You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)
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Releases
- Icky Thump (2007)
- You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told) (2007)
- Live in Mississippi (2011)
Other Appearances
Credits
Performers
- Jack White: electric guitar, organ, voice
- Meg White: drums, tambourine
Production
- Originally recorded by the White Stripes.
- Written by Jack White.
- Produced by Jack White.
- Mixed by Jack White and Joe Chiccarelli.
- Recorded by Joe Chiccarelli, assisted by Lowell Reynolds.
- Recorded at Blackbird Studio, Nashville, Tennessee.
- Mastered by Vlado Meller at Sony Mastering.
Meaning
Band Quotes
Trivia
Lyrics
In some respects, I suspect you've got a respectable side. When pushed and pulled and pressured, you seldom run and hide. But it's for someone else's benefit, not for what you want to do, and until I realize that you've realized, I'm gonna say these words to you: Yeah, you don't know what love is, you just do as you're told. Just as a child of ten might act, but you're far too old. You're not hopeless or helpless, and I hate to sound cold, but you don't know what love is... you just do as you're told. I can see your man can't help but win any problems that may arise, but in his mind, there can be no sin if you never criticize. You just keep on repeating all those empty I-love-yous. Until you see that you deserve better, I'm gonna lay right into you. You don't know what love is, you just do as you're told. Just as a child of ten might act, but you're far too old. You're not hopeless or helpless, and I hate to sound cold, but you don't know what love is... you just do as you're told.
Video
The video for the song was directed by The Malloys. It was filmed in front of 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.
