I Don't Care Anymore

"I Don't Care Anymore" is a song written, performed, and produced by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins (with co-production by Hugh Padgham). It is the third single from Collins' second solo album, Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982). It is one of the artist's most recognisable signature songs, and a favourite of many Collins fans worldwide.

"I Don't Care Anymore" is very dark, which follows a vast majority of songs from the album. The song is comparable to Collins' earlier hit single "In the Air Tonight", as both contain powerful drums along with simplistic keyboard chords and guitar riffs, coupled with angry lyrics directed at Collins' first failed marriage.^[1] The drums also illustrate the gated reverb recording technique that defined Collins' sound throughout the 1980s. During "I Don't Care Anymore", the drum track switches several times between "standard" studio sound and a gated reverb overlay. The song earned Collins his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in 1984, but lost to Michael Jackson's "Beat It".^[2]

Music video

In addition to Chester Thompson, touring band members Daryl Stuermer (guitar), Peter Robinson (keyboards), and Mo Foster (bass) also appear. Aside from Stuermer, the rest of the band does not appear on the actual recording and are instead miming Collins' parts.

The video is staged entirely in a dark room, with spotlights appearing over each band member as they begin to play. Foster is clearly visible in Robinson's spotlight for about a minute before he begins to play, hands in pockets, shuffling his feet occasionally, and looking more like a loiterer than a band member. When he begins to play (at the beginning of the first chorus), he plays the song's synthesised bassline on Moog Taurus bass pedals. Instead of playing them with his feet as intended by the manufacturer, he strikes them somewhat dramatically with the sides of his closed fists. He plays considerably more notes than what is actually heard, and frequently manipulates the Taurus's filter controls with one hand while striking with the other.

Live concert footage from the same year shows that he did, in fact, play the Taurus with his hands (whereas future touring bassist Leland Sklar played the Taurus with his feet while simultaneously playing electric bass). He did not strike the pedals with his fist, however, instead simply depressing each pedal with the flat of his hand. He did frequently manipulate the Taurus's filters to great effect, but the bassline he performed was the simplified version heard on the recording rather than the overzealous part he mimed in the video.

In popular culture

The song appeared in the Miami Vice episode "No Exit." The same episode features an instrumental music score by Jan Hammer that is loosely based on the rhythm, drum track and harmonies of this song.

"I Don't Care Anymore" is featured in Grand Theft Auto V, both in the in-game radio station, Los Santos Rock Radio, as well as one of the first few missions (Father/Son).

Track listing

7": Atlantic / 7-89877 (US)

"I Don't Care Anymore"
"The West Side"

7": wea / 25.9938-7 (Holland)

"I Don't Care Anymore"
"Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away"

12": wea / 25-9935 (Holland)

"I Don't Care Anymore"
"Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away"
"And So to F [Live]" (6:34)

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	39
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	3

Personnel

Phil Collins – keyboards, drums, vocals, bass pedals
Daryl Stuermer – guitars

Cover Version

A cover version by Kelis is a hidden track on some pressings of her Wanderland album.

References

External links

Phil Collins songs

Face Value	"In the Air Tonight" "I Missed Again" "If Leaving Me Is Easy"

Hello, I Must Be Going!	"Thru These Walls" "You Can't Hurry Love" "I Don't Care Anymore" "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" "Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning" "I Cannot Believe It's True" "Like China"

No Jacket Required	"Sussudio" "One More Night" "Don't Lose My Number" "Take Me Home"

Buster	"A Groovy Kind of Love" "Two Hearts"

...But Seriously	"Another Day in Paradise" "I Wish It Would Rain Down" "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" "That's Just the Way It Is" "Do You Remember?" "Hang in Long Enough"

Serious Hits... Live!	"Do You Remember?" (live) "Who Said I Would" (live)

Both Sides	"Both Sides of the Story" "Everyday" "We Wait and We Wonder"

Dance into the Light	"Dance into the Light" "It's in Your Eyes" "No Matter Who" "Wear My Hat" "The Same Moon"

...Hits	"True Colors"

Tarzan	"You'll Be in My Heart" "Strangers Like Me" "Son of Man" "Two Worlds"

Testify	"Can't Stop Loving You" "Come with Me" "Wake Up Call"/"The Least You Can Do"

Brother Bear	"Look Through My Eyes" "No Way Out"

Going Back	"(Love Is Like a) Heatwave" "Going Back"

Featured singles	"Do They Know It's Christmas?" "Easy Lover" "Hero" "In the Air Tonite" "Home"

Other singles	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" "Separate Lives" "Somewhere"

Other songs	"The Man with the Horn" "You Ought to Know..."

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