IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME BY NOW
SIMPLY RED
SONGWRITERS: GAMBLE
& HUFF.
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: A NEW FLAME
LABEL: ELEKTRA RECORDS
GENRE: BLUE-EYED SOUL
YEAR: 1989
Simply Red are a British soul and pop band which
formed in Manchester in 1985.
The lead vocalist of the band is singer and songwriter Mick Hucknall, who, by
the time the band initially disbanded in 2010, was the only original member
left. Since the release of their debut studio album Picture Book (1985), they have had ten songs reach top 10 in the UK Singles Chart,
including "Holding Back
the Years" and "If You Don't
Know Me by Now", both of which reached
number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. They
have had five number one albums in the UK, with their 1991 album, Stars,
being one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history.
At the 1992 and 1993 Brit Awards, they
received the award for Best British Group. They received three Grammy Award nominations:
for Best New
Artist in 1987, and "Holding Back the
Years" and "If You Don't Know Me by Now" for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
The band re-formed
in 2015. Simply Red have sold over 50 million albums
A New Flame is the third album by
British pop and soul group Simply Red,
released in February 1989. It was a huge success worldwide, becoming the band's
first UK number one album and certified 7x Platinum by the BPI for sales of 2,100,000 copies in the UK alone. The album was also
certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
If you don't know me
by now
You will never never never know me
All the things, that
we've been through
You should understand me like I understand you
Now girl I know the difference between right and wrong
I ain't gonna do nothing to break up our happy home
Don't get so excited when I come home a little late at night
'Cause we only act like children when we argue fuss and fight
If you don't know me
by now (If you don't know me)
You will never never never know me (No you won't)
If you don't know by now
You will never never never know me
We've all got our
funny moods
I've got mine, woman you've got yours too
Just trust in me like I trust in you
As long as we've been together it should be so easy to do
Just get yourself together or we might as well say goodbye
What good is a love affair when we can't see eye to eye
If you don't know me
by now (If you don't know me)
You will never never never know me (No you won't) (x3).