Don't Know What to Tell Ya
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| Single by Aaliyah from the album I Care 4 U |
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| B-side | "Miss You" (UK) "Got to Give It Up" (U.S.) |
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| Released | May 20, 2003 (UK CD) June 17, 2003 (Germany CD) September 9, 2003 (U.S. 12") |
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| Format | CD single, 12-inch single | |
| Genre | R&B, dance-pop | |
| Length | 3:38 (radio edit) 5:02 (album version) |
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| Label | Blackground Records/Universal Records/UMURG | |
| Producer | Timbaland | |
| Aaliyah Eurasian singles chronology | ||
| "Come Over" (2003) |
"Don't Know What to Tell Ya" (2003) |
"Are You Feelin' Me?" (2005) |
| Aaliyah North America singles chronology | ||
| "Miss You" (2002) |
"Don't Know What to Tell Ya" (2003) |
Come Over" (2003) |
"Don't Know What to Tell Ya" is a contemporary R&B/dance-pop/Middle Eastern song recorded by Aaliyah, written by Timbaland and Steve "Static" Garrett, and produced by Timbaland. Released in mid-2003, it was the second and final single in Europe from Aaliyah's first posthumous compilation album, I Care 4 U (2002) In Europe, Come Over was the final single in North America & Asia. The song was officially released in Europe and Asia, it only received a 12-inch single was released in the United States.
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[edit] Song information
"Don't Know What to Tell Ya" is about a broken relationship. The song contains an uncredited sample of "Batwans Beek" by Algerian singer Warda Al-Jazairia. In the song, Aaliyah expresses her view on how a man cannot trust his girlfriend and keeps on comparing her to his previous lover, "Don't compare me to your last one/I can't help that she was a fast one, a sassy one/I'm a classy one". "Don't Know What to Tell Ya" was another hit single for Aaliyah in Europe and Asia, peaking in the top forty in countries such as China, Ireland, and Israel. It still baffles fans today that this track was not sent to radio in the US because it is hailed by fans as the best unreleased track from I Care 4 U and it is also the only one produced by Timbaland, many US fans felt that this would have been another big pop hit for Aaliyah along the lines of "Try Again"
[edit] Music video
The music video for "Don't Know What to Tell Ya" was directed by Little X and incorporates different scenes from most of Aaliyah's music videos.[1] It received airplay on MTV Base.
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| France SNEP Top 100 | 49 |
| Germany Jam FM Charts | 1 |
| Germany Media Control Airplay Top 100 | 55 |
| Ireland IRMA Top 50 | 45 |
| UK Top 75 Singles | 22 |
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