| Do You Know What I'm Saying? | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Wendy James |
| Album: | Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears |
| Released: | 7 June 1993 |
| Recorded: | United Kingdom |
| Genre: | Soft rock |
| Length: | 5:16 |
| Label: | MCA Records |
| Producer: | Chris Kimsey |
| Prev Title: | London's Brilliant |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
"Do You Know What I'm Saying?" is the third and final single released from Wendy James' debut solo album Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears. The single was released in 1993 and was written by Elvis Costello.
Of the collection of songs Costello gave to James for her album, she singled out "Do You Know What I'm Saying?" as her personal favorite.[1]
Upon its release as a single, Terry Staunton of NME noted that the original version of "Do You Know What I'm Saying?" from Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears is a "spare little Brechtian ballad reminiscent of Broken English-period Marianne Faithfull", whereas the single version "comes across like Elaine Page". He concluded that the release was "decidedly unlikely to make her the star she so desperately wants to be". He added that the James-penned B-side "Sugar Takes Her Coffee Black" is "much better", describing it as a "charming acoustic strummer which may well be about Wendy herself".[2]
| Chart (1993) | Peak Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart[4] | 230 | |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 78 |
