I Don't Care (Ricky Martin song)

"I Don't Care"
Single by Ricky Martin featuring Fat Joe and Amerie
from the album Life
Released September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2005
Genre Pop rap, R&B, dance-pop, Latin pop, reggaeton
Length 3:52
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Scott Storch
Producer Scott Storch
Ricky Martin chronology
"Y Todo Queda en Nada"
(2003)
"I Don't Care"
(2005)
"Drop It on Me"
(2005)
Fat Joe chronology
"Get It Poppin'"
(2005)
"I Don't Care"
(2005)
"Make It Rain"
(2006)
Amerie chronology
"Touch"
(2005)
"I Don't Care"
(2005)
"Talkin' About"
(2005)
Alternative cover

"I Don't Care" is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin from his tenth album, Life. It was released as a single on September 13, 2005.

The original English version of the song features rapper Fat Joe and R&B singer Amerie, while its Spanish version, "Qué Más Da" ("Who Cares"), replaces Amerie's vocals with Debi Nova's.

Martin performed "I Don't Care" at the 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony.

Contents

Music video

The music videos for "I Don't Care" and "Qué Más Da" were filmed in Brooklyn, New York, and directed by Diane Martel. The video for the English version features Fat Joe and Amerie, and the Spanish version features Fat Joe and Debi Nova. The videos show a very different Ricky Martin than what people are used to seeing. Both videos aired simultaneously in September 2005.

Chart performance

"I Don't Care" peaked at number sixty-five on the US Billboard Hot 100, thanks to its digital downloads (number forty-two on the Hot Digital Songs). It was well received on the Hot Dance Club Play, reaching number three. It also peaked at number forty-nine on the Pop 100 and "Qué Más Da" reached number seven on the Hot Latin Songs. The song has sold 124,000 digital copies in the US.[1]

"I Don't Care" peaked at number six in Italy and number ten in Finland. Other peaks include number eleven in the United Kingdom, number sixteen in France, number twenty-one in Germany and number twenty-five in Australia.

Formats and track listings

European CD single

  1. "I Don't Care" (Single Version) – 3:52
  2. "I Don't Care" (Luny Tunes Reggaeton Remix) – 3:23

Australian/European CD maxi-single

  1. "I Don't Care" (Single Version) – 3:52
  2. "Qué Más Da" (I Don't Care) (Spanish Version) – 3:52
  3. "I Don't Care" (Rishi Rich Remix) – 4:09
  4. "I Don't Care" (L.E.X. Reggaeton Remix) – 4:23
  5. "I Don't Care" (Ralphi & Craig's Club Radio Edit) – 3:36

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 25
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 45
Belgian Flanders Singles Chart[2] 37
Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart[2] 15
Dutch Singles Chart[3] 25
European Hot 100 Singles[4] 20
Finnish Singles Chart[2][5] 10
Finnish Top 50 Hits[5] 30
French Singles Chart[2] 16
German Singles Chart[6] 21
Hungarian Airplay Chart[7] 36
Irish Singles Chart[8] 20
Italian Singles Chart[2] 6
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 31
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 20
UK Singles Chart[9] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 65
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs[11] 3
US Billboard Hot Latin Songs[12] 7
US Billboard Latin Pop Songs[11] 11
US Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Airplay[11] 17
US Billboard Latin Rhythm Airplay Chart[11] 23
US Billboard Tropical Songs[11] 8
US Billboard Pop 100[11] 49

Year-end charts

Chart (2005) Position
Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart[13] 86
UK Singles Chart[14] 202

References

  1. ^ "Ask Billboard - Viva la 'Vida' singer". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2011-01-28. http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-what-the-forget-is-going-on-1005015692.story#/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-what-the-forget-is-going-on-1005015692.story?page=2. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ricky Martin - I Don't Care (song). Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  3. ^ Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  4. ^ European Hot 100 Singles. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  5. ^ a b Pennanen, Timo (2006) (in Finnish). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 205. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5. 
  6. ^ Single-Chartverfolgung. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  7. ^ Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  8. ^ The Irish Charts. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  9. ^ Top 75 Releases. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  10. ^ I Don't Care - Ricky Martin. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Billboard Singles. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  12. ^ Que Mas Da - Ricky Martin. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  13. ^ "Rapports Annuels 2005". Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2005. Retrieved 2011-04-19. 
  14. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2005". The Official Charts Company. http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2005.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-11.