Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely

Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely
EP from Candy Apple Grey by Hüsker Dü
Released	March 1986
Recorded	October 1985-January 1986
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	3:29
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Bob Mould and Grant Hart
Hüsker Dü chronology
"Sorry Somehow" (1986) "Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely" (1986) "Could You Be The One?" (1987)

"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. The band filmed a promotional video for the song, which garnered them some play on MTV.

The song is featured in the 2009 comedy-drama movie, Adventureland.

Track listing

EP track listing

Side One

1. "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (Hart)
2. "Helter Skelter" (Lennon/McCartney)

Side Two

1. "All Work and No Play" (Mould) (Long Mix)

"Helter Skelter" was recorded live on January 30, 1986 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]

UK single track listing

Side One

1. "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (Hart)

Side Two

1. "All Work and No Play"[2]

Warner Brothers Records Side by Side 7"

This release was made as an exclusive for Record Store Day in 2011.

Side A

1. "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (As performed by Hüsker Dü)

Side B

1. "I 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 released it as a b-side after recording it for an MTV show titled "Influences". The Swedish rockband Fireside has also recorded a version of the song on the "Hello kids" album.