"You Don't Care About Us" is a song by English

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. It is the third track from their second studio album, '' Without You I'm Nothing'' (1998), and was released as the album's second single on 28 September 1998. The song reached 5 on the

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Release and reception

"You Don't Care About Us" was released as the second single from '' Without You I'm Nothing'' on 28 September 1998. The single reached No. 5 on the

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called the song "a track that's propelled by an unstoppable, elastic bass line and that flips manically between wise, sighing despair and spitting adolescent rage. A song which feels like it had no choice but to be written and which is one of the rawest, most brilliant singles of the last decade."

Music video

The song's music video portrays the band being thrown one by one into a tank full of sharks while a group of children stand by and watch. The video was filmed at the

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Live performances

The song was played throughout the '' Without You I'm Nothing'' tour and a number of shows in the early stages of the '' Black Market Music'' tour. It has not been performed live since 2001.

Track listings

UK CD1 and cassette single, Australian CD single # "You Don't Care About Us" (radio edit) # "

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Charts

References

External links

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