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Exclusive Stream: Raphael Saadiq's Tender 'Only Knew'

Listen to the R&B star's tune from the new movie 'The Sitter'

December 6, 2011 1:05 PM ET
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Raphael Saadiq
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Click to listen to Raphael Saadiq's 'Only Knew'

Raphael Saadiq's new tune "Only Knew" sets the mood for the most tender scene in The Sitter, a new movie by David Gordon Green starring Jonah Hill. "It's the moment of the film where laughter ceases and tears fall," Saadiq says of the slow dance-ready duet. "The strumming of the guitar and the melancholy chords will give couples a reason to sit just a little closer together."

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