"I Don't Want To Know" Mystery

[pauls90]

I honestly have no idea if this has already been discussed, and if it has then I apologize in advance.

Recently I upgraded the sound system for my record player, and threw on "Rumours" just to test everything out. I had always really appreciated "I Don't Want To Know" but honestly fell in love with it much more than ever after hearing it on my new speakers. It had been stuck in my head for a few days after, so I searched to see if there were any live performances of it that I might have missed over the years, but didn't find anything. That search turned up the "Glee" version of the song and out of curiosity I chose to listen to it. Towards the end of the song, after the line "You got me rockin and a reelin", they sang the lyric "Hey you know what you do". I hadn't ever given it much thought, but for some reason this lyric surprised me, as I guess I didn't realize that's how it went. A bit interested, I look the lyric insert out of the record packaging to double check and noticed that the entire line is absent.

Does anyone know why that lyric isn't included? I find it very peculiar and a quick google search didn't really turn up anything. :shrug:

[WildHearted]

I always thought Stevie and Lindsey said "Hanging onto you..." but now that I listen again, they definitely do say, "Hey, you know what you do." I just never bothered to look up the lyrics apparently :lol:

Sometimes ad-libby sort of stuff isn't included in lyric booklets. That's the only reason I can think of to explain its absence. It might have just been something they decided to do in the studio and wasn't part of the song as it was originally intended, or part of its "official" lyrics. Just an extra little thing.

[pauls90]

I always thought Stevie and Lindsey said "Hanging onto you..." but now that I listen again, they definitely do say, "Hey, you know what you do." I just never bothered to look up the lyrics apparently :lol:

Sometimes ad-libby sort of stuff isn't included in lyric booklets. That's the only reason I can think of to explain its absence. It might have just been something they decided to do in the studio and wasn't part of the song as it was originally intended, or part of its "official" lyrics. Just an extra little thing.

Makes sense!! And that's kind of what I assumed, but there always seems to be little back stories to a lot of things so I was curious.

By the way that's what I always thought the lyric was too! (and I think I prefer it to be honest)

[Montclare]

I've also always heard it as "hangin' on to you". That what they have it as on BuckinghamNicks.net.

[On Ice]

Pretty sure it's hanging onto you. Hey you know what to do, doesn't fit.

Btw, one of Stevie's most underappreciated songs, everything about it is great, the writing, the performance, it's so damn concise and catching. One of her best melodies.

[teedeerocks]

"Yeah I belong to you" is what I thought it said which,now that we're talking about it,makes no effing sense since they were in Splitsville at the time:rolleyes:
Hanging on to you sounds GREAT considering the circumstances.You have hidden talent WildHearted!:nod:

[secondhandchain]

Pretty sure it's hanging onto you. Hey you know what to do, doesn't fit.

Btw, one of Stevie's most underappreciated songs, everything about it is great, the writing, the performance, it's so damn concise and catching. One of her best melodies.

Yes it does...."you say you love me but you don't know" fits perfectly which "hey you know what you do" As in F'in with my head. That being said I think Glee changed the lyrics from "hanging on to you".

[WildHearted]

Well, I just listened back to it and now I do think they actually say, "Hey, you know what you do."

Or maybe I'm just hearing it because I wanted to hear it.

[shackin'up]

The biggest mystery is that they never played it live. Why for G;Ds sake? It's perfect!

[BLY]

It was the song that got me hooked in 77 and still would be my top 3 MAC songs of all time.

[HomerMcvie]

The biggest mystery is that they never played it live. Why for G;Ds sake? It's perfect!

Stevie's childish bitterness, over it taking the place of Silver Springs.

[DauphineMarie]

I always thought it was "Heaven knows what you do.."

[WayOfTheDragon]

Stevie's childish bitterness, over it taking the place of Silver Springs.

Personally, I am bored of hearing Silver Springs performed on every FM tour since '97. I would rather have just about any other song performed in its place. It especially does not fit well sandwiched between Don't Stop and Songbird on the current tour.

[paleshadow]

Yes it does...."you say you love me but you don't know" fits perfectly which "hey you know what you do" As in F'in with my head. That being said I think Glee changed the lyrics from "hanging on to you".

Not sure if it's what On Ice meant by not fitting, but I hear 5 syllables being sung. "Hey, you know what to do" is 6. But also, the line in question directly follows "You got me rockin' and a reelin'" so in addition to the syllable theory "Hangin' onto you" makes more sense when strung together. Who the hell knows though. :lol:

[Dreamz19]

It sounds like "hangin' onto you" IMO.

[Montclare]

If you listen to the early take, Lindsey definitely says "hangin' on to you". It's at 2:25.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR0R5P8M7TE

[PenguinHead]

Hey you know what you do makes little to no sense.

"Hanging on to you" makes more sense in the context of the song.

You say you love me but you don't know...but I'm hanging on to you.


If they had or would perform this song, there would be no question. This is the only Rumours song that has never made it to the stage.

[WildHearted]

Hey you know what you do makes little to no sense.

"Hanging on to you" makes more sense in the context of the song.

You say you love me but you don't know...but I'm hanging on to you.


If they had or would perform this song, there would be no question. This is the only Rumours song that has never made it to the stage.

Well, they did play it as Buckingham Nicks.

[nicole21290]

Well, they did play it as Buckingham Nicks.

Very true. Love it.

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[Nickingham]

If you listen to the early take, Lindsey definitely says "hangin' on to you". It's at 2:25.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR0R5P8M7TE

Good evidence. I had almost forgotten about this take. Thank you for posting the link!

This "Glee version" reminds me of those CD's back in the day that you could order, which had kid-friendly versions of popular songs.
Is "hangin' on to you" so inappropriate (and possibly seen as sexist)* that they felt the need to change the line for the show? Hmph!

Since reading this thread, I listened to the album version thrice and I have come to the conclusion that S&L are singing "hangin' on to you".
This is the way I've always heard it and I will continue to do so until either Stevie or Lindsey says otherwise. :nod:

EDIT: * The Glee directors might have been worried that "hangin' on to you" might sound sexist like as if S&L have dependency problems or that a woman has to hang on to a man. It never came across as sounding that way to me.

[MoonSister75]

Well, they did play it as Buckingham Nicks.

Very true. Love it.



I didn't know that they played it as BN - a new find (for me). Thanks :thumbsup:

[UndoingTheLaces]

There's an acapella version floating around and if you listen to it you'll clearly hear "hangin' on to you".

[dontlookdown]

I always thought it would be such a strong show opener - I'd love to hear it live.

[PenguinHead]

I always thought it would be such a strong show opener - I'd love to hear it live.

It's such a folksy unassuming Buckingham Nicks duet, I never would consider it as a show opener, But if you think so, rock on! It's so strange that this is the one song on Rumours that has never appeared on stage.

[dontlookdown]

Well - I guess I'm thinking of all the shows I saw when Say You Love Me was the opener and all the ones they opened with Monday Morning.
I Don't Want to Know I'm sure could be played really loud with a powerful vocal - especially at the end. It would be nice to hear it if not first, then 2nd in the set.
It's a good Stevie intro song.