(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care is a 1957 song recorded by Elvis Presley and performed in the MGM film Jailhouse Rock.
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It was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for the film. Presley plays electric bass on the song.
Elvis Presley's version, one of the few songs in which he plays the electric bass, was recorded on May 3, with the vocal track added on May 9, 1957, and released on his Jailhouse Rock EP. It reached number fourteen on the R&B charts. It later become a minor pop standard, with notable versions being performed by Buddy Holly, who included the song on his eponymous second album, and his version made the British singles chart in 1961, reaching no. 12. A 1983 re-release of the Elvis Presley version reached no. 61 on the UK singles chart.
The song's narrator addresses the object of their affection, and points out all the ways that the addressee is square, how they are out of touch with modern trends in music and romance. Then the narrator tells the subject of the song that they love them in spite of, and maybe because of this.
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Other artists besides Presley who have recorded or played the song include:
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