Careless (song)

For other songs by the same name, see Careless.
"Careless"
Single by Paul Kelly and the Messengers
from the album So Much Water So Close to Home
B-side"Special Treatment"
Released23 October 1989[1]
RecordedFebruary–March 1989
StudioTrafalgar Studios, Sydney
GenreRock
Length2:54
LabelMushroom
Songwriter(s)Paul Kelly
Producer(s)Scott Litt, Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly and the Messengers singles chronology
"Sweet Guy"
(1989) 		"Careless"
(1989) 		"Most Wanted Man in the World"
(1990)

"Careless" is a song by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Messengers, released in October 1989 as the second single from their 1989 studio album, So Much Water So Close to Home.[2] The song was written by Kelly and co-produced with Scott Litt. The single was released in October 1989 on the Mushroom Records label.[1] It peaked at number 116 on the ARIA singles chart.[3] The song was later covered by Renée Geyer on Difficult Woman (1994), Angie Hart on Women at the Well (2002), and Ozi Batla (MC for The Herd) on Before Too Long (2010).

  1. ^ a b "Australian Music Report No 795 – 23 October 1989 > Singles: New Releases". Australian Music Report. Retrieved 30 October 2020 – via Imgur.com.
  2. ^ Kelly, Paul; The Messengers (Musical group) (1989). "Careless" (Limited ed.). Mushroom Records. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ariapeak was invoked but never defined (see the help page).