"If I Didn't Care" - The Ink Spots

"If I Didn't Care" is a song written by Jack Lawrence that was first performed and recorded in 1939 by the Ink Spots with Bill Kenny. With over 19 million copies sold, the Ink Spots recording became the tenth best-selling single of all time, making it one of only forty all-time singles to sell 10 million (or more) physical copies worldwide. Lawrence claims that he mailed the song before showing it to some of his friends. His friends were almost unanimously negative about the song, but he remained optimistic about it, and it went on to become one of his biggest successes.

It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and ranked 271 on the list of "Songs of the Century". The Library of Congress chose the Ink Spots' recording of the song for preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2018 as "culturally, historically, or artistically significant". The song was also used in the film The Shawshank Redemption, which was released in 1994.

Sales: 19 million copies