<P> "You Don't Know Me" (originally titled "U Don't Know Me", sometimes shortened as "YDKM") is a song by American record producer Armand Van Helden, featuring the vocals from German - American singer Duane Harden . It was released on 25 January 1999 as the lead single from his third studio album, 2 Future 4 U . </P> <P> The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot Dance Music / Club Play chart, and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in February 1999, where it dethroned The Offspring's "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" off the top spot . It scored Armand Van Helden his first chart - topper in the UK . "U Don't Know Me" peaked at number seven in France and Italy . The recording of this song went about in an unconventional way; the track was laid down, Van Helden went off and did his own thing, and left Harden to his own devices . This song was soon sampled by DJ duo Doman & Gooding for their hit single, "Runnin"'. </P> <P> The strings featured in this song are courtesy of Carrie Lucas's "Dance With You". The drums are sampled from Jaydee's "Plastic Dreams" The full version of the track features a dialogue from the Dial M for Monkey segment of Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory . The episode was "Simion", (Maurice LaMarche) provided the spoken intro . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1999) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia (ARIA) </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada Dance (RPM) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France (SNEP) </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Germany (Official German Charts) </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ireland (IRMA) </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italy (FIMI) </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spain (PROMUSICAE) </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music / Club Play </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Armand van helden you don't even know me