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Do You Really Want to Hurt Me

1982 single by Culture Club
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Do You Really Want to Hurt Me

Summary

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (741 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's instance of is recorded as song[4].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's composer is recorded as Mikey Craig[5].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's composer is recorded as Roy Hay[6].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's composer is recorded as Boy George[7].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's composer is recorded as Jon Moss[8].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's composer is recorded as Culture Club[9].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's genre is new wave[10].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me was followed by Time (Clock of the Heart)[11].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me was produced by Steve Levine[12].
  • Among the performers on Do You Really Want to Hurt Me was Culture Club[13].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[14].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me is part of Kissing to Be Clever[15].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's language of work or name is recorded as English[16].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me was released on September 6, 1982[17].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's lyricist is recorded as Culture Club[18].
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me's lyricist is recorded as Gordon Gano[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[20]

  • Genre(s): new wave, pop, reggae, reggae-pop, synth-pop[21]

  • Community tags: new wave, pop, reggae, reggae-pop, synth-pop[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f49bb12f-f4f3-32be-aa34-e37faed77246[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Do You Really Want to Hurt Me was Culture Club[13]. It was produced by Steve Levine[12].

Publication

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me was released on September 6, 1982[17]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[16]. Its genre is new wave[10]. It is part of Kissing to Be Clever[15].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me was followed by Time (Clock of the Heart)[11].

Why It Matters

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (741 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Boy George Virgin Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Culture Club
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