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

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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"
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007
RecordedJanuary 14–15, 2007
Studio Blackbird Studio, Tennessee
Genre Garage rock
Length3:54
Label
Composers Jack White III, Meg White
Lyricist Jack White III
Producer 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
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Digital (US) and 7" single cover

"You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" is a song by American rock duo the White Stripes, released by Warner Bros. and XL on September 18, 2007. The second track from their sixth studio album, Icky Thump (2007), the song was written and produced by Jack White, and was composed by the band.

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Recording

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

Composition

Musically, "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" is a garage rock song about a man pleading for his friend to end her turbulent relationship. [2]

Release

"You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" was first played live on June 29, 2007, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was released as a CD single on September 18, 2007, with the 7-inch vinyl version following on September 25. [3]

Music video

The music video for "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" was directed by the Malloys. [4] It features footage from the band's 2009 documentary Under Great White Northern Lights, and was filmed in front of the Hudson's Bay Company historical buildings in Iqaluit, Nunavut. [5] It premiered on MTV and its parent networks on July 30, 2007. [6]

Commercial performance

"You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" reached number 18 on the UK singles chart and number 63 on the Canadian Hot 100. [7] [8] It also peaked at number 9 on the US Alternative Songs chart, [9] number 24 on the US Hot Singles Sales chart, [10] and number 83 on the Australian Music Report Singles Chart. [11]

Track listing

CD single [12]
  1. "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)"
  2. "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" (Frat Rock Version)
  3. "A Martyr for My Love for You" (Acoustic Version)
7-inch vinyl single [13]
  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 are adapted from the CD release. [12]

Covers

References

  1. ↑ Ecky Thump. Third Man Books. 2017.
  2. ↑ NME (June 18, 2007). "The White Stripes: Icky Thump". NME . Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Jonathan (September 12, 2007). "White Stripes Cancel Fall U.S., U.K. Tour Dates". Billboard.
  4. ↑ "You Don't Know What Love Is | The White Stripes | Music Video". MTV Music. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ Hoard, Christian (April 1, 2010). "Under Great White Northern Lights," Rolling Stone. (1101):75
  6. ↑ Stereogum (July 30, 2007). "New White Stripes Video - "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)"". Stereogum . Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  7. ↑ "White Stripes – Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  8. ↑ "The White Stripes – Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  9. ↑ "The White Stripes – Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  10. ↑ "The White Stripes – Chart History: Hot Singles Sales". Billboard . Billboard. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  11. ↑ David Kent (2010). Australian Chart Book 1993 – 2009. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. p. 269. ISBN   978-0-646-52995-0.
  12. 1 2 You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told) (CD). Warner Bros. 2007. 325308-2.
  13. ↑ You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told) (Vinyl). XL. 2007. XLS293A.
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