"I Don't Care" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy and the lead single from the group's fourth studio album Folie à Deux in 2008. It was first available for listening on the band's website and on September 3, 2008. The song impacted radio on September 16.[2] It is its album's best known song, being certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of one million units, with over 500,000 sales in its first four months alone.[3] In the United States, the song reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, placing lower than the No. 2 lead single, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", of the band's previous 2007 album Infinity on High. It received radio play at Modern Rock and Pop stations, charting at No. 21 on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks and No. 22 on Pop Songs.
The song has been described as a very political track by Patrick Stump, the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band, but not political in the traditional sense; more about the politics of a relationship. Stump has said that this song is about the superficiality and selfishness that is associated with pop culture. The song was ranked No. 68 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.[4]
The song has been compared to both arena rock and blues styles of music.[5][6] Guitarist Joe Trohman described the song's guitar work as "our take on a ZZ Top riff".[7]
"Like the chorus says, 'I don't care what you think as long as it's about me.' It's that pop culture thing again, where people don't care about anything but the superficial, and I think there's something so tragic about that. I also thought there was something so ironically anthemic about the chorus, where it's not something you want to sing along to, because it's vacuous and empty. So I wanted something really anthemic underneath it, like something you'd hear at sports games or whatever, because I wanted people to hear it and be confronted with how empty that is. I didn't want anything to be superficial on this record unless the point was to point out superficiality."[8] -- Patrick Stump on the song's message.
Wentz referred to "I Don't Care" as a "narcissist's anthem", further commenting that "To me, it's like a YouTube anthem for the YouTube generation, just about how our attention span is about seven seconds...[it asks,] 'Why can't we get people to pay attention for two minutes and 35 seconds?'"[9]
"I Don't Care" has been described as "discorockabilly", and contains a repeating blues riff throughout the song; Stump's vocal performance on the track has been compared to John Lee Hooker.[5][6]
Music video
The music video was released exclusively on iTunes on September 25, 2008. It was then uploaded to YouTube the next day by Fall Out Boy via the group's YouTube channel. The video was directed by Alan Ferguson.
Guns N' Roses alum Gilby Clarke opens the video by greeting the band members as they enter the green room of a French-language talk show. They sit down, then Clarke turns to a companion and blurts out, "What the hell happened to rock and roll? Eyeliner? Energy drinks? And no guitar solos? I've taken shits with bigger rock stars than them!" As the video progresses, the band members are then shown in various scenes causing trouble on the streets of Los Angeles—harassing street performers, shoplifting disguised as nuns, pelting people with water balloons, urinating in the street—interspersed with clips of the band performing. During this footage, a graphic of a cat eating spaghetti appears abruptly, alluding to an incident on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, where producers used the same graphic to censor out obscene gestures by a guest.[10] The rapper Tyga appears in the video. Near the end of the video, the band members are exposed as imposters, as all of them peel off their masks to reveal their true identities: Andy Hurley turns out to be Mark Hoppus, Patrick Stump is Pharrell Williams, Joe Trohman is Gabe Saporta, and Pete Wentz is Spencer Pratt. Meanwhile, a hustling woman celebrity shown earlier in the video pulls off her mask and shows herself to be Pete in a dress. Viewers are returned to the green room, where Clarke, still mocking the band, tears off his mask and reveals himself as Sarah Palin, who gives Palin's trademark wink to the audience as the video ends.
When asked about his view on the video, Wentz replied:
It's a series of vignettes, and in the end, the joke is: Everyone in the world who is famous is just a WWE character. And some of you are Hulk Hogan, and some of you are The Undertaker, and it's awesome. It's just as great to come out to the boos. This one is about portraying the band, too, because there's been videos where it's been about individual characters, and this one is really a band-based video. Everyone has really equal face time, and there's a communist aspect to the video in the imagery, but we're also trying to [make] something that's equal.[11]
Criticism
Bassist Pete Wentz posted a blog expressing dissatisfaction about the product placement in the edited iTunes music video that was not approved by the band: "The version of the video that we worked on night after night is not the version that aired, yet somehow a cut full of glorious camera-phone shots did [...] It doesn't make any sense to us. [...] Imagine seeing this edit only after you buy the video off of iTunes and realizing that no one even had the balls to call you and tell you they were changing the video and cutting parts."[12] Later in his blog post, Wentz explained that "this will probably end up deleted by me or someone else", and by the next morning, the post was later replaced with an image of Popeye and Bluto, with the word "censored" taped across their mouths.[13] The iTunes version of the entire album released the original version as a Bonus Video.
The song was nominated for MTV's Best Rock Video award in 2009. Pete Wentz commented "It's really exciting because I think this is our fifth year in a row being nominated, and we really care about our videos, so to have them be appreciated is pretty rad," Wentz said. "It's always exciting for us, especially in a category like this, because there's a pretty good chance we will not win this award."[34]
On October 1, 2008, the song was added to UK BBC Radio 1's A-List.[35]
A Suave Suarez remix of the song was released on iTunes on November 4, 2008. It is included on iTunes' deluxe edition of the album, Folie à Deux and also on the two-track UK CD single for "I Don't Care".[36]
The song was released as downloadable content on November 4, 2008 for Rock Band.[37]
This song was used in season 6, episode 19 of the television show One Tree Hill.
