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"You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" | ||||
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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) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jack White | |||
The White Stripes singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
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