Do You Really Want to Hurt Me

"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" is a 1982 song by English new wave band Culture Club and was taken from their debut studio album Kissing to Be Clever. It topped the single charts in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Canada, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Denmark. It also went to number 2 in the Netherlands, the United States and New Zealand. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1984.

"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
Single by Culture Club
from Kissing to Be Clever"
B-side	"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (Dub version)" (7") "Love Is Cold (You Were Never No Good)" (12")
Released	6 September 1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	New wave blue-eyed soul reggae
Length	4:22 3:41 (MTV video edit)
Label	Virgin Epic
Songwriter(s)	Roy Hay Boy George Mikey Craig Jon Moss
Producer(s)	Steve Levine
Culture Club singles chronology
""Mystery Boy" (1982) Do You Really Want to Hurt Me ""Time (Clock of the Heart)" (1982)
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" at YouTube

Track listings

7-inch A. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" – 4:22 B. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (Dub version) (feat. Pappa Weasel) – 3:38 (Released at least in UK, Canada, Australia, France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Sweden) A. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" – 4:23 B. "You Know I'm Not Crazy" – 3:35 (Released in USA, Mexico) 12-inch A1. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" – 4:22 A2. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (Dub Version) – 3:38 B1. "Love Is Cold" (non-album track) – 4:23 (Released at least in UK, Canada (different cover), USA, Australia, France, West Germany, Italy, Netherlands (different cover), Spain)

CD single (1992 re-issue) "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" – 4:22 "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (Dub Version) – 3:38 "Bow Down Mister" (Sitari Bizarri Mix) – 6:24 (Released in Germany in 1992, to promote the compilation album Spin Dazzle) CD single (2005 remix) "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (DJ LBR 2005 remix) – 3:59 "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" – 4:25 (Released as a remix version in France, to promote the compilation album Culture Club 2005 – Singles & Remixes, with new video)