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"I Know," Dionne Farris (1995)

"I Know," Dionne Farris (1995)

A jubilant rock song from a genre-busting artist

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Mark Blankenship
Jan 02, 2023
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"I Know," Dionne Farris (1995)
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Peak: #4 on the Hot 100
Streams: 2.6 million

Dionne Farris could not be contained by genres. When she first broke through, she was singing the hook on “Tennessee,” Arrested Development’s 1992 rap song about overcoming generations of racial oppression. Her vocals on the bridge — “Won’t you take me, take me home?” — are a mournful counterpoint to Speech’s p…

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