The song is included on Rolling Stone's "100 Singles of the Year 2008" at position #68.[4]
An unofficial extended version of the song is played during the end credits of the 2008 film Sex Drive. Fall Out Boy also make a cameo appearance in the movie.
The song was included in previews of the 2009 film Fired Up.
Official remixes
To date only three remixes of the song are considered as official remixes. Those remixes are the "Suave Suarez Remix", "Machine Shop Remix" and the "Tommie Sunshine & Mightyfools Remix". The first is included on a 2-track CD single released in the United Kingdom, the first is also included on the iTunes deluxe edition of Folie à Deux. The second was released on the Japanese bonus track edition of Folie à Deux.[36] The third was released on Tommie Sunshine's profile and was noted by the official Fall Out Boy website.
Suave Suarez Remix – 3:11
Machine Shop Remix – 3:02
Tommie Sunshine & Mightyfools Remix – 5:16
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^Fall Out Boy Exclusive: Band Previews Folie A Deux Tracks For MTV News MTV News. Viacom. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
^Montgomery, James (September 24, 2008). "Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz Calls Upcoming Single 'I Don't Care' A 'Narcissist's Anthem'". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
^"Spaghetti Cat" Mystery Solved - mediabistro.com: TVNewser 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, MediaBistro.com
^Fall Out Boy Inspired By Wrestlers, Communism For 'I Don't Care' Video | News Story | Music, Celebrity, Art News | MTV News, MTV.com
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^"Fall Out Boy – I Don't Care". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
^"Fall Out Boy – I Don't Care" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
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External links
Watch the video for "I Don't Care" at YouTube.com
March 04, 2023
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I Don t Care is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy and the lead single from the group s fourth studio album Folie a Deux in 2008 It was first available for listening on the band s website and mozes com on September 3 2008 The song impacted radio on September 16 2 It is its album s best known song being certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA denoting shipments of one million units with over 500 000 sales in its first four months alone 3 In the United States the song reached No 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 placing lower than the No 2 lead single This Ain t a Scene It s an Arms Race of the band s previous 2007 album Infinity on High It received radio play at Modern Rock and Pop stations charting at No 21 on Billboard s Hot Modern Rock Tracks and No 22 on Pop Songs I Don t Care Single by Fall Out Boyfrom the album Folie a DeuxReleasedSeptember 3 2008RecordedLos Angeles California U S GenreAlternative rock pop punk 1 Length3 38LabelIslandSongwriter s Pete Wentz Patrick Stump Joe Trohman Andy Hurley Norman GreenbaumProducer s Neal AvronFall Out Boy singles chronology Beat It 2008 I Don t Care 2008 America s Suitehearts 2009 Music video I Don t Care on YouTubeThe song has been described as a very political track by Patrick Stump the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band but not political in the traditional sense more about the politics of a relationship Stump has said that this song is about the superficiality and selfishness that is associated with pop culture The song was ranked No 68 on Rolling Stone s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008 4 Contents 1 Music 2 Music video 2 1 Criticism 3 Track listing 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 4 3 Certifications 5 In popular culture 6 Official remixes 7 References 8 External linksMusic Edit I Don t Care source source The song has been compared to both arena rock and blues styles of music 5 6 Guitarist Joe Trohman described the song s guitar work as our take on a ZZ Top riff 7 Problems playing this file See media help Like the chorus says I don t care what you think as long as it s about me It s that pop culture thing again where people don t care about anything but the superficial and I think there s something so tragic about that I also thought there was something so ironically anthemic about the chorus where it s not something you want to sing along to because it s vacuous and empty So I wanted something really anthemic underneath it like something you d hear at sports games or whatever because I wanted people to hear it and be confronted with how empty that is I didn t want anything to be superficial on this record unless the point was to point out superficiality 8 Patrick Stump on the song s message Wentz referred to I Don t Care as a narcissist s anthem further commenting that To me it s like a YouTube anthem for the YouTube generation just about how our attention span is about seven seconds it asks Why can t we get people to pay attention for two minutes and 35 seconds 9 I Don t Care has been described as disco rockabilly and contains a repeating blues riff throughout the song Stump s vocal performance on the track has been compared to John Lee Hooker 5 6 Music video EditThe music video was released exclusively on iTunes on September 25 2008 It was then uploaded to YouTube the next day by Fall Out Boy via the group s YouTube channel The video was directed by Alan Ferguson Guns N Roses alum Gilby Clarke opens the video by greeting the band members as they enter the green room of a French language talk show They sit down then Clarke turns to a companion and blurts out What the hell happened to rock and roll Eyeliner Energy drinks And no guitar solos I ve taken shits with bigger rock stars than them As the video progresses the band members are then shown in various scenes causing trouble on the streets of Los Angeles harassing street performers shoplifting disguised as nuns pelting people with water balloons