My Give a Damn's Busted
| "My Give a Damn's Busted" | ||||
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| Single by Jo Dee Messina | ||||
| from the album Delicious Surprise | ||||
| Released | January 3, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Curb | |||
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| Jo Dee Messina singles chronology | ||||
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| "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). It was later recorded by Jo Dee Messina and released by Curb Records as the lead single from her fifth studio album Delicious Surprise on January 3, 2005. Messina's version of the song spent two weeks at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart in May 2005.
History and content
Joe Diffie first recorded "My Give a Damn's Busted" on his 2001 album In Another World. He wrote the song with Tony Martin and Tom Shapiro. Jo Dee Messina recorded the song for her 2005 album Delicious Surprise, with production by Byron Gallimore.[1] The project was Messina's first studio album in four years.
Lyrically, "My Give a Damn's Busted" is about how the narrator refuses to go back to an ex. Chrissie Dickinson, in a Chicago Tribune article republished in the South Florida Sun Sentinel, wrote that Messina's version has a "rocking, funky beat" and "lyrics that are a kiss-off from a fed-up woman to a lying lover."[2] Dickinson also noted that the lyrics reference topics such as Oprah Winfrey, Prozac, and codependency.[2] According to the officially published sheet music, the song has a moderate tempo of about 104 beats per minute in the key of E major, with a chord pattern of E7-Asus4-C-D-E7.[3]
Music video
A music video was released for the song, directed by Peter Zavadil. 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 singing alone 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.
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[4]
- 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
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| Canada Country (Radio & Records)[5] | 1 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 63 |
| US Billboard Pop 100 | 73 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2005) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 14 |
| Canada Country (Radio & Records)[9] | 1 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[10] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ↑ "Success Floods Messina Via "My Give a Damn's Busted"". BMI.com. 17 May 2005. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
- 1 2 Chrissie Dickinson (May 13, 2005). "Messina as surprised by hit as her fans". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
- ↑ "'My Give a Damn's Busted' sheet music". MusicNotes.com. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
- ↑ Delicious Surprise (CD liner notes). Jo Dee Messina. Curb Records. 2005. 78770.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ "Canada Country Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. April 15, 2005. p. 49. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ↑ "Jo Dee Messina Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Jo Dee Messina Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Best of 2005: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Most Played - Canadian formats (Country)" (PDF). Radio & Records. December 9, 2005.
- ↑ "American single certifications – Jo Dee Messina – My Give A Damn's Busted". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 29, 2024.