: 500 Lenox Ave, New York, NY 10037. The primary setting for the video. Lead Cast : Alicia Keys as the waitress. Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) as Michael Harris. Melyssa Ford as the fellow waitress.
: The middle of the video features a long, improvised telephone interlude where Alicia's character finally calls Michael to introduce herself and confess her feelings. Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name (Official Video)
: The story features a flashback or parallel scene at a house party where the two cross paths during a tense moment, a visual homage to the film Cooley High . : 500 Lenox Ave, New York, NY 10037
: Alicia Keys plays a waitress at a local diner (filmed at the real Pan Pan Diner on 135th Street and Lenox Avenue). Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) as Michael Harris
: In a famously debated scene, Michael routinely orders the "fish special" with a side of hot chocolate. To impress him, Alicia's character uses milk and cream instead of the tap water her manager prefers.