Following its lack of success, "Know Who You Are" was quickly deleted by Polydor and has since become a collector's item. The Rare Record Price Guide of 2014 valued the single at £80. The song later received greater recognition when a live version was included on Slade Alive!, which became the band's first hit album when released in 1972. In addition, the original studio version was included on the 1973 compilation album Sladest, which topped the UK charts.
Promotion
The band appeared on the UK show Disco 2 to perform "Know Who You Are" and the Play It Loud track "Sweet Box". The performance was broadcast on 31 October 1970. Only a few performances from the show are known to survive, with Slade's performance having not been seen since its original airing. The band also performed the song during a BBC studio session around the same time.
Track listing
- 7" Single
- "Know Who You Are" - 2:53
- "Dapple Rose" - 3:31
Critical reception
Upon release, New Musical Express said: "A powerful item from the skinhead group, making its Polydor debut. The lyric is forcefully delivered, virtually snarled at times. It's a hard-hitting piece of philosophy with a walloping beat, which explodes into a wall of sound in the title hook. Insistent and gripping, but limited in its appeal." Record Mirror felt the song had "chart chance" and commented: "Chas Chandler, ex-Animal bassist, states categorically that this group will make it. But then he's said that before. About Jimi Hendrix. Lost momentarily in a skin-head scene, this group is basically most musicianly. This is a strange, staccato sort of production... lead voice stamping, as in bovver boots, on the lyrics. Stark simplicity behind. The effect is very good indeed. Darned near slayed me."
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