Don't Know What to Tell Ya

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"Don't Know What To Tell Ya"
Single by Aaliyah
from the album I Care 4 U
Released	May 20, 2003
Format	CD Single
Recorded	2001
Genre	R&B
Length	3:38 (Radio Edit) / 5:02 (Album Version)
Label	Blackground/Universal Records
Producer(s)	Timbaland
Chart positions
#5 (Israel) #6 (Italy) #9 (China) #22 (UK) #26 (Ireland) #26 (France) #34 (Australia,New Zealand) #57 (Germany)
Aaliyah singles chronology
" Miss You" (2002/2003)	"Don't Know What to Tell Ya" (2003)	"Are You Feelin' Me?" (UK ONLY) (2005)

"Don't Know What To Tell Ya" is an R&B song written by Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley and Steve "Static" Garrett and released on Aaliyah's first posthumous compilation album, I Care 4 U (see also 2002 in music). Produced by Timbaland, the song was released in mid-May 2003 in Europe and Asia and made the Top 40 in Italy, China, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and New Zealand.

Contents 1 Song Information 2 Chart performance 3 Complete List of Countries Where It Was Released 3.1 Europe 3.2 Asia 3.3 Oceania 4 Music Video 5 Track listing 6 See also

[edit] Song Information

The song is the only Timbaland produced single from I Care 4 U. The orientally-influenced song is about broken relationship. It samples the song "Batwanness Beek" by Warda Al-Jazairia. In the song, Aaliyah expresses her view on how a man cannot trust his girfriend and keeps on comparing her to his previous lover. In the song Aaliyah says, "Don't compare me to your last one/I can't help that she was a fast one, a sassy one/I'm a classy one". Released on the single was the remix known as the "handcuff remix". This track became very popular among Aaliyah fans, though never released as a single itself.

[edit] Chart performance

It was released in Europe & Asia and became an overall moderate hit throghout the two continents, charting in many counrties peaking at #22 in the UK it also charted in Germany peaking at #57 , Italy peaking at #6, Israel at #5, #9 in China, #34 in Ausralia, #26 in Ireland & # 28 in France.

[edit] Complete List of Countries Where It Was Released

[edit] Europe

• the United Kingdom
• Ireland
• Germany
• France
• Italy

[edit] Asia

• Israel
• China

[edit] Oceania

• Australia
• New Zealand

[edit] Music Video

The video for this song was directed by Little X. It uses different scenes from all of her music videos including "The One I Gave My Heart To", "Come Back in One Piece", and "If Your Girl Only Knew". Special effects are added to some of the clips that make up the video. X also directed the video for the previous single, "Miss You".

[edit] Track listing

#	Version	Length
1	Don't Know What To Tell Ya (Radio Edit)	3:38
2	Thomas Eriksen Mix	5:17
3	Intenso Project Remix	6:59
4	Album Version	5:02
n/a	Handcuff Remix	n/a

[edit] See also

• 2003 in music
• Little X