My Give a Damn's Busted

"My Give a Damn's Busted"
Single by Jo Dee Messina
from the album Delicious Surprise
Released	January 3, 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Country
Length	3:18
Label	Curb
Writer(s)	Joe Diffie Tom Shapiro Tony Martin
Producer	Byron Gallimore Tim McGraw
Jo Dee Messina singles chronology
"I Wish" (2004) "My Give a Damn's Busted" (2005) "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)" (2005)
Music video "My Give a Damn's Busted" at CMT.com

"My Give a Damn's Busted" is the title of a song, co-written by American country music artist Joe Diffie along with Tom Shapiro and Tony Martin. Diffie originally recorded the song on his 2001 album In Another World.^[1] The song was later recorded by Jo Dee Messina for her 2005 album Delicious Surprise. Released in early 2005, Messina's version went on to spend two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts that year, and her first chart single since "I Wish" in late 2003-early 2004. Canadian country music singer Michelle Wright included her version of the song on her 2006 album Everything and More.

The song appears in the game Karaoke Revolution Country.

Music video

A music video was released for the song, directed by Peter Zavadil. The video took 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, who she directs the spoken lines of the song towards.

Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	63
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	73

Preceded by "It's Getting Better All the Time" by Brooks & Dunn

Billboard Hot Country Songs number–one single May 14—May 21, 2005

Succeeded by "Making Memories of Us" by Keith Urban

References

1. ^ "Success Floods Messina Via "My Give a Damn's Busted"". BMI.com. http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234448. Retrieved 2008-07-28.