Bryan Adams: lead vocal, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, bass
David Foster: keyboards
Keith Scott: electric guitar
Dean Parks: electric guitar
Michael Thompson: electric guitar
Mickey Curry: drums

Produced by David Foster. Recorded by Jochem van der Saag at Verve Records, Santa Monica, California. Assited by Olivier Bassil and Jorge Vivo. Additional recording by Bob Clearmountain. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain. Mastered by Bob Ludwig.

This song came together very slowly ... possibly the longest gestation of any song Bryan and I have written. 

It was assembled in bits and pieces over a five-year period, not because it was difficult to write, but because we had trouble finding an arrangement that worked. 

We tried a variety of instrumentations, beginning with a "Bob Dylan" approach: acoustic guitar, vocal, and a harmonica solo where the bridge section now resides. It was charming and intimate, but it wasn't quite right. 

Then we tried a "band" approach: a combination of keyboards, upright bass and drums ... reminiscent of early Cat Stevens.  But that didn't gel either. 

Our search for an arrangement was elusive and frustrating.  As a result, we kept setting the song aside.

We started writing the song in 2009 ... that's when we came up with the chorus (chords, melody and lyrics) along with a "sketch" of what would eventually be the verse (chords and melody, but no lyrics).

Lyrics for the verses were written a year later, in 2010. Then the song sat, neglected, for 2 or 3 years until producer David Foster heard it and decided it was worth recording. 

In 2013 Bryan and David took "She Knows Me" into the studio in Los Angeles. Things came together quite quickly.

They were close to completing the recording when one day Bryan decided the song needed a "bridge" section (sometimes referred to as a "middle eight").

Bryan had a melody in mind, which he sang to me over the phone (I was in Toronto).  I suggested a few lines of lyric, and voila, we had a bridge! Bryan and David added the new section to the recording and the song was finished.  Almost.

Another month went by. One day Bryan decided to add a "whoa-whoa" vocal refrain. An excellent idea, in my opinion.

Finally, the song was finished.  Almost.

A few months later -- a day or two before the song was scheduled for mastering -- Bryan jettisoned most of the electric guitars in favour of an acoustic guitar.

This is the one change I wasn't sure about ... in fact, I still prefer the version with the electric guitars.  But at least the song was finally mixed, mastered and released to the public, nearly five years after we started writing it!