I Know (Philip Bailey song)

"I Know (Philip Bailey song)"
Single by Philip Bailey
from the album Continuation
B-side	"The Good Guy's Supposed to Get the Girls"
Released	1983
Genre	R&B, soul
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Gerard McMahon
Producer(s)	George Duke
Philip Bailey singles chronology
"I Know (Philip Bailey song)" (1983) "Trapped" (1984)

"I Know" is the debut solo single by American singer-songwriter Philip Bailey, released in 1983 by Columbia Records.^[1] The song reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.^[2]

Overview

"I Know" was produced by George Duke and composed by Gerard McMahon.^[1]

The single's B-side is "The Good Guy's Supposed to Get the Girls". Both "I Know" and "The Good Guy's Supposed to Get the Girls" are from Bailey's 1983 album Continuation.^[1]

Critical reception

Eleanor Levy of Record Mirror scribed "pleasant melody, beautifully performed. No surprises but a lot of class".^[3] Paul Willistein of The Morning Call proclaimed that George Duke's "keyboard and synthesizer part turn I Know into the album's best cut".^[4]

Personnel

• Philip Bailey – lead vocals, backing vocals
• George Duke – piano [acoustic], synthesizer [Prophet V]
• Nathan East – bass
• James Gadson – drums
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar^[1]

References

1. Philip Bailey: I Know. Columbia Records. 1983.
2. "I Know Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
3. Levy, Eleanor (August 20, 1983). "Singles". Record Mirror. p. 16.
4. Willistein, Paul (December 17, 1983). Earth, Wind & Fire: Electric Universe. Morning Call. p. 82. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)