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{{Infobox album
| name       = Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely
| type       = ep
| longtype   = from ''[[Candy Apple Grey]]''
| artist     = [[Hüsker Dü]]
| cover      = Don't_Want_To_Know_If_You_Are_Lonely.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 1986
| recorded   = October 1985–January 1986
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      =
* [[Punk rock]]<ref name="ritland">{{cite web |last1=Ritland |first1=Erik |title=The 25 Best Punk Songs to Help You Stick it to the Man |url=https://www.musicinminnesota.com/best-punk-songs/ |website=Music in Minnesota |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="sacher">{{cite web |last1=Sacher |first1=Andrew |title=20 great covers of classic punk songs by '90s/'00s punk bands |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/20-great-covers-of-classic-punk-songs-by-90s00s-punk-bands/ |website=[[Brooklyn Vegan]] |access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[pop-punk]]<ref name="amgcag">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/candy-apple-grey-mw0000650271 |title=Candy Apple Grey – Hüsker Dü |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=March 18, 2010 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref><ref name="mason">{{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Stewart |title=Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely - Song Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/dont-want-to-know-if-you-are-lonely-mt0006154872 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 2, 2022}}</ref>
| length     = 3:29
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Bob Mould]]|[[Grant Hart]]}}
| prev_title = [[Makes No Sense At All]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [[Sorry Somehow]]
| next_year  = 1986
}}
"'''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]].<ref name= "obit">{{cite news |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/14/grant-hart-obituary |title=Grant Hart obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 14, 2017 |accessdate=June 20, 2018}}</ref> It was released both as an [[Extended play|EP]] in the United States and as a [[Single (music)|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]].<ref name="Earles">{{cite book |last=Earles |first=Andrew |title=Husker Du: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock p. 263 |publisher=[[Voyageur Press]] |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-6167-3979-9}}</ref> The song, dubbed a "tuneful blast of [[Buzzcocks]]-style [[pop-punk]]," was labeled the high point of ''Grey'' by [[AllMusic]]'s Stewart Mason.<ref name="mason"/>
The song is featured in the 2009 [[comedy]]-[[drama]] movie, ''[[Adventureland (film)|Adventureland]]''.<ref name= "soundtrack">{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Clive |url= https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/6wanm6/my-favourite-soundtrack-adventureland |title=My Favorite Soundtrack: 'Adventureland' |work=[[Noisey]] |date=April 22, 2014 |accessdate=June 20, 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing==
===EP track listing===
Side One
#"Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (Hart)
#"[[Helter Skelter (song)|Helter Skelter]]" ([[Lennon-McCartney]])
Side Two
#"All Work and No Play" (Long Mix) (Mould)
"Helter Skelter" was recorded live on January 30, 1985 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[http://www.thirdav.com/hd_discog/01_commercial.html#dwtk]
===UK single track listing===
Side One
#"Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (Hart)
Side Two
#"All Work and No Play" (Mould) [http://www.thirdav.com/hd_discog/01_commercial.html#dwtk7]
==Side by Side: Record Store Day 2011==
{{Infobox song
| name       = Side by Side: Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely
| cover      = Husker Du Green Day Split Single.jpg
| alt        =
| border     = yes
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Hüsker Dü]] and [[Green Day]]
| album      =
| A-side     = "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (as performed by Hüsker Dü)
| B-side     = "Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely" (as performed by Green Day)
| released   = April 16, 2011
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Punk rock]]<ref name="sacher"/>
| length     =
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| writer     = Grant Hart
| producer   =
| chronology = Green Day
| prev_title = [[When It's Time]]
| prev_year  = 2010
| next_title = [[Oh Love]]
| next_year  = 2012
}}
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.<ref name= "uncovered">{{cite news |last=Garvin |first=Patrick |url= https://popcultureexperiment.com/2017/09/18/dont-want-to-know-if-you-are-lonely-cover-songs-uncovered/ |title="Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely": Cover Songs Uncovered |work=The Pop Culture Experiment |date=September 18, 2017 |accessdate=June 20, 2018}}</ref> The Green Day version had previously appeared on the single for their song, "[[Warning (Green Day song)|Warning]]".
Side A
# "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (as performed by Hüsker Dü)
Side B
# "Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely" (as performed by Green Day)
==Cover versions==
"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 UK band [[Catherine Wheel (band)|Catherine Wheel]] recorded a version of the song on their 1992 "30th Century Man" EP.<ref name= "uncovered" /> Also in 1992, [[Mega City Four]] covered it on their LP "Inspiringly Titled: The Live Album" and its advance EP "Shivering Sand - Live". 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]].
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