Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?

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"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" was a UK #1 single for three weeks in October 1982 for Culture Club.

The third single from the band, the sweet Lover's Rock style proved their commercial breakthrough. Initially picked up by BBC Radio 2 the song became a major hit after their memorable debut performance on Top of the Pops, which they got thanks to Shakin' Stevens being ill and not able to appear. The song was their breakthrough in America, too, and it reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in March 1983. It was also #1 in Australia and more than twenty countries worldwide.

On the video for this song, lead singer Boy George wears a shirt bearing the Hebrew words for "Culture Club".

The game show Press Your Luck featured a Whammy animation parodying Boy George.

Preceded by "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth

UK number one single October 17, 1982

Succeeded by "I Don't Wanna Dance" by Eddy Grant