"You Don't Understand Me" is a song by the Swedish pop duo Roxette. Released in 1995, it was the first new single from their Greatest Hits album Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! - Roxette's Greatest Hits. "You Don't Understand Me" was written by Per Gessle and Desmond Child and this was the first time Gessle had co-written a song with an international songwriter. The song was a hit in several European countries, reaching the top 10 in Sweden and Finland, and the top 20 in Italy and The Netherlands.