"I Don't Care" is a 1955 song written by
Webb Pierce
Michael Webb Pierce (August 8, 1921 – February 24, 1991) was an American honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the 1950s, one of the most popular of the genre, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the ...
and
Cindy Walker
Cindy Walker (July 20, 1918 – March 23, 2006) was an American songwriter, as well as a country music singer and dancer. She wrote many popular and enduring songs recorded by many artists.
She adopted a craftsman-like approach to her songwr ...
and originally performed by Pierce. The song spent twelve weeks at number one on the C&W Best Seller charts and spent a total of 32 weeks on the charts. "The B-side of "I Don't Care" a song entitled, "Your Good for Nothing Heart" spent six weeks on the Juke Box and C&W Jockey charts.
Ricky Skaggs version
In April 1982, the song was released by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artist
Ricky Skaggs
Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, ma ...
as the fourth single from his album ''
Waitin' for the Sun to Shine
''Waitin' for the Sun to Shine'' is the third studio album from Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1981 on Epic Records. Skaggs himself produced the album, and played on all the songs.
Four of the ten tracks were released as singles; "Don't Get ...
''. It went to number one on the country charts for one week and was his second song to top the charts.
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
1955 singles
1982 singles
Webb Pierce songs
Ricky Skaggs songs
Songs written by Webb Pierce
Songs written by Cindy Walker
Song recordings produced by Ricky Skaggs
Decca Records singles
Epic Records singles
1955 songs
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