We Care a Lot (song)

Infobox Single
Name = We Care a Lot


Artist = Faith No More
from Album = Introduce Yourself
Released = January 18 1988
Format = CD, vinyl
Recorded = Mid 1986, Studio D in Sausalito, California
Genre = Alternative metal, funk metal
Length = 4:02
Label = Slash
Producer = Matt Wallace, Steve Berlin, Faith No More
Writer =

Lyrics:
Chuck Mosely
Roddy Bottum

Music:
Billy Gould
Roddy Bottum
Last single = "All Quiet in Heaven/Song of Liberty"
(1982)
This single = "We Care a Lot"
(1988)
Next single = "Anne's Song"
(1988)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


Lower caption = Roller brushed cover Extra tracklisting
Album = Introduce Yourself
Type = studio
prev_track = "Death March"
prev_no = 5
this_track = "We Care a Lot"
track_no = 6
next_track = "R N' R"
next_no = 7 Extra track listing
altAlbum = We Care a Lot
Type = studio
Length = 4:09
Label = Mordam
prev_track =
prev_no =
this_track = "We Care a Lot"
track_no = 1
next_track = "The Jungle"
next_no = 2 Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = “We Care a Lot” live
Type = live


Lower caption = 1991 live single for "We Care a Lot" Extra track listing
altAlbum = Live at the Brixton Academy
Type = live
Length = 3:50
Label =
prev_track = "From out of Nowhere"
prev_no = 5
this_track = "We Care a Lot"
track_no = 6
next_track = "Zombie Eaters"
next_no = 7"We Care a Lot" is a song by Faith No More. It was released on the studio albums "We Care a Lot" and "Introduce Yourself" as well as the live album "Live at the Brixton Academy", the latter two also having single releases from them on January 18 1988 and in 1991 respectively, the prior making it to #53 on the UK Singles Chart.cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=5034 |title=Chart Stats - Faith No More |accessdate=2008-01-27 |publisher=chartstats.com |date= ] It was also their second most played song during live performances, behind "Epic", [ [http://www.fnm.com/statistics.html FNM.com] statistics page, retrieved 17 February 2008] and sometimes featured altered lyrics and ad-libs in the Patton era performances.

Production

The original version of the song was one of the first five songs finished for the albumcite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&month=6&id=980 |title=Faith No More: Angel Dust in the wind |accessdate=2008-06-15 |first=Jem |last=Aswad |date=June 1992 |work=Issue 25 |publisher=Reflex Magazine] and was recorded at Prairie Sun Studios, Cotati, California it was rerecorded in mid 1986 at Studio D, Sausalito, California for "Introduce Yourself" and on April 28 1990 for the live release.

Lyrical content

Music sample:

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description=31 second sample from Faith No More's "We Care a Lot".
format=OggThe lyrics of this song are a sarcastic parody of "the popstar posing that accompanied those [Live Aid style] charitable events" and mentions a range of things the band ironically claims to 'care a lot' about, such as the LAPD, the "food that Live Aid bought", the Garbage Pail Kids and even The Transformers. The original version, released in 1985, mentioned Madonna and Mr. T. This was altered for social relevance in the 1987 re-release. When asked about the songs meaning, Chuck Mosely replied cquote|Well, ah Roddy wrote all the things that he cared about and I just wrote the part that says it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it 'cause I figured that's just the feeling I got. That's the only thing I submitted. That, and the newer lyrics in the updated version. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysLgjGsSjY] "Interview with Chuck Mosley & Jim Martin" (MTV Europe, 1988)]

There was a seven-second-long ad-lib of "The Right Stuff" by New Kids on the Block on the "Live at the Brixton Academy" version. The song continued to be sung by Mike Patton during the band's later tours, occasionally changing the mention of Rock Hudson in the lyrics to Rodney King.Fact|date=May 2007

Music video

The music video produced for "We Care a Lot", directed by Bob Biggs & Jay Brown, [cite video |people=Faith No More |date2=2006-05-23 |month2=May |year2=2006 |title=Live at the Brixton Academy, London: You Fat Bastards/Who Cares a Lot?: The Greatest Videos |format=DVD |publisher=Rhino Entertainment |accessdate=2008-05-10 |accessmonth=April |accessyear=2008] was Faith No More's first It also received moderate airplay on MTV.

Appearances

As well as the appearing on the albums "We Care a Lot", "Introduce Yourself" and "Live at the Brixton Academy" the song has appeared on every compilation and video album released by the band and has three different cover versions on the tribute to Faith No More compilation album "". The bridge of the song was also used from 2005 – 2007 as the theme to the Discovery Channel program "Dirty Jobs" and is referenced in the opening of the song "Cats, Sex, and Nazis" Canadian punk band NoMeansNo, from their album "Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?". Later, the song was made available as a download for the music video game "Rock Band" on February 5 2008.

Critical reception

Allmusic mentioned the songs lack of future front-man Mike Patton calling Chuck's vocals "brute thuggishness" and "flat" but also says that it is a "fully realized effort in itself".cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?sql=33:ajfexzurldae |title=We Care a Lot - Song Review |accessdate=2008-08-28 |last=Huey |first=Steve |publisher=Allmusic]

Track listings

tracklist
collapsed= |headline=From "Introduce Yourself"
music_credits=yes |lyrics_credits=yes
title1=We Care a Lot |music1=Gould, Bottum |lyrics1=Mosely |length1=4:02
title2=Spirit |music2=Gould |lyrics2=Gould |length2=3:50
title3=Chinese Arithmetic |music3=Martin, Bordin |lyrics3=Mosely |length3=3:54
note3=Radio Mix, 12" bonus tracktracklist
collapsed= |headline=From "Live at the Brixton Academy"
title1=We Care a Lot |length1=3:50
title2=We Care a Lot |length2=3:52
note1=live at Brixton
note2=Remix

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