The story behind “You Don’t Know Me” with Duane Harden

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Back in 1998 US based singer / songwriter Duane Harden and DJ / producer Armand van Helden teamed up for a track, which they called “You Don’t Know Me”. The track became a massive hit and is now considered one of the most popular vocal house classics of the 1990’s. In the USA “You Don’t Know Me” peaked at the #2 spot of the US Billboard Hot Dance Music chart. And in the UK, where the track came out on January 25, 1999, it even reached the #1 position in the UK Singles Chart!
During the Amsterdam Dance Event in October 2019, I sat down with Duane Harden, to talk with him about the story behind “You Don’t Know Me” and more. You will get to hear how he and Armand van Helden met, how long it took him to write the lyrics of the song, his future plans and more!
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@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

Do you remember hearing "You Don't Know Me" for the very first time?

@klankie1 4 жыл бұрын

it was one of its kind, sticking in your head all day, the cherry on a good night out at the club

@suzanacuravic 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, in a local club which played house and trance, in 1999, sadly now it's pizzeria :D. DJs were great and You Don't Know Me was sort of our anthem back then, everyone of us youngsters could relate!

@MichaelOglesby 4 жыл бұрын

Yeap. My local nightclub at the time, Icon, Norwich, UK, around late 1998. When the tune dropped, the club went mental. Sadly, Icon closed in the early 2000.

@tredfxman 4 жыл бұрын

You are the Discogs of KZfaq man! You bring up artists that im unsure if i heard of or not.. Interesting research as always! 👍

@stevenmcguinness4751 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I do, first time I went into a Club was in January 99, it was played in the warm up, I had no idea what it was but it blew me away

@AntonyDeQuin Ай бұрын

Absolutely it's about the stories as Duane said. I just moved to Paris January 1999 and heard it for the first time at Les Bains nightclub. It was the place to be at the time and the crowd went wild when this song played. I had just met my soon to be best friend Iman Tabassomi with a friendship that has lasted 25 years. Best times of my life when this song came out, and every club in Paris couldn't play it enough. Thanks Duane and Armand the stars were truly aligned when you created this masterpiece.

@bigsteve1966 13 күн бұрын

none of my kids will know what it was like to be in a club dancing and feeling good ... this song and ones like this are epic and shaped my life thank you for given me the best life

@Andrij_Kozak 4 жыл бұрын

This song is legendary and timeless. I loved it back in 1999 and still love it.

@Mazza666 4 ай бұрын

3:51 a track that was written in 15 mins, decades later and every word in this song still.relates to my life.

@Peter1999Videos Ай бұрын

1999, december, me wacthing in the TV, ¨You Don’t Know Me¨ video MIND BLOWS

@mrt445 2 жыл бұрын

Armand Van Helden's best song and one of the best songs ever made regardless of genre

@amoloney1984 4 жыл бұрын

This was the song aged 15 that got me hooked on dance music and it still is so fresh. Incredible house record.

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

What a track right? Still amazing to hear it these days :)

@callsignvibe 2 жыл бұрын

It’s still one of the most meaningful songs of my life! Everything just hits home every time I listen to it! Instrumentally and the lyrically! just the perfect match!

@andyb311 4 жыл бұрын

Duane seems like a really nice guy! Absolute classic track and very informative video as ever!

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes he is, super relaxed and down to earth guy! And super talented!! Glad you enjoyed the video, thank you!

@GrahamGroovyUK 4 жыл бұрын

Duane has such an infectious smile :)

@NiamorH 4 жыл бұрын

Roger Sanchez - Another Chance next from this era

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

I would love that, so I hope he is up for it once he's back in The Netherlands. Unfortunately he is not having any (confirmed) gigs in The Netherlands at the moment. But hopefully somewhere in the near future. Fingers crossed!

@DreamyDawnMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@djemmay 4 ай бұрын

Amazing tune. I remember buying it on the Saturday before it charted, in Jan ‘99. Nothing like that feeling of playing a new tune, which you couldn’t play before the release date, and only heard it on the radio.

@mat41174 3 ай бұрын

Simply the best but let's not forget about i got what you been looking for! ❤

@megabass 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic interview

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

@thealan8998 8 ай бұрын

This is like next level music, Insomnia, music sounds better with you, around the world, top tier bangers for eternity

@consuelocanovese4349 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome masterpiece. And the interview too...so, I will try to write a song in 15 minutes, but Duane took the better words to explain our deep soul, when we think nobody can understand us...from Barcelona (In a music shop near plaza catalunya where i listened these words for the first time) to Padoa, I have been falling in love vith this song since 1999. Well done!

