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You Better Know It

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"You Better Know It"
Single by Jackie Wilson
from the album Lonely Teardrops
B-side"Never Go Away"
Released1959
Recorded1959
GenreR&B
Length1:59
LabelBrunswick
Songwriter(s)Jackie Wilson, Norm Henry
Jackie Wilson singles chronology
"I'll Be Satisfied"
(1959)
"You Better Know It"
(1959)
"Talk That Talk"
(1959)

"You Better Know It" is a 1959 single by recorded and written by Jackie Wilson who collaborated with Brunswick Records staff songwriter Norm Henry. Although the single made the Top 40, it was not as successful as Jackie Wilson's previous entries, peaking at number thirty-seven. On the R&B chart, the single was Jackie Wilson's, second number one, where it stayed for one week.[1]

"You Better Know It" was used in the 1959 film Go Johnny Go, which starred Jackie Wilson and Alan Freed.

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 629.