"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. 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." Dickinson also noted that the lyrics reference topics such as Oprah Winfrey, Prozac, and codependency. 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.
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.
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) Peakposition Canada Country (Radio & Records) 1 US Billboard Pop 100 73
Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position US Country Songs (Billboard) 14 Canada Country (Radio & Records) 1
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