You Don't Know Me

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For the song "You Don't Know Me" by Tracy Bonham, see Down Here

"You Don't Know Me" is a song written by Cindy Walker and Eddy Arnold in 1955 and recorded by Arnold that year. The first version of the song to make the Billboard charts was by Jerry Vale in 1956, peaking at #14 on the pop chart. Arnold's version followed two months later and went to #10 on the country chart.

The best-selling version of the song is by Ray Charles, who took it to #2 on the Billboard pop chart in 1962. It later became a #1 country hit for Mickey Gilley in 1981.

The song has been performed or recorded by hundreds of artists, including Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson. Charles re-recorded the song with Diana Krall on his album of duets, Genius Loves Company and it was sung by Meryl Streep in the 1990 movie Postcards from the Edge, and by John Legend in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

[edit] Notable recorded versions

Preceded by
"Older Women"
by Ronnie McDowell		 Billboard Hot Country Singles number one single
September 19, 1981
by Mickey Gilley		 Succeeded by
"Tight Fittin' Jeans"
by Conway Twitty


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