| You Don't Know | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kierra Sheard-Kelly |
| Album: | I Owe You |
| B-Side: | Praise Offering |
| Released: | August 17, 2004 |
| Recorded: | 2004 |
| Studio: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Venue: | Studio |
| Genre: | Urban Gospel / R&B |
| Length: | 4:11 |
| Label: | EMI Gospel |
| Producer: | Rodney Jerkins, Jazz Nixon |
| Next Title: | Let Go |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
You Don't Know is the debut single by gospel artist Kierra "Kiki" Sheard, released August 17, 2004. The song was chosen as the lead single for Sheard's debut album, I Owe You. The song was specifically written and produced for Sheard by Rodney Jerkins for Darkchild Productions.
In 2001 Kierra's mother, Karen Clark-Sheard, was faced with a life-threatening crisis when a blood vessel burst during a scheduled hernia surgery. Her doctors only gave her a 2% chance of survival due to her complications. After the blood clot was surgically removed, Clark-Sheard fell into a coma. The coma lasted for weeks, but she made a miraculous recovery. Clark-Sheard's near-death experience is said to have inspired "You Don't Know".
"You Don't Know" cracked the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop singles list at number 84. It is one of the few singles by the artist to chart while her full-length albums generally have charted well.
In 2005, the song won a Dove Award for Urban Recorded Song of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards.[1]