If I Didn't Care

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"If I Didn't Care"
Single by the Ink Spots
B-side "Knock Kneed Sal (On The Mourner's Bench)"
Released1939
RecordedJanuary 12, 1939
Length3:09
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Jack Lawrence
The Ink Spots singles chronology
"My Prayer"
(1939)
"If I Didn't Care"
(1939)
"It's Funny to Everyone But Me"
(1939)
"If I Didn't Care"
Single by Connie Francis
B-side "Toward The End Of The Day"
Released1959
Recorded1958
Genre Pop
Length2:38
Label MGM
Songwriter(s) Jack Lawrence
Connie Francis singles chronology
"My Happiness"
(1958)
"If I Didn't Care"
(1959)
"Lipstick on Your Collar"
(1959)

"If I Didn't Care" is a song written by Jack Lawrence that was sung and recorded by the Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny in 1939.

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Background

The Ink Spots recording became the 10th best selling single of all time with over 19 million copies sold making it one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) physical copies worldwide. [1] According to Lawrence, he mailed the song before showing it to some of his friends. His friends' reaction to the song was almost unanimously negative, but he remained positive on it and later it became one of his biggest successes. [2]

History

The cultural impact of If I Didn't Care includes:

Other recordings of If I Didn't Care include:

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