"You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" is a song written and recorded by the American alternative rock band The White Stripes. The song was first played live on June 29, 2007, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is the second track from their sixth studio album Icky Thump. The track was released as a CD single on September 18, 2007, with the 7" vinyl version of the single following on September 25.^[3] The music video for "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" premiered on MTV2 Unleashed, as well as MTV.com and MTV2.com on July 30, 2007.

"You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)"
Single by The White Stripes
from the album Icky Thump
B-side	"A Martyr for My Love for You"
Released	September 18, 2007
Recorded	January 14-15, 2007[1]
Studio	Blackbird Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Rock[2]
Length	3:54
Label	Warner Bros. (US) XL Recordings (EU)
Songwriter(s)	Jack White
The White Stripes singles chronology
"Rag and Bone" (2007) "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" (2007) "Conquest" (2007)
Alternative cover
Digital (US) and 7" single cover

The video was filmed in front of the Hudson's Bay Company historical buildings in the Apex neighborhood of Iqaluit, the capital of the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut, while the band was on tour there.