urinating in the street interspersed with clips of the band performing During this footage a graphic of a cat eating spaghetti appears abruptly alluding to an incident on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet where producers used the same graphic to censor out obscene gestures by a guest 10 The rapper Tyga appears in the video Near the end of the video the band members are exposed as imposters as all of them peel off their masks to reveal their true identities Andy Hurley turns out to be Mark Hoppus Patrick Stump is Pharrell Williams Joe Trohman is Gabe Saporta and Pete Wentz is Spencer Pratt Meanwhile a hustling woman celebrity shown earlier in the video pulls off her mask and shows herself to be Pete in a dress Viewers are returned to the green room where Clarke still mocking the band tears off his mask and reveals himself as Sarah Palin who gives Palin s trademark wink to the audience as the video ends When asked about his view on the video Wentz replied It s a series of vignettes and in the end the joke is Everyone in the world who is famous is just a WWE character And some of you are Hulk Hogan and some of you are The Undertaker and it s awesome It s just as great to come out to the boos This one is about portraying the band too because there s been videos where it s been about individual characters and this one is really a band based video Everyone has really equal face time and there s a communist aspect to the video in the imagery but we re also trying to make something that s equal 11 Criticism Edit Bassist Pete Wentz posted a blog expressing dissatisfaction about the product placement in the edited iTunes music video that was not approved by the band The version of the video that we worked on night after night is not the version that aired yet somehow a cut full of glorious camera phone shots did It doesn t make any sense to us Imagine seeing this edit only after you buy the video off of iTunes and realizing that no one even had the balls to call you and tell you they were changing the video and cutting parts 12 Later in his blog post Wentz explained that this will probably end up deleted by me or someone else and by the next morning the post was later replaced with an image of Popeye and Bluto with the word censored taped across their mouths 13 The iTunes version of the entire album released the original version as a Bonus Video Track listing EditLyrics written by bassist backing vocalist Pete Wentz music composed by Fall Out Boy and Norman Greenbaum UK two track CD single I Don t Care album version 3 38 I Don t Care Cobra Starship Suave Suarez Remix 3 11Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2008 09 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 14 20Austria O3 Austria Top 40 15 73Belgium Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders 16 15Belgium Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia 17 12Canada Canadian Hot 100 18 35Finland Suomen virallinen lista 19 17Germany Official German Charts 20 62Ireland IRMA 21 31Scotland OCC 22 12UK Singles OCC 23 31US Billboard Hot 100 24 21US Adult Top 40 Billboard 25 40US Alternative Airplay Billboard 26 21US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 27 22US Pop 100 Billboard 28 28 Year end charts Edit Chart 2008 PositionAustralia ARIA 29 82Certifications Edit Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 30 Gold 35 000 Canada Music Canada 31 Gold 40 000 United Kingdom BPI 32 Silver 200 000 United States RIAA 33 Platinum 1 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone In popular culture Edit I Don t Care won an award at the MTV Australia Awards in 2009 for Best Rock Video The song was nominated for MTV s Best Rock Video award in 2009 Pete Wentz commented It s really exciting because I think this is our fifth year in a row being nominated and we really care about our videos so to have them be appreciated is pretty rad Wentz said It s always exciting for us especially in a category like this because there s a pretty good chance we will not win this award 34 On October 1 2008 the song was added to UK BBC Radio 1 s A List 35 A Suave Suarez remix of the song was released on iTunes on November 4 2008 It is included on iTunes deluxe edition of the album Folie a Deux and also on the two track UK CD single for I Don t Care 36 The song was released as downloadable content on November 4 2008 for Rock Band 37 This song was used in season 6 episode 19 of the television show One Tree Hill The song is included on Rolling Stone s 100 Singles of the Year 2008 at position 68 4 The song has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA for shipment of 1 million units An unofficial extended version of the song is played during the end credits of the 2008 film Sex Drive Fall Out Boy also make a cameo appearance in the movie The song was included in previews of the 2009 film Fired Up Official remixes EditTo date only three remixes of the song are considered as official remixes Those remixes are the Suave Suarez Remix Machine Shop Remix and the Tommie Sunshine amp Mightyfools Remix The first is included on a 2 track CD single released in the United Kingdom the first is also included on the iTunes deluxe edition of Folie a Deux The second was released on the Japanese bonus track edition of Folie a Deux 36 The third was released on Tommie Sunshine s profile and was noted by the official Fall Out Boy website Suave Suarez Remix 3 11 Machine Shop Remix 3 02 Tommie Sunshine amp Mightyfools Remix 5 16References Edit Pauker Lance 22 January 2014 49 Phenomenally Angsty Pop Punk Songs From The 2000s You Forgot Existed Thought Catalog The Thought amp Expression Co Archived from the original on 10 October 2014 Retrieved 13 March 2016 AllAccess com Alternative eWeekly AllAccess September 9 2008 Retrieved July 2 2016 falloutboy com on WayBack Machine falloutboy com Retrieved January 11 2015 a b Rolling Stone s 100 Best Singles Of 2008 stereogum com Retrieved August 21 2015 a b Marchese David December 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