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"Don't Care"
the UK 7" cover - photo taken on 1977-09-25
Recorded by Klark Kent
Released:	1978
Recorded:	1977-12-16, 1977-12-17
Length:	2:03
Album(s):	Klark Kent
Label(s):	A&M
Writer(s):	Klark Kent
Producer(s):	Klark Kent
Studio(s):	Surrey Sound Studios
Released as single?	YES

"Don't Care" is a song written by Klark Kent and recorded by Klark Kent in 1977.

About the song

Stewart Copeland wrote this song on 1977-01-28. That demo would eventually be released on the Klark Kent bonus CD in 2023.

The Police rehearsed and recorded it on 1977-02-02. Apparently Sting didn't want to sing every song Stewart wrote - that's why Klark Kent had to be invented.

Stewart recorded the backing track at Surrey Sound Studios on 1977-12-16, the vocals were done on 1977-12-17.

The 7" was first released on Stewart Copeland's own label Kryptone Records in early June 1978, then A&M picked it up fast and already re-released it on 1978-07-17. It was so successful that Klark Kent even appeared on Top Of The Pops on 1978-08-30 - with Andy Summers and Sting as a part of his backing band.

The cover photo was taken by Lawrence Impey on 1977-09-25 at Sting's apartment. The black face mask was painted.

Personnel

All instruments including the typewriter were played by Klark Kent. The engineer was Nigel Grey (i.e. Nigel Gray).

Release History

Albums

Don't Care appears on the following album releases:

Album title	Release date	Release country
Klark Kent: Music Madness From The Kinetic Kid	1980-06-DD	UK
Kollected Works	1995-02-21	USA
Klark Kent	2023-11-17	worldwide

7" Singles

Catalog no.	A-side song/B-side song	Release date	Release country
KK1	"Don't Care"/"Thrills"/"Office Girls"	1978-MM-DD	UK
AMS 7376	"Don't Care"/"Thrills"/"Office Girls"	1978-07-17	UK
AMS 7686	"Don't Care"/"Thrills"/"Office Girls"	1978-MM-DD	The Netherlands
AMS 6633	"Don't Care"/"Thrills"/"Office Girls"	1978-MM-DD	Spain

Video

"SONG TITLE" appears on the following video and dvd releases:

Cover art	Video title	Release date	Release country
	Video or dvd title	YYYY-MM-DD	Country

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

This section needs more information.

Year	Winner	Award	Category
YYYY	WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Nominations

This section needs more information.

Year	Nominee	Award	Category
YYYY	NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Certifications

This section needs more information.

Country	Certifier	Classification	Certification
COUNTRY	CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...)	CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...)	CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Lyrics

Lyrics are property and copyright of their owners, and provided here for educational purposes only.

I am the hottest thing you ever will see
You know I'm something it ain't easy to be
I am the neatest thing that ever hit town
There isn't anything that could bring me down

Don't care
If you really wanna hang around
Don't care
'Cause I am the neatest thing in town
Don't care
If you really wanna stick around
I don't care
If you even wanna put me down

The girls are always trying to settle me down
They never guess I'm only fooling around
My only worry is my humility
It dampens all my heavy artillery

Don't care
If you really wanna hang around
Don't care
'Cause I am the neatest thing in town
Don't care
If you really wanna stick around
I don't care
If you even wanna put me down

Don't care no no
Don't care no no
Don't care no no
Don't care no no

You know I'm fooling with my fake ID
So you don't need to check my history
You know I'm something it ain't easy to be
There isn't anyone who I'd rather be

Don't care
If you really wanna hang around
Don't care
'Cause I am the neatest thing in town
Don't care
If you really wanna stick around
I don't care
If you even wanna put me down

Don't care no no
'Cause I am the neatest thing in town
Don't care if you really wanna stick around
I don't care if you even wanna put me down

Ads

Sounds - July 29, 1978:

NME- July 29, 1978:

Reviews

Melody Maker - June 10, 1978 review by Ian Birch:

Sounds - June 10, 1978 review by Vivien Goldman:

Record Mirror - June 17, 1978 review by The Rich Kids (feat. Midge Ure):

NME - July 1, 1978 review:

Quotations and trivia

This section needs more information.

