| It Meant Nothing to Me | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Diana Trask |
| Album: | Diana Trask Sings About Loving |
| B-Side: | "How Much Have I Hurt Thee" |
| Genre: | Country[1] |
| Length: | 2:58 |
| Label: | Dot |
| Producer: | Danny Davis |
| Prev Title: | We've Got to Work It Out Between Us |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Say When |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
"It Meant Nothing to Me" is a song written by Bobby John Henry that was originally recorded by Australian singer Diana Trask. Released as a single in 1972 by Dot Records, it reached the top 40 of the US country chart and was given a positive review by Cash Box magazine.
Although her career in the United States started in pop music, Diana Trask forged a new path into country music during the late 1960s. She had a series of US chart singles beginning in 1968.[2] Among her 1970s singles was "It Meant Nothing to Me". It was written by Bobby John Henry and was produced by Danny Davis.[3] Davis was recommended to Trask as a new producer in an effort to make her music sound more commercial.[4]
"It Meant Nothing to Me" was released as a single by June 1972 by Dot Records and was distributed as a seven-inch vinyl record. It was backed on the B-side by the track "How Much Have I Hurt Thee".[3] Cash Box named it among its "Best Bets" in a July 1972 review, writing, "Diana Trask sinks her teeth into a very meaty ballad of top calibre. This could elevate her status considerably."[1] In 2003, authors Mary A. Bufwack and Robert K. Oermann called the song "one of the angriest female vocals of the era" in their book Finding Her Voice: The History of Women in Country Music.[5] "It Meant Nothing to Me" rose to the number 33 position on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1972, becoming her fourth top 40 single there.[6] It was also included on Trask's 1972 studio album called Diana Trask Sings About Loving.[7]