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"Only You Know and I Know"
Single by Dave Mason
from the album Alone Together
B-side"Sad and Deep as You"
ReleasedJuly 1970
Length4:05
LabelBlue Thumb
Songwriter(s)Dave Mason
Dave Mason singles chronology
"Only You Know and I Know"
(1970) 		"Satin Red and Black Velvet Woman"
(1970)
"Only You Know and I Know"
Single by Delaney & Bonnie
from the album D&B Together
B-side"God Knows I Love You"
ReleasedMay 1971
LabelAtco
Songwriter(s)Dave Mason
Producer(s)Delaney Bramlett
Delaney & Bonnie singles chronology
"Never Ending Song of Love"
(1970) 		"Only You Know and I Know"
(1971) 		"Move 'Em Out"
(1972)

"Only You Know and I Know" is a song written and originally recorded by Dave Mason in 1970. It is a track from his LP, Alone Together. The song was his first charting single, and it became a modest hit for him in the U.S. and Canada.

Delaney & Bonnie version

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"Only You Know and I Know" was recorded by Delaney & Bonnie in 1969 and released as a single in 1971. It reached the Top 20 in the U.S. and the Top 10 in Canada.[1] It was included on their album the following year, D&B Together.

Chart history

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Weekly charts

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Dave Mason
Chart (1970) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[2] 32
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 42
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[4] 37
Delaney & Bonnie
Chart (1971) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 85
Canada RPM Top Singles[6] 7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 20
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 32
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 18

Other cover versions

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  • "Only You Know and I Know" was covered by Rita Coolidge on her 1971 LP Nice Feelin'. It was much later used as the B-side to her 1978 Top 40 hit "You".
  • "Only You And I Know" was also covered by Kimm Hekker in 1976. The song has only been released on single and is the A-Side of "Hey Boy".

References

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  1. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-09-19. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  2. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-09-19. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 12, 1970
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 87. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-11-13. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  7. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
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