"Gotta Know" is a 1993 song by Malaika

Malaika (singer)

Malaika also known under name Malaika Sallard Johnson, is a female African American dance singer from Seattle, Washington...

, released on A&M Records

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.

The composition was written by Eric Miller

Eric Miller

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, Jamie Principle

Jamie Principle

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, Steve Hurley and Tommye Miller, and released as the second single from the singer's debut album Sugar Time. The single became a number #1 dance hit on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, and charted at number sixty-eight on the US R&B as well as in the UK Top 75.

Credits and personnel

• Malaika
  Malaika (singer)
  Malaika also known under name Malaika Sallard Johnson, is a female African American dance singer from Seattle, Washington...
  
   – lead vocals
  Singing
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• Eric Miller
  Eric Miller
  Eric Miller may refer to:* Eric Miller , American DJ* Eric Miller , Irish rugby player* Eric Miller , English businessman, Chairman of Peachey Properties...
  
   – writer
• Jamie Principle
  Jamie Principle
  Jamie Principle is a house music artist and producer born in Chicago, Illinois.He is one of the early pioneers of house music when the genre first began in Chicago during the early 1980s...
  
   – writer
• Steve Hurley – writer, producer
  Record producer
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• Tommye Miller – writer
• Todd Terry
  Todd Terry
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   - additional producer
  Record producer
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  , remix
  Remix
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• Davide Ruberto - additional producer
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  , remix
  Remix
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• Gio - additional producer
  Record producer
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  , remix
  Remix
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• Mark Lewis
  Mark Lewis
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   - additional producer
  Record producer
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  , remix
  Remix
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• Maurice Joshua
  Maurice Joshua
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   - remix
  Remix
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• Bill Katt - remix engineer

Track listings

CD Maxi, UK, 580 273-2

1. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (7" Radio Mix) - 3:32
2. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Gotta Know Mix) - 4:31
3. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (House Mix) - 5:17
4. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Hip Hop Mix) - 4:04
5. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Late Night Mix) - 6:50
6. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Tribal Mix) - 6:04

12" Maxi, UK, 580 273-1

1. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (LP Version) - 3:59
2. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (House Version) - 5:15
3. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Hip Hop Mix) - 4:04
4. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Vocal Remix) -
5. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Late Night Mix) - 6:50
6. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Tribal Mix) - 6:04

12" Maxi, UK, Promo, AMYDJ 273

1. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (LP Version) - 3:59
2. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Gotta Know Mix) - 4:31
3. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Hip Hop Mix) - 4:04
4. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (House Version) - 5:15
5. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Underground Jam) - 7:41
6. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Rubber Dub) - 5:13

12" Maxi, US, 31458 8135-1

1. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (House Version) - 5:15
2. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Maurice's Mix) - 7:42
3. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Dub Version) - 5:13
4. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Rubber Dub) - 5:13
5. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Oh My Instrumental) - 7:07
6. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Underground Jam) - 7:41

12" Maxi, US, 31458 0255-1

1. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Gotta Know Mix) - 4:31
2. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (House Version) - 5:15
3. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (LP Version) - 3:59
4. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Rubber Dub) - 5:13
5. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Maurice's Mix) - 7:42
6. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Underground Jam) - 7:41

12" Maxi, US, Double, 31458 8135-1

1. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Gotta Know Mix) - 4:31
2. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (CD Mix) - 4:30
3. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (LP Version) - 3:59
4. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (R&B Version) - 4:26
5. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Hip Hop Mix) - 4:04
6. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Instrumental) - 4:22
7. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (House Version) - 5:15
8. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Maurice's Mix) - 7:42
9. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Dub Version) - 5:13
10. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Rubber Dub) - 5:13
11. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Oh My Instrumental) - 7:07
12. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Underground Jam) - 7:41

12" Maxi, US, Double, Promo, 31458 8135-1

1. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Gotta Know Mix) - 4:31
2. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (CD Mix) - 4:30
3. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (LP Version) - 3:59
4. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (R&B Version) - 4:26
5. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Hip Hop Mix) - 4:04
6. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Instrumental) - 4:22
7. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (House Version) - 5:15
8. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Maurice's Mix) - 7:42
9. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Dub Version) - 5:13
10. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Rubber Dub) - 5:13
11. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Oh My Instrumental) - 7:07
12. "Gotta Know (Your Name)" (Underground Jam) - 7:41

Peak chart positions

Chart (1993)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	68
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...	17
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart is the airplay component chart of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It is not the R&B subset of The Hot 100 Airplay, but rather a separate panel of R&B stations in urban markets used for the R&B/Hip-Hop chart...	48
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	68
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Hot 100 Airplay The Hot 100 Airplay chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard...	74
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	20

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
1993 Hot Dance Music/Club Play Singles Billboard Year-End Billboard Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album's performance in the United States, based upon the Billboard magazine charts during any given chart year. Billboard's "chart year" runs from the first week of December to the final week in November...	24

Chart successions