Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
| "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" | ||||
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| Single by Culture Club | ||||
| from the album Kissing to Be Clever | ||||
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| Released | 6 September 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
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| Length | 4:22 3:41 (MTV video edit) | |||
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| Producer(s) | Steve Levine | |||
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| "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" on YouTube | ||||
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" is a song written and performed by English new wave band Culture Club. Released as a single in September 1982 from the group's platinum-selling debut album, Kissing to Be Clever (1982), this ballad was the band's first major hit and first UK No. 1 hit. In the United States, the single was released in November 1982 and also became a hit, reaching No. 2 for three weeks.