1977Released
3:27

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Interesting facts and trivia about I Know A Little. By Songfacts®.

You won't find diatribes on the complexities of interpersonal relationships in the Skynyrd catalog, but you will find simple explanations. This song is a great example. Why to people get the blues? From digging what they can't use. And if you want to hold on to a man, a good way to do it is through commitment. You only need to know a little about love - the rest you can guess.

This is a great example of Skynyrd guitarist Steve Gaines' contributions to the band. He wrote the song himself, and also wrote or co-wrote three other songs on the album. Gaines replaced Ed King as the band's guitarist in 1976, but died in the 1977 plane crash that also claimed the lives of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and Gaines' sister Cassie, who was a backup singer for the group. This song provides a glimpse of his clever songwriting, as Van Zant sings about a guy who has a strong feeling that his girl is cheating on him.

Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington told Guitar School magazine, July 1993, that he'd never heard anybody, including the current guitarists in the band, play the picking on this song quite right - the way Steve Gaines did.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of I Know A Little.
DKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
196BPM

Album

The album I Know A Little is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released I Know A Little.
Geffen
© 2001 UMG Recordings, Inc.
A Geffen Records release; ℗ 2001 UMG Recordings, Inc.

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