You Don't Care About Us

"You Don't Care About Us" is a song by English alternative rock band Placebo. It is the third track from their fourth studio album, Without You I'm Nothing, and was released as the album's second single.

"You Don't Care About Us"
Single by Placebo
from the album Without You I'm Nothing
B-side"20th Century Boy", "Ion"
Released28 September 1998
Length3:53
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Steve Hewitt, Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal
Placebo singles chronology
"Pure Morning"
(1998)		 "You Don't Care About Us"
(1998)		 "Every You Every Me"
(1999)

It reached No. 5 in the UK singles chart.

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.

Release and reception

"You Don't Care About Us" was the second single from Without You I'm Nothing, released on 28 September 1998. The single reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart.

BBC Music called it "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."[1]

Live performance history

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 listing
CD1/cassette
  1. "You Don't Care About Us (Radio Edit)" – 3:53
  2. "20th Century Boy" – 3:41 (T-Rex cover)
  3. "Ion" - 4:07
CD2
  1. "You Don't Care About Us" – 3:59
  2. "Pure Morning (Les Rhythmes Digitales Mix)" (remix by Les Rythmes Digitales) - 5:41
  3. "Pure Morning (Howie B Mix)" (remix by Howie B) – 6:37

Charts
Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 5

References
  1. "Placebo Once More With Feeling (The Singles) Review". BBC. 2003. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. "Placebo: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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