Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
~ Recording by Violent Femmes
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.4 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | 4:51 | Violent Femmes | Why Do Birds Sing? | Violent Femmes | Album |
| Reprise Records, Slash (US label, founded in 1978 in LA originally focused on local punk bands, now distributed by Warner Bros. Records.) | 9 26476-2 |
| 1.5 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | 4:51 | Violent Femmes | Carlsberg Light: A Different Sound | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Canada (imprint of Warner Music Canada Co.) | CD 654 |
| 1.4 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | 4:51 | Violent Femmes | Why Do Birds Sing? | Violent Femmes | Album |
| London Records (UK, 1947–98), Slash (US label, founded in 1978 in LA originally focused on local punk bands, now distributed by Warner Bros. Records.) | 828 239-1 |
| 1.4 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | 4:51 | Violent Femmes | Why Do Birds Sing? | Violent Femmes | Album |
| Liberation Records (Australian, big LIB logo or target behind name, 1981–1999; big L and record logo, 2018–) | D 30551 |
| 1.4 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | 4:51 | Violent Femmes | Why Do Birds Sing? | Violent Femmes | Album |
| London Records (UK, 1947–98), Slash (US label, founded in 1978 in LA originally focused on local punk bands, now distributed by Warner Bros. Records.) | 828 239-2 |
| 1.4 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | 4:51 | Violent Femmes | Why Do Birds Sing? | Violent Femmes | Album |
| Reprise Records, Slash (US label, founded in 1978 in LA originally focused on local punk bands, now distributed by Warner Bros. Records.) | W2 26476 |
| 2.14 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? | 4:51 | Violent Femmes | Never Mind the Originals, Here’s the Covers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 5034522000 |
| 5.4 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | 4:51 | Violent Femmes | Original Album Series | Violent Femmes | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122797698 |
| 1.4 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | 4:51 | Violent Femmes | Why Do Birds Sing? | Violent Femmes | Album |
| Slash (US label, founded in 1978 in LA originally focused on local punk bands, now distributed by Warner Bros. Records.) | 8122797698 |
| 1.4 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | 4:51 | Violent Femmes | Why Do Birds Sing? | Violent Femmes | Album |
| Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord) | CR00466 |
| 1.4 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? | 4:51 | Violent Femmes | Why Do Birds Sing? (deluxe edition) | Violent Femmes | Album |
| Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord) | |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Susan Rogers (US sound engineer) |
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| producer: | Michael Beinhorn Victor DeLorenzo Gordon Gano Brian Ritchie |
| mixer: | Eric "E.T." Thorngren |
| acoustic bass guitar, bouzouki and electric guitar: | Brian Ritchie |
| acoustic guitar: | Gordon Gano |
| drums (drum set), membranophone [tranceaphone] and tambourine: | Victor DeLorenzo |
| mellotron and piano: | Michael Beinhorn |
| vocals: | Victor DeLorenzo Gordon Gano |
| recording of: | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? (Violent Femmes version) |
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Related works
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? (Violent Femmes version)
| additional lyricist: | Gordon Gano |
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| composer: | Mikey Craig (Culture Club bassist) George O’Dowd Roy Hay (Member of Culture Club and composer for film and television) Jon Moss |
| publisher: | Virgin Music (publisher and label, only for releases with Virgin MUSIC logo) Virgin Music, Inc. (the American arm of Virgin’s publishing company) (in 1982) |
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| version of: | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me |
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