[4] Tony Love and another frequent Akon collaborator, Giorgio Tuinfort, played guitar and additional keyboards, respectively, on the song.

[7] "The topic matter, lyrically, is sad, but the song just makes you feel happy", Akon said of "No Woman, No Cry" in 2016, noting that he followed a similar approach when writing "Don't Matter"; he explained that its lyrics describe being "in a position when you're trying to hold a relationship together but the people around you don't really want it", but "the record still has a chorus that make you feel good.

The song made its debut at number seventy-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one after ten weeks on the chart, in large part due to its substantial airplay, the song topping the Hot 100 Airplay chart for two weeks.

Following the song's debut inside the top ten on the singles chart in Canada, it peaked at number one for a period of three weeks.

The video was directed by Gil Green and starts with Akon picking up his date which happens to be his cousin (Klari Aniz) at a location.

Notably, in the video's final scene, the music becomes much more lively, with a Caribbean style rhythm playing under the song's chorus.

Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte did a cover of "Don't Matter" live in Festival de Verão Salvador with Akon in January 2010.