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Never There

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Lyrical content
Music video
Track listing
Charts
In popular culture
References
External links

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| name = Never There
| cover = Never there CAKE.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Cake
| album = Prolonging the Magic
| released = October 13, 1998
| format = CD single
| recorded = 1998
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Alternative rock
| length = 2:44
| label = Capricorn
| writer = John McCrea
| producer = John McCrea
| prev_title = Friend is a Four Letter Word
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Let Me Go
| next_year = 1999
}}

"Never There" is the first single from Cake's third album Prolonging the Magic. The song spent three weeks at number one on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, surpassing "The Distance" (which peaked at number four) as the band's highest-charting single. "Never There" was the band's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 78. The song also charted in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, reaching numbers 75, 42 and 66 respectively. In Australia, the song appeared at number 30 on the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown for 1998.^[1]

Lyrical content

The lyrics are from the viewpoint of a lover who is frustrated that, while his beloved claims to love him back, her actions indicate that she does not really care about him.

Music video

The music video for "Never There" features Cake performing in a western-style bar, while a story arc covers a trucker calling his girlfriend on a pay phone and she never answers as she is too busy partying with male body builders in speedos.

Track listing

"Never There" - 2:44
"Cool Blue Reason" - 3:27
"Half As Much" - 2:55

Charts

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Chart (1998–1999)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	75
Brazil (ABPD)^[3]	60

In popular culture

The song can be heard in the Friends episode "The One Where Rachel Smokes" and in the Daria episode "Depth Takes a Holiday".

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1998.htm|title=Triple J Hottest 100 1998|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Company|accessdate=March 15, 2019}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|page=47}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://asdfg-menezes.org/bookBR.pdf|title=Brazil|work=ABPD|date=October 6, 2001|accessdate=April 1, 2014}}

External links

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