Oh, word? Yeah, that's interesting
Look, man, I mean, I don't wanna waste your time, but
I know girls don't usually do this
But I was wondering if maybe we could get together
Outside the restaurant one day?
You know, 'cause I do look a lot different outside my work clothes
And, I mean, we could just go across the street to the park, right here
Wait, hold up, my, my cell phone's breakin' up, hold up
Can you hear me now? Yeah
So, what day did you say?
Oh yeah, Thursday's perfect, man"
[Chorus]
And it feels like, ooh
But you don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go, will you ever know?)
Baby, baby, I swear, it's like, ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
But you don't know my name, no, no, no
('Round and 'round and 'round we go, will you ever know?)
And it feels like, ooh
But you don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go, will you ever know?)
[Outro]
And I swear on my mother and father it feels like
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
But you don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go, will you ever know?)
You Don’t Know My Name was written by Alicia Keys & Kanye West & Harold Lilly & Ken Williams & Mel Kent & J.R. Bailey.
You Don’t Know My Name was produced by Alicia Keys & Kanye West.
Alicia Keys released You Don’t Know My Name on Tue Nov 18 2003.
Alicia Keys explained the background behind this song in a Rap Radar Podcast, as featured above.
“You Don’t Know My Name” is crazy. That was a really special, that was a really special moment. Like, like in my career, and, and um, you know when we were in the studio creating it, because Kanye and I...