You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)

"You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)"
Single by The White Stripes
from the album Icky Thump
B-side	"A Martyr for My Love for You"
Released	September 18, 2007
Recorded	January 14–15, 2007 [1]
Studio	Blackbird (Berry Hill, Tennessee)
Genre	Rock [2]
Length	3:54
Label	Warner Bros. (US) XL Recordings (EU)
Composer(s)	Jack White III, Meg White
Lyricist(s)	Jack White III
Producer(s)	Jack White III
The White Stripes singles chronology
"Rag and Bone" (2007) "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" (2007) "Conquest" (2007)
Alternative cover
Digital (US) and 7" single cover

"You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" is a song written and recorded by the American alternative rock band The White Stripes. The song was first played live on June 29, 2007, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is the second track from their sixth studio album Icky Thump . The basic tracking of the song was done on January 14, 2007 with overdubs done on the following day. ^[1]

The track was released as a CD single on September 18, 2007, with the 7" vinyl version of the single following on September 25. ^[3] The music video for "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" premiered on MTV2 Unleashed, as well as MTV.com and MTV2.com on July 30, 2007.

The video was filmed in front of the Hudson's Bay Company historical buildings in the Apex neighborhood of Iqaluit, the capital of the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut, while the band was on tour there.

Track listings

Compact Disc

1. "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" – 3:56
2. "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" (Frat Rock version)  – 3:45
3. "A Martyr for My Love for You" (Acoustic version)

7" vinyl

1. "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)"
2. "A Martyr for My Love for You" (Acoustic version)

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD release.

• Jack White – vocals, guitar ^[1]
• Meg White – drums

Cover versions

Australian R&B singer-songwriter Daniel Merriweather covered the song as a bonus track for the Japanese edition of his 2009 album Love & War .

References

1. Ecky Thump. Third Man Books. 2017.
2. Nicolson, Barry (June 18, 2007). "The White Stripes: Icky Thump". NME . ISSN   0028-6362 . Retrieved June 19, 2007.
3. Cohen, Jonathan (September 12, 2007). "White Stripes Cancel Fall U.S., U.K. Tour Dates". Billboard.

External links

• Music video
• Some stills from the video Archived February 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine