| "You Know Me Better" | ||||
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| Single by Róisín Murphy | ||||
| from the album Overpowered | ||||
| B-side | "Keep It Loose", "Pandora" | |||
| Released | 31 March 2008 | |||
| Format | CD single, digital download, 7" single, 12" single |
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| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Electropop, synthpop, dance-pop | |||
| Length | 4:18 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Writer(s) | Róisín Murphy, Andy Cato | |||
| Producer | Andy Cato | |||
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"You Know Me Better" is a song by Irish recording artist Róisín Murphy from her second solo studio album, Overpowered. Co-written with and produced by Groove Armada's Andy Cato, the track was released as the album's third single on 31 March 2008.
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The photoshoot of the single artwork can be viewed on her official website and YouTube channel as of 4 January 2008.[1] The art director of the single was British graphic designer Scott King and the photographer was Jonathan de Villiers. The cover sees Murphy wearing a design by Givenchy.[2]
"You Know Me Better" was well-received by music critics. Peter Paphides of The Times described the song as "a rush of colour slowly surging outwards from a hook of pared-back austerity."[3] Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy gave the song four out of five stars, saying producer Andy Cato "lay[s] down a squelching disco groove that veers between early 90's house and the sound of New Order's 'Blue Monday' being fiddled with by the Human League. A typically sultry Murphy more than rises to the occasion, delivering the crisp, soothing vocals that earned Moloko a flash of chart success at the start of the decade."[4] Jax Spike of About.com noted that the song "is a more up-tempo track that comes across as pure enchanted bliss with its tough, staccato vocal and conventional, insistent chorus concealing a quite complex emotional position."[5] Ben Hogwood, writing for musicOMH, stated, "In some way that pushes it closer to a Groove Armada guest slot, but Murphy's vocals are strong enough to pull it back, a slice of electro-disco that may be polished within an inch of its life, but comes back for more with its yearning melody."[6] Cpt H.M. 'Howling Mad' Murdock of Drowned in Sound commented that "You Know Me Better" "mirrors Robyn's recent chart achievements in icy cool style."[7]
The music video for "You Know Me Better" was directed by Canadian director Jaron Albertin and shot at a suburban home in Snaresbrook, North East London.[8] It premiered on Murphy's official YouTube channel on 11 March 2008 and features Murphy at different places in a house playing different characters, each one wearing a different outfit and hairstyle, inspired by the women depicted in the Untitled Film Stills series by American photographer Cindy Sherman.[9]
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(available exclusively on iTunes and 7digital)
(available exclusively on iTunes, 7digital and Recordstore.co.uk)
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| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Tip Chart (Flanders)[15] | 13 |
| UK Singles Chart[16] | 47 |
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