| "You Don't Know" | ||||
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| Single by Kierra "Kiki" Sheard | ||||
| from the album I Owe You | ||||
| B-side | "Praise Offering" | |||
| Released | July 27, 2004 | |||
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CD single Digital Download |
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| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Urban Gospel / R&B | |||
| Label | EMI Gospel | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rodney Jerkins, Danny Nixon, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Delisha Thomas | |||
| Producer(s) | Rodney Jerkins, Jazz Nixon | |||
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You Don't Know is the debut single by gospel artist Kierra "Kiki" Sheard. The song was chosen as the lead single for Sheard's debut project, I Owe You. The song was specifically written and produced for Sheard by Rodney Jerkins for Darkchild Productions.
In 2001 Kierra's mother, Karen Clark-Sheard, was faced with a life-threatening crisis when a blood vessel burst during a scheduled hernia surgery. Her doctors only gave her a 2% chance of survival due to her complications. After the blood clot was surgically removed, Clark-Sheard fell into a coma. The coma lasted for weeks, but she made a miraculous recovery. Clark-Sheard's near-death experience is said to have inspired "You Don't Know".
"You Don't Know" managed to crack the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop singles list at number 84 and is one of the few singles by the artist to even chart while her full-length albums generally have charted well.
In 2005, the song won a Dove Award for Urban Recorded Song of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards.