I Know (Jay-Z song)

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“I Know”
Single by Jay-Z featuring Pharrell
from the album American Gangster
Released January 8, 2008
Format CD
Recorded 2007
Genre Hip-Hop/Rap
Label Roc-A-Fella, Island Def Jam
Writer(s) Shawn Carter and Pharrell Williams
Producer The Neptunes
Jay-Z featuring Pharrell singles chronology
"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..."
(2007)
"I Know"
(2008)

"I Know" is the third single from Jay-Z's tenth studio album, American Gangster.[1] The song was released on January 8, 2008. Pharrell is featured in the song.

[edit] Music video

The music video premiered on Yahoo! Music on February 26, 2008.[2]

The video (directed by Philip Andelman) features a young woman (played by Zoe Kravitz) walking about New York City, spending time in her apartment, then entering a night club. The videos also features colorful imagery mixed with live-action sequences envisioned by the woman. It serves on the metaphor of what drugs can do to the mind and what it feels like to be "high".

This is Jay-Z's first music video in which he does not appear at all.

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 18 [3]
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 26 [4]
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks 15 [5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shake (September 20, 2007). Jay-Z to Release 'American Gangster' HipHopDX. Accessed September 27, 2007.
  2. ^ Premieres on Yahoo! Music
  3. ^ [1]. Billboard. Accessed March 6, 2008.
  4. ^ [2]. Billboard. Accessed March 6, 2008.
  5. ^ [3]. Billboard. Accessed March 6, 2008.