Kissing to Be Clever

Kissing to Be Clever
Standard cover art
Studio album by
Culture Club
Released8 October 1982 (UK)
13 December 1982 (US)
Recorded1982
StudioRed Bus Studios, London[1]
Genre
Length33:35
LabelVirgin (UK)
Epic (US)
ProducerSteve Levine
Culture Club chronology
Kissing to Be Clever
(1982) 		Colour by Numbers
(1983)
Singles from Kissing to Be Clever
  1. "White Boy"
    Released: 30 April 1982 (UK)
  2. "I'm Afraid of Me"
    Released: 25 June 1982 (UK)
  3. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
    Released: 6 September 1982 (UK)
    November 1982 (US)
  4. "Time (Clock of the Heart)"
    Released: 19 November 1982 (UK)
    29 March 1983 (US)
  5. "I'll Tumble 4 Ya"
    Released: June 1983 (US)

Kissing to Be Clever is the debut album by the English band Culture Club, released on 8 October 1982 in the United Kingdom.[2] It includes Culture Club's international breakthrough hit single, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", which reached number one in the band's native UK and the top 10 of many charts around the world. The album has reportedly sold over 4 million copies worldwide,[3] including over 1 million in the US where it has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

  1. ^ "Culture Club – Kissing To Be Clever". Discogs. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. ^ "BRIT Certified Award – Culture Club – Kissing To Be Clever". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  3. ^ Sir Richard Branson (4 August 2011). Losing My Virginity. Ebury Publishing. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-1-4464-8334-3.