Don't Tell Me What to Do (Baby Animals song)

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"Don't Tell Me What to Do"
Don't Tell Me What to Do by Baby Animals.jpg
Australian CD single cover
Single by Baby Animals
from the album Shaved and Dangerous
B-side "Harmony Children"
Released27 June 1993
Genre Rock
Length4:11
Label Imago
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ed Stasium
Baby Animals singles chronology
"Impossible to Fly"
(1992)
"Don't Tell Me What to Do"
(1993)
"At the End of the Day / Backbone"
(1993)

"Don't Tell Me What to Do" is a song by Australian rock band Baby Animals. It was released in June 1993 as the first single from their second studio album Shaved and Dangerous (1993). The song peaked at number 24 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Contents

Track listings

CD single (72787250402)

  1. "Don't Tell Me What to Do" – 4:11
  2. "Harmony Children" – 3:32

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 24

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