“I Don't Care Anymore” by Phil Collins

Phil Collins aims his drum kit like a loaded weapon on "I Don't Care Anymore", the second American single from Hello, I Must Be Going!, his second solo album, from 1982. He wrote it, sang it and produced it with Hugh Padgham at the desk, and handled drums, keyboards and bass pedals himself, leaving the guitar to Daryl Stuermer.

It's the brooding cousin of "In the Air Tonight": spare synths, a grim guitar figure and a vocal aimed squarely at the wreck of his first marriage. The drums do the shouting, flipping back and forth between a dry studio thud and that booming gated-reverb blast. It earned Collins his first Grammy nomination, for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, though the award went to Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

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