"He Knows You Know" is a song by the British

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. It was their second single, with "Charting the Single" as the B-side. It was released from their first album, '' Script for a Jester's Tear'', and peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. The song's theme is

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, and alludes particularly to

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drug use. In concert, lead vocalist

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would often introduce it as "The Drug Song" and state that it was inspired by drug use while he was working at the Job/Benefits centre in Aylesbury. As with all Marillion songs during this period, the lyrics were written by Fish. The music video for this song features Fish struggling in a straitjacket having visions of a Jackson's Chameleon as featured on the album artwork of Marillion's first three albums. "He Knows You Know" is the only 12-inch single from Marillion's first three albums that was never produced as a picture disc. The song was supposed to be performed live on ''

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'' in 1983, but as Fish explains during the concert recorded for '' Recital of the Script'', this never happened. However, a live version was later recorded for the

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'' Oxford Road Show''. A CD replica of the single was also part of a collectors' box-set released in July 2000, which contained Marillion's first twelve singles and was re-issued as a 3-CD set in 2009 (see '' The Singles '82-'88'').

Track listing 7" version

;Side A #"He Knows You Know" (single edit) – 3:33 ;Side B #"Charting the Single" – 4:53

Track listing 12" version

;Side A #"He Knows You Know" (album version) – 5:07 ;Side B #"He Knows You Know" (single edit) – 3:33 #"Charting the Single" – 4:53

Personnel

– vocals *

Steve Rothery Steven Rothery (born 25 November 1959) is an English musician who is the original guitarist and the longest continuous member of the progressive rock band Marillion. Outside Marillion, Rothery has recorded two albums as part of the duo The Wis ...

– guitars *

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– keyboards *

Pete Trewavas Peter Trewavas (born 15 January 1959) is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the progressive rock band Marillion. He joined in 1982, replacing Diz Minnitt, while acting as a backing vocalist and occasional guitarist. Biography ...

– bass *

Mick Pointer Michael Pointer (born 22 July 1956) is an English drummer. He is known for his work in the neo-prog bands Marillion and Arena. Career Pointer was the original drummer and a founding member of Marillion. He appeared on the band's debut EP '' Ma ...

– drums

References

External links

Music video
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