Do You Really Want to Hurt Me

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Culture Club

Kissing to Be Clever (1982)new waveHigh4:17Spotify YouTube Apple Music

Key: variesTempo: 103 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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94%15 tracks · 4,245 notes · E minor · 101 BPM· 4:17Recommended

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Bass 1

Bass 2

Winds 1

Choir

Strings 1

Strings 2

Synth 1

Synth 2

Drums

Piano 1

Winds 2

Guitar

World

Mallets

Piano 2

93%11 tracks · 4,291 notes · D# minor · 103 BPM· 4:09

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Electric piano 1

Fretless bass

Kalimba

Vibraphone

Choir aahs

Synth strings 1

String Ensemble 2

Dulcimer

Electric guitar (muted)

Room drum kit

Glockenspiel

92%16 tracks · 4,245 notes · G major · 104 BPM· 4:15

Practice Play

Fretless bass

Slap bass 1

Pan flute

Synth choir

Synth strings 1

String Ensemble 2

Pad 8 (sweep)

Pad 3 (polysynth)

Jazz drum kit

Electric piano 1

English horn

Electric guitar (jazz)

Kalimba

Glockenspiel

Acoustic grand piano

FX 5 (brightness)

86%4 tracks · 2,648 notes · E minor · 101 BPM· 3:51

Practice Play

Intro

Verse

Bridge

Verse

Chorus

Verse

Bridge

Interlude

Verse

Outro

Guitar

Bass

Choir

Drums

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —15 tracks · 4:17

About this song

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me by Culture Club, around 103 BPM, 4/4 time. This 15-track arrangement runs 4:17 (Acoustic grand piano, Electric piano 1, Glockenspiel, Electric guitar (jazz), Fretless bass, Slap bass 1, and Drums). 4 versions available to play and practice.

Difficulty by instrument

How hard each detected part is to play in the recommended version.

BassIntermediate

2.07 notes/sec

DrumsIntermediate

5.99 notes/sec

GuitarIntermediate

0.36 notes/sec

PianoIntermediate

1.68 notes/sec

OtherIntermediate

1.25 notes/sec

OtherBeginner

1.79 notes/sec

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Do You Really Want to Hurt Me appears on the soundtrack of HBO Looking (Season 2) (Original Soundtrack), Valley Girl: More Music From the Soundtrack.