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{{Infobox_song
 |title = I Know Your Name
 |artist = Deporitaz
 |year = October 4, 2002
 |recorded = 2002
 |albumart = Dimes.jpg
 |writer = Neil Cicierega
 |singer = [[Neil Cicierega]]
 |album = [[Dimes]]
 |duration = 4:30
 |tempo = 145
 |genre = "Surf rock"
 |language = English
 |externalLinks = [https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/CD%20Rips/%5b2002%5d%20Trapezoid%20-%20Dimes/01%20I%20Know%20Your%20Name.flac 2021 CD Rip (FLAC download)]
}}
'''I Know Your Name''' is one of [[Neil Cicierega]]’s first vocal tracks, and the only song released on a [[Deporitaz]] [[Dimes|album]] that features Neil singing.

This song was [[I Know Your Name (Lemon Demon)|later redone]] by [[Lemon Demon]] and featured on [[Hip To The Javabean]]. In 2024, Neil Cicierega uploaded a [http://lemondemon.com/rarities/I%20Know%20Your%20Name%20kar.mp3 karaoke instrumental] version of this song to the Lemon Demon website.
 It was a Friday
 I saw a movie but it wasn't very long,
 so I snuck into another one
 Employees caught me,
 they threw me out into the mall
 all in all, it was pretty fun.
 But then it happened:
 I bumped into a random guy, he said "excuse me" and he tried to walk away. (Walk away)
 But I had just had a psychic vision,
 I said "Sir, I don't know why, but I know your name", I said:
 
 I know, I know, I know your name
 I know, I know, I know your name
 I know, I know, I know your name
 I know, I know your name is...
 
 Your name is BOB!
 Your name is Bob
 Your name is Bob, I know
 
 The guy said "Sorry, my name is Fred"
 and then he slowly walked away, I never saw that guy again (again).
 Went back to my house
 Went to my room to feed my fish, which was lying on its back
 So I gave it to the cat
 When he was finished, I took the bones away
 But right before I reached the garbage something happened in my brain
 Well I had just had a psychic vision, I said "Cat, I don't know why, but I know your name" I said:
 
 I know, I know, I know your name
 I know, I know, I know your name
 I know, I know, I know your name
 I know, I know your name is...
 
 Your name is BOB!
 Your name is Bob
 Your name is Bob, I know
 
 The cat said nothing.
 And then threw up on to my freshly shampooed carpet,
 
 I rolled my eyes and walked outside
 It started raining, I ran for shelter in an alleyway that smelled as if an elephant had died
 There was a box there, I looked inside to see a homeless man, dresses in rags, bearded and insane
 And suddenly I had a psychic vision, I said "Sir I don't know why, but I know your name" I said
 
 I know, I know, I know your name
 I know, I know, I know your name
 I know, I know, I know your name
 I know, I know your name is...
 
 Your name is BOB!
 Your name is Bob
 Your name is Bob, I know
 
 (instrumental)
 (played reverse in the instrumental:
 Spongebob Squarepants
 Bob Dylan
 Bob Ross
 Bob Hoffman
 Bob Saget
 Bob Marley)
 
 The homeless man stared
 He looked a bit scared
 
 He asked me how I knew his name, I couldn't say
 And it was awkward
 He fell asleep, and I walked back home in the rain (in the rain)
 But then it happened
 Another vision came to me
 Another psychic idea from my dreams
 I knew I had to burn down the supermarket to achieve world peace
 So I did.
==Video==
{{Infobox_video
 |title = I Know Your Name
 |creator = [[Neil Cicierega]]
 |cast = [[Neil Cicierega]], [[Ben Cicierega]], and various others
 |crew= [[Neil Cicierega]] (music, directing, and editing), [[Alora Lanzillotta]] (assistant directing)
 |year = 2002?
 |screenshot = IKYN.png
 |duration = 4:33
 |externalLinks = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7mgP_oxbYg Youtube]
 |addtlInfo = <!-- Any additional Info.-->
}}
The video to '''I Know Your Name''' was Neil's first music video. Neil's first video was originally gonna be one for [[A Schizophrenic Twist]], but Neil started to not like the song, and eventually made one for this song. [[Aaron Ackerson]] is featured in this video, though as an edited photo as the random guy Neil bumped into. Aaron is also in the special thanks section at the end of the video.

==See also==
* [[I Know Your Name (Crappy Four Track Version)]], a version of this song with lower-quality vocals and a kazoo solo.