You Should Know (Irlein Ackney song)

"You Should Know" is a single by Kuboian rapper and singer Irlein Ackney. Serving as the second single from her debut studio album Let It Rain, it was released on 30th April, 2006. The song was written by Ericka Streets and Patrick Freeman in 2004 before it was given to Ackney shortly after winning the fourth series of Nick Karaoke Stars. The song reached the top of the Karuboia charts in May 2006, becoming Irlein's second number one single, and the last in her lifetime.

Background and release
Streets and Freeman wrote "You Should Know" in October 2004, and was one of over twenty songs the former wrote for, as she put, "people who had no songs on the line". After the song was given to Ackney in January 2006, Streets got help from Kool Teazer to rewrite some of the lyrics to match Ackney's style.

Ackney performed the song on CMTV on 12th April, 2006, where she also revealed a snippet of the music video. It was officially released in the United Kingdom as a CD single on 24th April before being released in Kuboia on the 30th. Alongside the CD single, the song was also released as a cassette single, though only in certain regions.

Composition
"You Should Know" is an uptempo funk and pop song. It is written in the key of C minor and has a tempo of 107 beats per minute.

Critical reception
A BBC review described it as a "funky party song that will get anybody moving on the dancefloor", comparing its rhythm and guitar riff to Britney Spears' song "(You Drive Me) Crazy".

Music video
The music video was filmed in March 2006, and was short under a tight budget. It features Aclney in a large public garden in Estadville. It currently has over 200 million views on YouTube.

Kuboian cassette single

 * 1) "You Should Know"
 * 2) "Bring It Down"

Kuboian CD single

 * 1) "You Should Know"
 * 2) "Bring It Down"
 * 3) "You Should Know" (instrumental)
 * 4) "Bring It Down" (instrumental)

Italian CD single

 * 1) "You Should Know"
 * 2) "You Should Know" (Eiffel 65 remix)
 * 3) "Bring It Down"

UK CD single

 * 1) "You Should Know"
 * 2) "You Should Know" (UK radio edit)
 * 3) "Bring It Down"
 * 4) "You Shold Know" (Eiffel 65 remix)