"I Don't Care" is a 1955 song written by

Webb Pierce Michael Webb Pierce (August 8, 1921 – February 24, 1991) was an American country music vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist of the 1950s, one of the most popular of the genre, charting more number-one hits than any other country and western pe ...

and

Cindy Walker Cindy Walker (July 20, 1917 – March 23, 2006) was an American songwriter, country music singer, and dancer. She wrote many popular and enduring songs recorded by many artists. She adopted a craftsman-like approach to her songwriting, ofte ...

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 popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

artist Ricky Skaggs as the fourth single from his album '' Waitin' for the Sun to Shine''. 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 {{1982-country-song-stub