You Don't Know My Name

"You Don't Know My Name"
"You Don't Know My Name"
Single by Alicia Keys
from the album The Diary of Alicia Keys
Released	November 10, 2003
Studio	Kampo; Quad (New York City);
Length	6:06 (album version); 4:26 (radio edit);
Label	J
Songwriter(s)	Alicia Keys; Kanye West; Harold Lilly; J. R. Bailey; Mel Kent; Ken Williams;
Producer(s)	Kanye West; Alicia Keys;
Alicia Keys singles chronology
Music video
	"You Don't Know My Name" on YouTube

"You Don't Know My Name" is a song by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, issued by J Records as the lead single from her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003). Written by Keys, Kanye West and Harold Lilly, its production, handled by the former two, is based on a sample of the 1975 song "Let Me Prove My Love to You", written by J. R. Bailey, Mel Kent and Ken Williams, and performed by The Main Ingredient.

"You Don't Know My Name" became Keys' third top-ten hit in the United States, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as topping the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for eight consecutive weeks. Critically acclaimed, the song won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song and a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female. It was sampled on rapper Lil Wayne's 2008 song "Comfortable", featuring Babyface and produced by West.