Don’t Be Cruel
~ Recording by Cheap Trick
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.6 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | Lap of Luxury | Cheap Trick | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 40922, EK-40922 |
| 1.2 | Don't Be Cruel | 3:06 | Cheap Trick | Ghost Town | Cheap Trick | Single |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 653095 6 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | Lap of Luxury | Cheap Trick | Album |
| Epic/Sony (logo of the Japanese company Epic/Sony Inc., Aug 1978–Mar 1988) | 25-8P-5132 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | Lap of Luxury | Cheap Trick | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 40922, FE 40922 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | Lap of Luxury | Cheap Trick | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK-40922 |
| 3.19 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | The Sony Digital Collection, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia), Sony (logo contains only the SONY® wordmark! do not use if there is a more specific label) | 31-980651-10, LSP 980651 2 |
| 1.12 | Don't Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | Hyperactive Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 6.9 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | Reader’s Digest: 100 Solid Gold Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | RDCD4-556 |
| 2.7 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:04 | Cheap Trick | Larry’s Party Rock 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | The Greatest Hits | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 48681 |
| 2.3 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | The Greatest Hits | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Epic/Sony (logo of the Japanese company Epic/Sony Inc., Aug 1978–Mar 1988) | ESCA 5492~3 |
| 1.17 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | Collection | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC) | CCSCD 309 |
| 1.3 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | The Greatest Hits (club edition) | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 745505T, CEK 48681 |
| 1.3 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | The Greatest Hits | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 469086 2 |
| 1.2 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | The Hits of Cheap Trick | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | EPC 468853 9 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | Lap of Luxury | Cheap Trick | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 982839 2 |
| 1.3 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:07 | Cheap Trick | Star Box | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Epic/Sony (logo of the Japanese company Epic/Sony Inc., Aug 1978–Mar 1988) | ESCA 5861 |
| 1.14 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:12 | Cheap Trick | Rock Inferno | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stardust (subsidiary of Wisepack Ltd.) | STACD 040 (M) |
| 1.2 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:12 | Cheap Trick | The Rock Collection: Rock Inferno | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 527/28 |
| 1.14 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:12 | Cheap Trick | Rock Inferno | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stardust (subsidiary of Wisepack Ltd.) | STACD 040 |
| 1.6 | Don't Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | The Greatest Hits of the 80's, Volume 6 - The Decade of Excess | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | S21-17901 |
| 1.2 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | Hot Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | A 26019 |
| 1.2 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:10 | Cheap Trick | Big Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | A 23390 |
| 1.12 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:10 | Cheap Trick | Llena Tu Cabeza De Rock, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Sony Music Special Marketing (from ca. 1990s–2003, renamed Sony Music Special Markets ca. 2003) | CDDEI 479914 |
| 1.10 | Don't Be Cruel | 3:11 | Cheap Trick | Sounds of the Eighties: The Late '80s, Take Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life Music | A-26981, R988-20 |
| 1.15 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:07 | Cheap Trick | Casa Musica, Volume 9: Latin Obsessions | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Casa musica | CM-CD 011 |
| 2.4 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:06 | Cheap Trick | Celebration: The Late ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | 0350848-1/2 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:10 | Cheap Trick | Don’t Be Cruel | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | A 32820 |
| 2.6 | Don't Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | The Best Ever Covers Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 5236332 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | Top of the Pops, Volume 5 1988–1994 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Shock (Australian independent) | SMECD011 |
| 1.3 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | The Greatest Hits | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | EK86473 |
| 2.10 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:06 | Cheap Trick | Party Kult Hits Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | SSP 987913 2 |
| 1.3 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | The Greatest Hits | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 86473 |
| 1.4 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:07 | Cheap Trick | The Imus Ranch Record II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| New West Records | |
| 4.6 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | Original Album Classics | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88691900952 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | Lap of Luxury | Cheap Trick | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.5 | Don't Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | 101 Ultimate Beer Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 50999 404475 2 0 |
| 13.6 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | The Complete Epic Albums Collection (Boxed Set) | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697941932 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | Lap of Luxury | Cheap Trick | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | SICP 31072 |
| 13.6 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:09 | Cheap Trick | The Complete Epic Albums Collection | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Music on CD | 8718627233405, MOCCD14108 |
| 1.3 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | The Greatest Hits | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation | Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 469086 2 | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 25.18 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | 80’s Giga Hits Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | Don’t Be Cruel | 3:08 | Cheap Trick | The Greatest Hits | Cheap Trick | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| engineer: | Phil Kaffel |
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| producer: | Richie Zito |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1988) |
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| recording of: | Don’t Be Cruel (cover) |
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Related works
Don’t Be Cruel
| writer: | Otis Blackwell (American pianist, singer and songwriter) Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) |
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| publisher: | Carlin Music Corporation Elvis Presley Music Elvis Presley Music Inc. Shalimar Music Corp. Unichappell Music, Inc. Williamson Music Company |
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| referred to in medleys: | Medley (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel Mix 4: All Shook Up / Great Balls of Fire / Don’t Be Cruel / See You Later, Alligator / Let’s Twist Again / Rock Around the Clock / Hound Dog (reprise) (order: 3) The Elvis Medley: Jailhouse Rock / Teddy Bear / Hound Dog / Don’t Be Cruel / Burning Love / Suspicious Minds (order: 4) |
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| later parody versions: | Don’t Be Fooled |
| later translated versions: | Co je to láska Kom terug 佛跳牆 |
| later versions: | Sois pas cruel |
| arrangements: | Concerto Grosso no. I: V. Don't Be Cruel |
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