"I Don't Even Know Your Name" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson

Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista...

. It was released in May 1995 as the fifth and final single from his 1994 album Who I Am

Who I Am (Alan Jackson album)

Who I Am is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. The album was released on June 28, 1994 via Arista Records...

. It reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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country charts and on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It was written by Jackson with Ron Jackson and Andy Lofton.

Background and writing

Alan Jackson commented that the song was written as a joke by request of some family members. while on tour in 1993, he decided to write it and record it. After he gave the demo tape to his brother in-law, everybody wanted to hear the song so he put it on Who I Am

Who I Am (Alan Jackson album)

Who I Am is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. The album was released on June 28, 1994 via Arista Records...

.

Content

The song begins with a man who is "sitting at a roadhouse" while observing a waitress with whom he falls in love. However, she is not his waitress (Mine was missing her front tooth). Over the course of the song, the male character becomes intoxicated and ends up marrying a waitress, whom his discovers at the wedding, is not the waitress he wanted but HIS waitress who was missing her left front tooth, all without knowing her name.

Music video

The video for "I Don't Even Know Your Name" starred comedian Jeff Foxworthy

Jeff Foxworthy

Jeffrey Marshall "Jeff" Foxworthy is an American comedian, television and radio personality and author. He is a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, a comedy troupe which also comprises Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Ron White. Known for his "you might be a redneck" one-liners, Foxworthy...

as the song's male character.

Chart positions

"I Don't Even Know Your Name" debuted at number 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 13, 1995.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	4