"You Don't Know How It Feels" is a song and the lead single from American musician Tom Petty's 1994 album, Wildflowers.

The track features candid lyrics describing the songwriter's desire for personal and professional autonomy.

The actress in the video is Raven Snow; she also appeared in several episodes of Zalman King's Red Shoe Diaries and the film Delta of Venus as lounge singer Leila.

[10] Petty originally intended the B-side of the single, "Girl on LSD", to appear on Wildflowers, but Warner Bros. refused because it was too controversial.

In the chorus Petty states: "Through ecstasy, crystal meth and glue / I found no drug compares to you / All these pills, all this weed / I dunno just what I need."