"I Know" is a song written and performed by American rapper
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American Rapping, rapper, businessman, and record executive. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop, he was named Billboard and Vibe's 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time, the ...
featuring
Pharrell
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973), also known mononymously as Pharrell, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He first became known as one half of the music production duo ...
. Produced by
The Neptunes
The Neptunes were an American record production duo composed of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, formed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1992. Williams often provided backing vocals and music video appearances on the duo's productions, while H ...
(Pharrell and
Chad Hugo
Charles Edward Hugo (born February 24, 1974) is an American musician and record producer. Alongside childhood friend Pharrell Williams, he formed the production duo the Neptunes in 1992, with whom he has produced numerous hit records for variou ...
), the song was released on November 4, 2007 as the third and final single from Jay-Z's tenth studio album, ''
American Gangster''.
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Music video
The music video was leaked to the internet on
Yahoo! Music
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Pro ...
on January 28, 2008. It premiered on Yahoo! on February 26, 2008.
The video (directed by
Philip Andelman) features
Zoë Kravitz playing multiple roles. The director described it as "a surreal, daydream-like blending of four separate and unrelated stories, four unique trips taken on by four girls in one night in New York City."
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Each girl experiences a different "high"—one, a seemingly well-to-do young woman, appears under the influence while in her apartment, another experiences the joy of love, another is taken with the beauty of the night sky in New York City to the confusion of her friends, and finally, the last young woman becomes "high" through music while at a night club.
This is Jay-Z's second music video in which he does not appear at all, counting the music video for "
Wishing on a Star" (1998), which was only released in the UK.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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2007 singles
Jay-Z songs
Pharrell Williams songs
Song recordings produced by the Neptunes
Songs written by Pharrell Williams
Songs written by Jay-Z
Roc-A-Fella Records singles
Music videos directed by Philip Andelman
2007 songs