@muzikxpress 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@NNokia-jz6jb 2 ай бұрын

#1 MOS Bangkok tune.

@DJHazzaBeats 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing interview, a brilliant classic. I love Arman Van Helden, he did some amazing remixes of great classics like Tori Amos Professional Widow.

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And yes, that's an amazing remix he did! His remix even made it to the charts here back then!

@DJHazzaBeats 4 жыл бұрын

@@muzikxpress You're welcome, the bassline is so catchy you can't get it out of your head.How many weeks did it spend in the charts? Do you remember his remix of Spin Spin Sugar BY Sneaker Pimps? Another brilliant remix.

@minarose3193 2 ай бұрын

this was so sweet and heartfelt I loved listening to him! This track is a feeling not a song and has memories that run deep!

@suzanacuravic 4 жыл бұрын

You are killing it Twan 👌!!! Big big fan of your interviews, keep going with fantastic work!

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Suzana!!

@lai_raw 2 жыл бұрын

comes across as so genuine and humble! Bigups Duane

@johnpetty9310 3 жыл бұрын

This AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME TRACK ... came out at a time in my life when things were really really crazy, i was almost homeless and SCARED. Never been homeless before but i kept praying ... The rest is history, all worked out.

@SwissMarksman 3 жыл бұрын

💪💪💯💯

@petermartin2924 5 ай бұрын

Duane you are Amazing , your Soulful Vocals have got me through some tough times in my life , thank you for sharing that backstory . I am sorry to hear about the loss of your brother , i am sure he would have been so proud of you. 👍

@mjade1673 4 жыл бұрын

I have always loved this man!!!🌠🙏🤓💥💓🤩 Thank you so much for this!!💓💓

@NilesCooper 4 жыл бұрын

Legend!

@maraboshi 4 жыл бұрын

Your interviews are amazing!

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Hopefully more to come soon!

@justcaremoves Жыл бұрын

Yes, when we were about to do its dance choreography in a studio because it was being launched on national television, MCA Universal Philippines gave us this music piece as we are their house dancers. I was 19 years old, it was 24 years back then, but it's one of the nostalgic tracks. Peace

@DreamyDawnMusic 4 жыл бұрын

I loved that one so much and still one of my fav classics of all time!

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

Same, one of my favorite Ferry productions!

@DreamyDawnMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the one he did with Ferry was amazing too!!

@marklewis35 4 жыл бұрын

Absolute classic track and great interview as always.

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Mark!

@gwEmbassy 4 жыл бұрын

What a chill guy. Love it!

@carolyncardone9711 Жыл бұрын

Never heard of him or the song but it is so great lots of energy

@justcaremoves Жыл бұрын

Thank You very much for this information as a dancer this was one of the greatest. We promoted this music here in Manila under MCA Universal Philippines in early year 2000 included in the BIG 2 Dance Album.

@muzikxpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@sveinfriborg4 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic person 😀

@limitedslip 4 жыл бұрын

Great interview! Can't believe it has only 2k views. Duane seems like such a cool dude.

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! And Duane is great, super down to earth guy! He's great!

@roserocedu 3 күн бұрын

My son Cedric's funeral was on a Wed n Duane graduated Sunday of same week from Boston University

@muzikxpress 3 күн бұрын

❤️

@Tamborin 3 жыл бұрын

beautiful story about the song

@emphatic001 4 жыл бұрын

What a sweet man.

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

emphatic001 yes he is!

@truthinhistoryinitiative5912 10 ай бұрын

What a sweetheart of a man Duane is....and yes lived that "house/techno" vibe in Boston during the same time...like up and down Landsdowne St (gay night @ Avalon (Sunday night), AXIS Monday night and that other club that was small and shut down fast................Duane DELUSIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...only because he thought and still thinks Armand made him......Duane you were the man then and still......Armand just another high end DJ without you......with his biggest claim to fame being the Ali G model....

@EduardoFGomez-kc7gr 3 жыл бұрын

waiting for that collaboration release

@sexydorkmo 3 жыл бұрын

beautiful

@samrose3205 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview 👍

@muzikxpress 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!

@christopherbailey5145 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome interview!!

@seeyouintheeighties 4 жыл бұрын

You meet some really cool people, another outstanding interview! I can think of a few I’d love to interview.. Patti low I think is in Europe original front woman for the band GRACE with that big hit ‘not over yet’... so many artists come to mind, even JX and OLIVE

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

seeyouintheeighties Thank you so much! And I can only interview people that live close to me or people that visit The Netherlands, since I don’t have a travel budget for these vlogs. But there’s a lot of people that I have confirmed already for the next few weeks, so there will be plenty of new interviews at least until the end of March 😉 Stay tuned!

