I Don't Care Anymore

February 1983

I Do not Care Anymore is a song by Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham, was interpreted and produced by Collins. The title was first featured on the 1982 album Hello, I Must Be Going! published.

The decoupled from Atlantic Records single was released in February 1983 worldwide, reached in the United States number 39 on the Hot 100 Billboard charts and remained in the charts eleven weeks. On the B - side is the play The West Side.

Reception

The mood of the 5:03 minutes long title is kept relatively dark and oriented with the drums dominated instrumentalization of titles like In the Air Tonight or Do You Know, Do You Care?. Rolling Stone rated the title as the highlight of the album due to a drum solo:

" Collins Followed up with Hello, I Must Be Going! [ ... ] Which is highlighted by a tumbling drum solo on I Do not Care Anymore "

Allmusic praised the title as one of perhaps the greatest ever songs written and reviewed:

" I Do not Care Anymore is one of the most bitter, spiteful lost- love songs ever put to disc, the antithesis of Collins ' later cuddly image. It's downright unpleasant to listen to. Unless, of course, you're in the middle of a really nasty breakup, at Which time it's probably just the greatest song ever written. "

In the episode the blind rage of the TV series Miami Vice, the song was used in the soundtrack. On the initiative of the German CEO of the label WEA Records, Bernd Dopp, Kelis processed the title for a tribute album. The Focus ruled: " Only the New Yorker Kelis smashes with " I Do not Care Anymore " an angry Rotzhymne. The rest is pläsierlicher Kling Klang. "

Music Video

In the music video Stuart Orme directed. In addition to Collins, the musician Daryl Stuermer are (guitar ), Peter Robinson ( keyboards) and Mo Foster ( bass) to see. In the videos Collins sings, accompanied by the musicians lit by spots in an otherwise darkened room.

Cover versions

• The Phil Collins Big Band (1999)
• Kelis (2001)