I Should Have Known Better (Jim Diamond song)

"I Should Have Known Better" is a song by Jim Diamond, released in 1984 as the lead single from his debut solo album Double Crossed (1985). It was a UK number one single for one week in December 1984.^[1] The song was displaced after one week by Frankie Goes to Hollywood's song "The Power of Love". Diamond publicly requested that people not buy his single, but instead buy the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid.^[2]

Released26 October 1984 (1984-10-26)

Recorded1984

GenreSoft rock, power ballad

Length4:10

Quick facts Single by Jim Diamond, from the album Double Crossed ...

"I Should Have Known Better"
Single by Jim Diamond
from the album Double Crossed
Released	26 October 1984 (1984-10-26)
Recorded	1984
Genre	Soft rock, power ballad
Length	4:10
Label	A&M
Songwriters	Jim Diamond Graham Lyle
Producers	Jim Diamond Pip Williams
Jim Diamond singles chronology
"Clean Up the City" (1976) "I Should Have Known Better" (1984) "I Sleep Alone at Night" (1985)

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"I Should Have Known Better" was re-recorded for Diamond's 1993 solo album Jim Diamond. He recorded the song a third time for his 2005 single "Blue Shoes", which also featured a re-recording of "I Won't Let You Down" and covers of old soul songs such as "My Girl".