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加裔美國歌手兼作曲家Paul Anka ( 保羅安卡 ) 在17歲時即以一首《Diana》一戰成名，而成為青少年們的偶像。接著，Anka和Buddy Holly一起赴英國及澳洲作巡迴演唱，也因此雙方有了交情，Anka特別為Holly寫了這首《It Doesn't Matter Anymore》。



Buddy Holly只比Anka大了5歲，自1956正式出道後沒多久，即已成為了當時搖滾樂的重要人物。由於他在電視中的表演，甚至影響了當時還是青少年的John Lennon和Paul McCartney，之前亂談介紹過披頭合唱團的一首《Mailman Bring No More Blues》，即是翻唱自Buddy Holly的歌曲。

Buddy Holly於1958年10月錄唱此首《It Doesn't Matter Anymore》，並於1959年1月發行，沒想到在2月3日即因搭機失事身亡 ( 22歲 )。由歌名的意思來作聯想，這當然是極具諷刺性的悲劇。Anka對此也感到愧疚和難過，故決定將此曲的詞曲版稅捐給Holly的遺孀，並說：至少這是我可以做的。

此曲於1959年3月上升至排行榜第13名 ( UK為 # 1 )，也成了Holly身後的熱門曲。翻唱此曲的歌手亦有不少，包含有黃鶯鶯以及灰狼Lobo等，以下所貼為Linda Ronstadt的版本。




There you go and baby here am I
Well you left me here so I could sit and cry
Golly gee what have you done to me
Well I guess it doesn't matter anymore

Do you remember baby last September
How you held me tight each and every night
Oh baby how you drove me crazy
But I guess it doesn't matter anymore

There's no use in me a-crying
I've done everything now I'm sick of trying
I've thrown away my nights
Wasted all my days over you

Now you go your way baby and I'll go mine
Now and forever till the end of time
I'll find somebody new and baby
We'll say we're through
And you won't matter anymore

There's no use in me a-crying
I've done everything now I'm sick of trying
I've thrown away my nights
Wasted all my days over you

Now you go your way baby and I'll go mine
Now and forever till the end of time
And I'll find somebody new and baby
We'll say we're through
And you won't matter anymore
No you won't matter anymore
You won't matter anymore