Unless You Care Explained

Unless You Care
Type:	single
Artist:	Terry Black
Album:	Only 16
B-Side:	Can't We Go Somewhere
Released:	July 1964 (CAN) October 1964 (US)
Genre:	Pop music
Label:	Arc 1074 (CAN) Tollie 9026 (US)
Producer:	P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri
Prev Title:	Dry Bones
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	Say It Again
Next Year:	1965

"Unless You Care" is a song written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri and performed by Terry Black. It reached No. 2 on Canada's RPM Top 40 & 5^[1] and No. 99 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1964.^[2] The song was featured on his 1965 album, Only 16.^[3]

The song was produced by Sloan and Barri. Glen Campbell and Leon Russell, who were session musicians at the time, performed on the record.

Other versions

• Johnny Chester released a version of the song as a single in 1965 that went to No. 65 in Australia.^[4]
• Bobby Curtola released a version of the song as a single in 1969 in Canada, but it did not chart.^[5]

Notes and References

1. "Top 40 & 5", RPM Weekly, Volume 2, No. 10, November 2, 1964. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20180520110831/https://www.billboard.com/music/terry-black/chart-history/hot-100/song/579240 Hot 100 - Terry Black Unless You Care Chart History
3. http://www.discogs.com/Terry-Black-Only-16/release/3789221 Terry Black, Only 16
4. http://www.poparchives.com.au/2562/johnny-chester/unless-you-care Johnny Chester, "Unless You Care" release information
5. http://www.45cat.com/record/ta601045ca Bobby Curtola, "Unless You Care" single release