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{{Infobox song

#REDIRECT [[Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance]] {{R from related topic}}

| name = I'm Interested in Apathy

| cover = I'm_Interested_in_Apathy_by_TISM.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = [[TISM]]

#REDIRECT| album = [[Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance]] {{R from related topic}}

| B-side = {{ubl|Gas! Gas! – An Ecstasy of Fumbling|The Judeo-Christian Ethic}}

| released = September 1988

| recorded = May 1987–March 1988

| studio = Platinum Studios

| venue =

| genre = [[Alternative rock]]

| length = 2:55

| label = Elvis Records

| writer = [[TISM]]

| producer =

| prev_title = The Ballad of John Bonham's Coke Roadie

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Saturday Night Palsy

| next_year = 1989

}}

"'''I'm Interested in Apathy'''" is a single by Australian [[alternative rock]] band, [[TISM]], released in September 1988 as the third single from their debut album, ''Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance''. The title is an [[oxymoron]] as [[apathy]] is literally a "lack of interest". A 12" version, with a bonus track, was issued in December 1988.

At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1989]], the song won [[ARIA Award for Best Independent Release|Best Independent Release]].<ref name="BIR ARIA">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Best-Independent-Release|title=ARIA Awards Best Independent Release|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref>

== Lyrics ==

"I'm Interested in Apathy" details the life of a man who has many ideas which range from either life saving, supernatural, answers to conspiracy theories or simply absurd abilities; however, none of these things faze him, nor does he act upon them, because his main focus is [[apathy]]. His interest in apathy even prevents him from properly finishing the song, which ends with "Well, here we are at the last verse / I've lost interest."

Among the things the main claims to know or be able to do are: drilling for oil in the [[Bass Strait]], being able to prove [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]'s [[theory of relativity|theory]] wrong, predicting mankind's fate and knowing what really happened in regards to [[Death of Marilyn Monroe|Marilyn Monroe's death]].

== Track listing ==

'''7" single''' (MUS SP 2002)

*Side A - "I'm Interested in Apathy" - 2:53

*Side B - "Gas! Gas! – An Ecstasy of Fumbling" - 2:51

# "The Judeo-Christian Ethic" (Only on 12")

'''12" single''' (MUS 12" 2002)

*Side A - "I'm Interested in Apathy" - 2:53

*Side B1 - "Gas! Gas! – An Ecstasy of Fumbling" - 2:51

*Side B2 - "The Judeo-Christian Ethic" - 1:37

==References==

{{reflist}}

{{TISM}}

[[Category:1988 songs]]

[[Category:1988 singles]]

[[Category:TISM songs]]

[[Category:ARIA Award-winning songs]]