Alternative and cover versions

There's a test pressing that Stewart picked up on 1978-04-14

The normal Kryptone Records 7" is on green vinyl. There's a rare mis-pressing on black vinyl and an even rarer test-pressing, also on black vinyl.

The normal A&M 7" is on green vinyl. There's also a rare mis-pressing on black vinyl.

External links

This section needs more information.

References

source: Stewart Copeland's diaries

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 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
-|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:dontcaresingle.jpg|thumb|center|the UK 7" cover]]
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:dontcaresingle.jpg|thumb|center|the UK 7" cover - photo taken on [[1977-09-25]]]]
 |- style="background-color: #E6E6E6;"
-!  colspan="2" | Recorded by [[Klark Kent]]
+!  colspan="2" | Recorded by [[Klark Kent (artist)|Klark Kent]]
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 | <b>Released:</b>
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 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 | <b>Recorded:</b>
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+| [[1977-12-16]], [[1977-12-17]]
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 | <b>Length:</b>
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 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 | <b>Album(s):</b>
-| [[Klark Kent (album)]]
+| [[Klark Kent (album)|Klark Kent]]
 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 | <b>Label(s):</b>
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 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
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-| [[Klark Kent (artist)]]
+| [[Klark Kent (artist)|Klark Kent]]
 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 | <b>Producer(s):</b>
-| [[Klark Kent]]
+| [[Klark Kent (artist)|Klark Kent]]
 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 | <b>Studio(s):</b>
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 |}
-'''"Don't Care"''' is a song written by [[Klark Kent]] and recorded by [[Klark Kent]] in [[1978]].
+'''"Don't Care"''' is a song written by [[Klark Kent (artist)|Klark Kent]] and recorded by [[Klark Kent (artist)|Klark Kent]] in [[1977]].
 =About the song=
-[[Sting]] didn't want to sing every song [[Stewart Copeland]] wrote. That's why [[Klark Kent]] had to be invented.
+[[Stewart Copeland]] wrote this song on [[1977-01-28]]. That demo would eventually be released on the [[Klark Kent (album) | Klark Kent]] bonus CD in [[2023]].
-This song was first released on the label Kryptone Records in 1978, then A&M picked it up and re-released it in 1978.
-It was so successful that [[Klark Kent]] even appeared in Top Of The Pops.
+[[The Police]] rehearsed and recorded it on [[1977-02-02]]. Apparently [[Sting]] didn't want to sing every song Stewart wrote - that's why [[Klark Kent (artist)|Klark Kent]] had to be invented.
+Stewart recorded the backing track at [[Surrey Sound Studios]] on [[1977-12-16]], the vocals were done on [[1977-12-17]].
+The 7" was first released on [[Stewart Copeland]]'s own label [[Kryptone Records]] in early June [[1978]], then [[A&M]] picked it up fast and already re-released it on [[1978-07-17]]. It was so successful that [[Klark Kent (artist)|Klark Kent]] even appeared on Top Of The Pops on [[1978-08-30]] - with [[Andy Summers]] and [[Sting]] as a part of his backing band.
+The cover photo was taken by [[Lawrence Impey]] on [[1977-09-25]] at [[Sting]]'s apartment. The black face mask was painted.
 =Personnel=
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 ! Release country
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
-| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
