Kissing to Be Clever is the debut album by the English band Culture Club, fronted by the inimitable Boy George. Initially released in October 1982 in the UK, it has reportedly sold around five million copies worldwide, including over one million in the US where it was certified Platinum by the RIAA, spending 88 weeks on the Billboard chart.

It includes the group’s international breakthrough hit single, ‘Do You Really Want to Hurt Me’, which reached number one in over a dozen countries and the top ten in many others (including number two in the USA) and was the first of three consecutive singles to go Top 10 in the USA.