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)" 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 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.

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Track listings

Compact Disc

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

7" vinyl

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

Personnel

Jack White – vocals, guitars and keyboards
Meg White – drums and backing vocals

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

^ Ecky Thump. Third Man Books. 2017.
^ Nicolson, Barry (June 18, 2007). "The White Stripes: Icky Thump". NME. ISSN 0028-6362. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
^ 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

v t e The White Stripes
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Studio albums	The White Stripes (1999) De Stijl (2000) White Blood Cells (2001) Elephant (2003) Get Behind Me Satan (2005) Icky Thump (2007)
Live albums	Under Great White Northern Lights
Compilation albums	The White Stripes Greatest Hits
Video albums	Under Blackpool Lights Under Great White Northern Lights / Under Nova Scotian Lights
Singles	"Let's Shake Hands" "Lafayette Blues" "The Big Three Killed My Baby" "Hand Springs" "Hello Operator" "Lord, Send Me an Angel" "Party of Special Things to Do" "Hotel Yorba" "Fell in Love with a Girl" "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" "We're Going to Be Friends" "Candy Cane Children" "Seven Nation Army" "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" "The Hardest Button to Button" "There's No Home for You Here" "Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)" "Blue Orchid" "My Doorbell" "The Denial Twist" "Icky Thump" "Rag and Bone" "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" "Conquest"
Other songs	"300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues" "Ball and Biscuit" "Suzy Lee"
Related articles	Discography Songs Awards and nominations The Raconteurs The Dead Weather The Upholsterers The Go Two-Star Tabernacle Aluminium Third Man Records
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