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"You Don't Care About Us"
Single by Placebo
from the album Without You I'm Nothing
B-side	"20th Century Boy", "Ion"
Released	28 September 1998 (1998-09-28)
Length	3:53
Label	Elevator Music, Hut, Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Steve Hewitt, Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal
Producer(s)	Steve Osborne
Placebo singles chronology
"Pure Morning" (1998) "You Don't Care About Us" (1998) "Every You Every Me" (1999)

"You Don't Care About Us" is a song by English alternative rock band Placebo. It is the third track from their second studio album, Without You I'm Nothing (1998), and was released as the album's second single on 28 September 1998. The song reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart.

Release and reception

"You Don't Care About Us" was released as the second single from Without You I'm Nothing on 28 September 1998. The single reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. BBC Music called the song "a track that's propelled by an unstoppable, elastic bass line and that flips manically between wise, sighing despair and spitting adolescent rage. A song which feels like it had no choice but to be written and which is one of the rawest, most brilliant singles of the last decade."

Music video

The song's music video portrays the band being thrown one by one into a tank full of sharks while a group of children stand by and watch. The video was filmed at the London Aquarium and directed by John Hillcoat.

Live performances

The song was played throughout the Without You I'm Nothing tour and a number of shows in the early stages of the Black Market Music tour. It has not been performed live since 2001.

Track listings

UK CD1 and cassette single, Australian CD single

1. "You Don't Care About Us" (radio edit)
2. "20th Century Boy" (T. Rex cover)
3. "Ion"

UK CD2

1. "You Don't Care About Us"
2. "Pure Morning" (Les Rhythmes Digitales remix)
3. "Pure Morning" (Howie B remix)

European CD single

1. "You Don't Care About Us" (radio edit)
2. "20th Century Boy" (T. Rex cover)

Charts

References

1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 26 September 1998. p. 33.
2. ^ "Placebo: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
3. "Placebo Once More With Feeling (The Singles) Review". BBC. 2003. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
4. You Don't Care About Us (UK CD1 & Australian CD single liner notes). Placebo. Elevator Music, Hut Recordings, Virgin Records. 1998. FLOORCD7, 7243 8 95363 24.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
5. You Don't Care About Us (UK cassette single sleeve). Placebo. Elevator Music, Hut Recordings, Virgin Records. 1998. FLOORC7, 7243 8 95363 48.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
6. You Don't Care About Us (UK CD2 liner notes). Placebo. Elevator Music, Hut Recordings, Virgin Records. 1998. FLOORDX7, 7243 8 95364 23.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
7. You Don't Care About Us (European CD single liner notes). Placebo. Elevator Music, Hut Recordings, Virgin Records. 1998. FLOORCDE7, 7243 8 95374 2 0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
8. "Placebo chart history, received from ARIA on 17 May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
9. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 15, no. 42. 17 October 1998. p. 12.
10. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

External links

• "You Don't Care About Us" on AllMusic

• Placebo (band) songs
• 1998 singles
• 1998 songs
• Hut Records singles
• Songs written by Brian Molko
• Songs written by Stefan Olsdal
• Songs written by Steve Hewitt