My Give a Damn's Busted
{{Infobox song
| name = My Give a Damn's Busted
| cover = Give A Damn Jo Dee.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Jo Dee Messina
| album = Delicious Surprise
| released = January 3, 2005
| recorded = 2004
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:18
| label = Curb
| writer =
| producer =
- Byron Gallimore
- Jo Dee Messina
| prev_title = I Wish
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)
| next_year = 2005
| misc = {{External music video|"[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031112519/http://www.cmt.com/videos/jo-dee-messina/42425/my-give-a-damns-busted.jhtml My Give a Damn's Busted]" at CMT.com}}
}}
"My Give a Damn's Busted" is a song written by American country music artist Joe Diffie, Tom Shapiro, and Tony Martin. Diffie originally recorded the song on his album In Another World (2001).{{cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234448 |title=Success Floods Messina Via "My Give a Damn's Busted" |accessdate=2008-07-28 |work=BMI.com|date=17 May 2005 }} The best known version of the song was recorded by Jo Dee Messina and released by Curb Records as the lead single to her fifth studio album Delicious Surprise on January 3, 2005. Lyrically, "My Give a Damn's Busted" is about how the narrator refuses to go back to an ex.
The song spent two weeks at number 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart in May 2005, becoming Messina's first number 1 hit since "Bring On the Rain" in March 2002 and also, the final number 1 hit of her career.
Music video
A music video was released for the song, directed by Peter Zavadil.{{Citation needed |date=March 2024}} The main performance takes place in the middle of a big city street, with Messina performing with her band behind her. Also included, are scenes of her walking down a sidewalk while being followed by a persistent man, to whom she directs the spoken lines of the song. Other scenes feature her in an alleyway alone singing, and in a room with a huge glass mirror. During the parts of the song where the male's parents and therapist are mentioned, Messina is also seen with the man in both situations. It was filmed on 2 very cold days in February 2005, in downtown Los Angeles, CA.
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Delicious Surprise |others=Jo Dee Messina |year=2005|type=CD liner notes |publisher=Curb Records |id=78770}}
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Lisa Cochran – background vocals
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Shannon Forrest – drums
- Paul Franklin – Dobro, slide guitar
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- Jo Dee Messina – lead vocals
- Jimmy Nichols – organ
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| Chart (2005)
! Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Canada Country (Radio & Records){{cite web |title=Canada Country Top 30 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-04-15.pdf |website=Radio & Records |accessdate=December 31, 2019 |page=49 |date=April 15, 2005}}
| 1 |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Jo Dee Messina|artistid=146841|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|63|artist=Jo Dee Messina|artistid=146841|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| US Billboard Pop 100
| 73 |
=Year-end charts=
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=My Give A Damn's Busted|artist=Jo Dee Messina|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=July 29, 2024|relyear=2005|certyear=2024}}
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Cover versions
Canadian singer Michelle Wright recorded a cover of the song for her album Everything And More (2006).
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Joe Diffie}}
{{Jo Dee Messina}}
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Category:Michelle Wright songs
Category:Songs written by Tom Shapiro
Category:Songs written by Joe Diffie
Category:Songs written by Tony Martin (songwriter)
Category:Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore