Insensitive (song)

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"Insensitive"
Insensitive single.jpg
Single by Jann Arden
from the album Living Under June
B-side "I Just Don't Love You Anymore"
ReleasedOctober 1994 (1994-10)
Studio Groove Masters (Santa Monica, California, US)
Length4:16
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Anne Loree
Producer(s)
Jann Arden singles chronology
"Could I Be Your Girl"
(1994)		"Insensitive"
(1994)		"Wonderdrug"
(1995)
Music video
"Insensitive" on YouTube

"Insensitive" is the second single released from Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden's second studio album, Living Under June (1994). Written by Anne Loree and produced by Ed Cherney, the song became Arden's most successful single, reaching number one in Canada and Australia and number 12 in the United States.

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Background

Anne Loree would recall writing "Insensitive" in response to an unhappy tryst with a chef at a Calgary restaurant where Loree was waiting tables. "I sat down at my electric piano in the basement of a rented house I shared with four roommates, broke and brokenhearted, full of pain and angst, and wrote 'Insensitive'. It took me probably less than half an hour and I walked away feeling much better for it and much hipper to Prince Charmings who aren't really into you." [1] Jann Arden, then based in Calgary, optioned "Insensitive" for Living Under June after hearing Loree perform the song at a local club. [2]

"Insensitive" remains by far Arden's most successful single to date. It reached number one in her native Canada for three weeks, [3] number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100, [4] and number four on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. [5] The song's US success was assisted by its presence in the film Bed of Roses ; although Bed of Roses was not a major success, the video for "Insensitive" was aired on an episode of Entertainment Tonight , on which the film had been promoted.[ citation needed ] Its Italian success was occasioned by its use as a jingle in a TV ad campaign for department store Coin. [2] On August 20, 1995, "Insensitive" reached number one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart for one week, [6] and it also charted in New Zealand at number 44 and in the United Kingdom at number 40. [7] [8] At the Juno Awards of 1996 "Insensitive" was named Single of the Year.[ citation needed ]

"Insensitive" was also included on Jann's 2001 greatest hits album, Greatest Hurts , in both the original and live versions.

Music video

For the track's US release a video was prepped comprising clips from the film Bed of Roses interspersed with footage of Jann singing the song; Jeth Weinrich directed. The video for "Insensitive" was nominated for Video of the Year at the 1995 Juno Awards.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the US cassette single sleeve. [12]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [22] Platinum70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
CanadaOctober 1994Cassette A&M [2]
Europe1994Radio
United StatesJanuary 16, 1996 Contemporary hit radio [29]

Cover versions

Country singer LeAnn Rimes also released her own version of "Insensitive" on her 1998 album Sittin' on Top of the World . Jasper Steverlinck remade "Insensitive" for his 2004 album Songs of Innocence. Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario-based punk rock band The Decay also released a cover version on the Juicebox Recording Co. compilation Our Favourite Songs. [30]

The popular podcast "How to Do Everything" created by the producers of the NPR news quiz "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" featured the song in a series of podcasts. The song was introduced by a music expert when asked if there was a song she loved, but understood was terrible. This began a segment on the podcast titled "Best-Worst Song Competition" where listeners submitted songs they secretly enjoyed, but knew were generally considered to be poor songs. Each segment opened with a clip of "Insensitive" with the hosts saying "You know what that sound means – it's time for our Best-Worst Song Competition!" [31]

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