@retrob9346 3 жыл бұрын

I had this song for my space lol

@muzikxpress 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, the good old Myspace days hehe

@retrob9346 3 жыл бұрын

@@muzikxpress lmfao but it is a great song a classic

@mrfleamino9350 4 жыл бұрын

This guy is really big and happy guys when i was dancing near him in wamsterdam he jump

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

mrfleamino he’s amazing!

@Klaus.anal.Schwab Жыл бұрын

As Duane knows, that song was big in the Uk 🇬🇧

@muzikxpress Жыл бұрын

Massive tune!

@YershJRSZ 3 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for that Duck Sauce song :D And i really hope for the new album

@iamdeepsoullive 3 ай бұрын

Tony Humphries played this like it was the most important track in his crates.

@Kimo_sabe 2 жыл бұрын

epic

@johnpetty9310 3 жыл бұрын

You MISSED IT ... if you weren't going out to NYC/NJ nightclubs when this was first out, the DJ would turn it down at certain parts and a crowd of 2,000 or better would be signing : YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME ... wow, you missed it!!!

@TimWayneSF 3 жыл бұрын

"Just some stuff I was going through at the time" - THAT is the story behind this song. Why no follow up on that?

@Luvie1980 2 жыл бұрын

I think you can take a wild guess on what was going on in his life.

@NNokia-jz6jb 2 ай бұрын

Does Armand still make or made bangers like these?

@ericcookson168 4 жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@StigmaNYC 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes DC. Home. 1980 - 1999

@NMGN0403 4 жыл бұрын

Three o Three by Public Energy (Speedy J), please. That would be awesome! 😎👍

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

NMGN0403 Well, I would love to interview him about this one and “Pullover”, but Jochem hardly does interviews unfortunately...

@NMGN0403 4 жыл бұрын

@@muzikxpress aww man, too bad.. well I'll keep my fingers crossed 😉 Three o three is such an epic track to this day still!

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

NMGN0403 for sure! And he’s on my wish list, but I don’t expect it to be happen tbh hehe

@Stereo_type1982 Жыл бұрын

Do you think he actually played him Carrie Lucas or do you think he played him Johnick :D?

@muzikxpress Жыл бұрын

👀

@JTinGR 4 жыл бұрын

The interviewer sounds just like Midge Ure. From Lanarkshire, Scotland as well?

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

JTinGR nope, I’m from the south of The Netherlands 😉

@JTinGR 4 жыл бұрын

8:07 gesundheit!

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

JTinGR 😂

@djdedan 2 жыл бұрын

Duane is a stellar song writer, this cut is one of my favorites but also this one as well: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lbF_q7aVxM7UeY0.html

@tomix3b 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard that Duane Harden refused to collaborate with daft punk last album because they were too electronic.. does anyone know if it is true?

@muzikxpress 4 жыл бұрын

Now that would really surprise me, Duane is involved in a lot of electronic projects, so this rumour doesn't really make any sense to me

@tomix3b 4 жыл бұрын

muzikxpress I Thought the same thing, wich singer would refuse the RAM collab for that reason..

@coolershaker 2 жыл бұрын

Oh sorry AVH but such a ripoff, you don't get same approach to that specific sample yourself, he basically sampled a sample which makes it bit too much

@truthinhistoryinitiative5912 10 ай бұрын

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..great introspective....thank you indeed ................

@truthinhistoryinitiative5912 10 ай бұрын

Duane SOOOO likeable and humble....reminds me of Kim English in terms of just being great gospel singer hooking up with a DJ and their songs becoming iconic in the mixed ckub world...wonderful indeed AND great inyerview Muzikxpress \

@muzikxpress 10 ай бұрын

He’s great indeed, super nice guy! Glad you enjoyed the interview!

@truthinhistoryinitiative5912 10 ай бұрын

@@muzikxpress you did a great job as the interviewer indeed..perfect actually....Duane did the rest in an incredible forthcoming way............thank ya'll..

@muzikxpress 10 ай бұрын

@@truthinhistoryinitiative5912 Thank you!!

@truthinhistoryinitiative5912 10 ай бұрын

You all are the best!!!!!!!!!..in terms of most thoughtful and in tune....mad props to you guys behind the scenes..@@muzikxpress

@truthinhistoryinitiative5912 10 ай бұрын

@@muzikxpress Came back around to watch this interview once again (after listening to the vocals and watching the videos).....nice to see your face and be able to put it to your response.....YOU and your interview did and still do have me in a quandry????....