Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely | ||||
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EP from Candy Apple Grey by Hüsker Dü | ||||
Released | March 1986 | |||
Recorded | October 1985-January 1986 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Bob Mould and Grant Hart | |||
Hüsker Dü chronology | ||||
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"Side by Side: Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" | ||||
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Single by Hüsker Dü and Green Day | ||||
A-side | "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (as performed by Hüsker Dü) | |||
B-side | "I Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely" (as performed by Green Day) | |||
Released | April 16, 2011 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, Punk rock | |||
Label | Warner Bros. Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Grant Hart | |||
Green Day singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" is a song by Hüsker Dü from their album Candy Apple Grey. The song was written by Grant Hart. It was released both as an EP in the United States and as a single in the United Kingdom in March 1986. Hüsker Dü filmed a promotional video for the song, which garnered the band some play on MTV.
The song is featured in the 2009 comedy-drama movie, Adventureland.
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"Helter Skelter" was recorded live on January 30, 1985 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]
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On Record Store Day, 2011, Warner Bros. Records released an exclusive limited edition print of a "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" split single. The split single features the original version of "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" performed by Hüsker Dü on one side, and a cover version by the band Green Day on the other.
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"Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" has been covered by several different artists, including Green Day, who recorded it for an MTV show titled "Influences". The Swedish rockband Fireside has also recorded a version of the song on the "Hello kids" album. In 2013, Il Cattivo, a Denver-based heavy rock band released a guitar dueling rendition on their second record How To Assess Your Damages. The song was also covered by Australian musician Paul Dempsey. Another notable coverversion has been made by the German-based band The Richies in 1993.(http://www.richies.eu/discograph.html)