I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)

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| name = I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)

| cover = I Know Enough.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = theaudience

| album = Theaudience

| released = 27 July 1998

| recorded = 1997–1998

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| genre = Indie rock

| length = 3:19

| label = eLLeFFe, Mercury

| writer = Billy Reeves

| producer = Peter Collins

| prev_title = A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed

| prev_year = 1998

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| misc = {{Extra album cover

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| type = single

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"I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" is a song by Theaudience from their self-titled debut album, Theaudience. It was released as the fourth and final single from the album on 27 July 1998. It reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.

B-sides for the single include the album track "Harry, Don't Fetch the Water"; a cover of The Experimental Pop Band's song "Boutique in My Backyard"; a dance track called "The Last Seven Minutes With You"; a short atmospheric instrumental, "Magna Carta vs. Matthew Arnold"; and two remixes by PMFF.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/249981-theaudience-I-Know-Enough-I-Dont-Get-Enough-PMFF-Does-Theaudience|title=theaudience – I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough) – PMFF Does Theaudience (1998, Vinyl)|access-date=25 December 2021|publisher=Discogs}}

Critical reception

The song garnered a positive response from Select magazine, whose review of the single in August 1998 stated;{{cite journal |title=Review: THEAUDIENCE – I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)/Harry, Don't Fetch The Water, eLLeFFe/Mercury |journal=Select |publisher=EMAP Metro |issue=August, 1998 |page=101}}

'I Know Enough...' is clearly theaudience's best single to date – no mean achievement. It stretches understated, poetic lustings over The Smiths and The Pretenders at their most lithesomely jangling. Like Catatonia, this is dignified mainstream guitar pop at its finest. Double A-side 'Harry, Don't Fetch The Water' is as splendidly obtuse as its title.

Track listing

; UK CD single #1 (AUDCD4)

  1. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" – 3:19
  2. "Harry, Don't Fetch the Water" – 4:18
  3. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" (PMFF Lite Went Down to 'Frisco Just for the Disco Mix) – 7:10

; UK CD single #2 (AUDDD4)

  1. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" – 3:19
  2. "Boutique in My Backyard" – 3:35
  3. "The Last Seven Minutes With You" – 6:10

; UK Limited Edition 7" Vinyl (AUDSV4)

  1. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" – 3:19
  2. "Harry, Don't Fetch the Water" – 4:18
  3. "Magna Carta Vs. Matthew Arnold" – 1:33

; UK Limited Edition 12" Vinyl (AUDMV4)

  1. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" (PMFF Lite Went Down to 'Frisco Just for the Disco Mix) – 7:10
  2. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" (PMFF Instrumental) – 6:33

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