+| [[Image:KlarkKent-album-klarkkent.jpg|40px]]
-| [[Klark Kent]] - 10"
+| [[Klark Kent: Music Madness From The Kinetic Kid]]
-| [[1980-MM-DD]]
+| [[1980-06-DD]]
 | UK
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
-| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
+| [[Image:KlarkKent-album-kollectedworks.jpg|40px]]
-| [[Kollected Works]] - CD
+| [[Kollected Works]]
-| [[1995-MM-DD]]
+| [[1995-02-21]]
 | USA
+|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
+| [[Image:2023_Klark_Kent_cover.jpg|40px]]
+| [[Klark Kent (album) | Klark Kent]]
+| [[2023-11-17]]
+| worldwide
 |}
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 | AMS 7376
 | "[[Don't Care]]"/"[[Thrills]]"/"[[Office Girls]]"
-| [[1978-MM-DD]]
+| [[1978-07-17]]
 | UK
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
@@ Line 89: / Line 100: @@
 | "[[Don't Care]]"/"[[Thrills]]"/"[[Office Girls]]"
 | [[1978-MM-DD]]
-| Holland
+| The Netherlands
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 | [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
@@ Line 96: / Line 107: @@
 | [[1978-MM-DD]]
 | Spain
-|}
-===12" Singles===
-{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1" style="background-color: #F0F0F0;  border-spacing: 2; padding:5px;"
-! Cover art
-! Catalog no.
-! A-side song(s)/B-side song(s)
-! Release date
-! Release country
-|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
-| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
-| Catalog no.
-| "[[A-side song]]"/"[[B-side song]]" (add more songs as necessary)
-| [[1979-12-01]]
-| Country
 |}
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 | Country
 |}
 =Awards, nominations, and certifications=
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 =Lyrics=
+'''Lyrics are property and copyright of their owners, and provided here for educational purposes only.'''
 <pre>
 I am the hottest thing you ever will see
@@ Line 226: / Line 223: @@
 I don't care if you even wanna put me down
 </pre>
+=Ads=
+* Sounds - July 29, [[1978]]:
+[[Image:1978_07_29_Sounds_NME_Dont_Care_ad.jpg|160px]]
+* NME- July 29, [[1978]]:
+[[Image:1978_07_29_NME_Dont_Care_ad.jpg|160px]]
+=Reviews=
+* Melody Maker - June 10, [[1978]] review by Ian Birch:
+[[Image:1978_06_10_Melody_Maker_review.jpg|200px]]
+* Sounds - June 10, [[1978]] review by Vivien Goldman:
+[[Image:1978_06_10_Sounds_review.jpg|200px]]
+* Record Mirror - June 17, [[1978]] review by The Rich Kids (feat. Midge Ure):
+[[Image:1978_06_17_Record_Mirror_review.jpg|200px]]
+* NME - July 1, [[1978]] review:
+[[Image:1978_07_01_NME_review.jpg|200px]]
 =Quotations and trivia=
@@ Line 231: / Line 254: @@
 =Alternative and cover versions=
-The normal Kryptone Records 7" is on green vinyl. There's a rare mis-pressing on black vinyl and an even rarer test-pressing, also on black vinyl.
+There's a test pressing that Stewart picked up on [[1978-04-14]]
-The normal A&M 7" is on green vinyl. There's also a rare mis-pressing on black vinyl.
+[[Image:1978_Klark_Kent_Dont_Care_test_pressing_A.jpg|50px]] [[Image:1978_Klark_Kent_Dont_Care_test_pressing_B.jpg|50px]]
+The normal [[Kryptone Records]] 7" is on green vinyl. There's a rare mis-pressing on black vinyl and an even rarer test-pressing, also on black vinyl.
+The normal [[A&M]] 7" is on green vinyl. There's also a rare mis-pressing on black vinyl.
 =See also=
-''This section needs more information.''
+* [[1977-12-16]]
+* [[1977-12-17]]
+* [[1978-08-30]]
 =External links=
@@ Line 242: / Line 271: @@
 =References=
-''This section needs more information.''
+source: [[Stewart Copeland]]'s diaries
 [[Category:Songs (Klark Kent)]][[Category:Songs & Compositions (Stewart Copeland)]]

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7" Singles

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