I Never Liked You (song)
Encyclopedia
"I Never Liked You" is a dance-pop
song performed by Australia
n band Rogue Traders
. The song was written by James Ash
, Melinda Appleby, Natalie Bassingthwaighte
and Timothy Henwood, and produced by Ash for the band's third studio album Better in the Dark
(2007). The song's lyrics
were written as a reaction "to endless love songs on [the] radio".
The song was released as the album's second single
in Australia on 14 January 2008. It has reached number nine on the Australian singles chart, and has become the band's sixth top ten single. It is their only single to contain a non-album B-Side to date.
, "I Never Liked You" began as a song about Cinderella
, but "that didn't go anywhere!". James Ash
has described the song as a "reaction to endless love songs on [the] radio" and said that he "wanted to [do] something opposite. I like to think of it as the Anti-Breakup song!"
"I Never Liked You" was released as a CD single
and digital download
in Australia. The CD single
included "Shout Out", a previously unreleased song, and both formats featured a remix
of "Watching You
" by Chris Lake
. In November 2007, the band performed the song during the Australian Idol 2007 grand finale at the Sydney Opera House
. James Ash has described the performance as their "best TV moment".
on 27 January 2008 at number eleven. The following week, the song rose two positions to #9, already a bigger hit than "Don't You Wanna Feel" in its 2nd week. In its third week fell out of the ARIA top ten to number eleven. It stayed within the top fifty for a further twelve weeks before dropping off the charts.
On the Physical Singles Chart, "I Never Liked You" debuted and peaked at number five, and on the Digital Track Chart, it peaked at number ten.
On 19 April, I Never Liked You was certified Gold (35,000+ copies sold) by ARIA Charts
for "I Never Liked You" was filmed in late 2007. The video was influenced by kung fu
and manga
and features Bassingthwaighte and Ash combating an Asia
n gang
to rescue their band members, who have been taken hostage. The video begins with the band performing in a garage. Scenes of Bassingthwaighte and Ash being chased on motorcycles in a futuristic city are then shown. The video concludes with Bassingthwaighte and Ash fighting the gang and escaping with the other band members.
Bassingthwaighte and Ash received stunt
training over two days by the team behind stunts in the Star Wars
and The Matrix
. The music video premiered on the band's official website on 14 December 2007.
CD single
(88697212382; Released 14 January 2008)
Digital download
(Released 10 November 2007)
iTunes
EP
(Released 15 January 2008)
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...
song performed by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n band Rogue Traders
Rogue Traders
Rogue Traders are an Australian electronic pop rock band fronted by Melinda "Mindi" Jackson with James Ash on keyboards, Tim Henwood on guitars and Peter Marin on drums. The group's original members met in London in 1989. Before forming Rogue Traders, Ash and Davis worked together on many...
. The song was written by James Ash
James Ash
James Ash , is an English-born Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He is the co-founder and keyboardist of Australian electro-rock group, the Rogue Traders...
, Melinda Appleby, Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Natalie Bassingthwaighte is an Australian actress, singer-songwriter and television personality. She began her career as an actress on the television series All Saints. She then starred in the American television movie Counterstrike...
and Timothy Henwood, and produced by Ash for the band's third studio album Better in the Dark
Better in the Dark
Better in the Dark is the third studio album by Australian dance group Rogue Traders. It was released in Australia by Columbia Records on 13 October 2007...
(2007). The song's lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
were written as a reaction "to endless love songs on [the] radio".
The song was released as the album's second single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
in Australia on 14 January 2008. It has reached number nine on the Australian singles chart, and has become the band's sixth top ten single. It is their only single to contain a non-album B-Side to date.
Background and release
According to lead singer Natalie BassingthwaighteNatalie Bassingthwaighte
Natalie Bassingthwaighte is an Australian actress, singer-songwriter and television personality. She began her career as an actress on the television series All Saints. She then starred in the American television movie Counterstrike...
, "I Never Liked You" began as a song about Cinderella
Cinderella
"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
, but "that didn't go anywhere!". James Ash
James Ash
James Ash , is an English-born Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He is the co-founder and keyboardist of Australian electro-rock group, the Rogue Traders...
has described the song as a "reaction to endless love songs on [the] radio" and said that he "wanted to [do] something opposite. I like to think of it as the Anti-Breakup song!"
"I Never Liked You" was released as a CD single
CD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...
and digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
in Australia. The CD single
CD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...
included "Shout Out", a previously unreleased song, and both formats featured a remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
of "Watching You
Watching You
"Watching You" is the third song released by Australian band Rogue Traders from their second album Here Come the Drums. The song was released as their second single in the United Kingdom in late 2006....
" by Chris Lake
Chris Lake
Chris Lake is a Scottish House music DJ/producer who lives in West London. Lake first became recognized for his bootleg remixes of The Prodigy's "Climbatize", Leftfield's "Phat Planet", and Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams". which he did under the alias "Cristophe D'Abuc". His 2006 track with vocals from...
. In November 2007, the band performed the song during the Australian Idol 2007 grand finale at the Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
. James Ash has described the performance as their "best TV moment".
Chart performance
"I Never Liked You" debuted on the Australian singles chartARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
on 27 January 2008 at number eleven. The following week, the song rose two positions to #9, already a bigger hit than "Don't You Wanna Feel" in its 2nd week. In its third week fell out of the ARIA top ten to number eleven. It stayed within the top fifty for a further twelve weeks before dropping off the charts.
On the Physical Singles Chart, "I Never Liked You" debuted and peaked at number five, and on the Digital Track Chart, it peaked at number ten.
On 19 April, I Never Liked You was certified Gold (35,000+ copies sold) by ARIA Charts
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
Music video
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "I Never Liked You" was filmed in late 2007. The video was influenced by kung fu
Chinese martial arts
Chinese martial arts, also referred to by the Mandarin Chinese term wushu and popularly as kung fu , are a number of fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common traits, identified as "families" , "sects" or...
and manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
and features Bassingthwaighte and Ash combating an Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n gang
Gang
A gang is a group of people who, through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage, share a common identity. In current usage it typically denotes a criminal organization or else a criminal affiliation. In early usage, the word gang referred to a group of workmen...
to rescue their band members, who have been taken hostage. The video begins with the band performing in a garage. Scenes of Bassingthwaighte and Ash being chased on motorcycles in a futuristic city are then shown. The video concludes with Bassingthwaighte and Ash fighting the gang and escaping with the other band members.
Bassingthwaighte and Ash received stunt
Stunt
A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre, or cinema...
training over two days by the team behind stunts in the Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
and The Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
. The music video premiered on the band's official website on 14 December 2007.
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Never Liked You".CD single
(88697212382; Released 14 January 2008)
- "I Never Liked You" - 3:29
- "Shout Out" - 3:59
- "Watching YouWatching You"Watching You" is the third song released by Australian band Rogue Traders from their second album Here Come the Drums. The song was released as their second single in the United Kingdom in late 2006....
" (Chris LakeChris LakeChris Lake is a Scottish House music DJ/producer who lives in West London. Lake first became recognized for his bootleg remixes of The Prodigy's "Climbatize", Leftfield's "Phat Planet", and Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams". which he did under the alias "Cristophe D'Abuc". His 2006 track with vocals from...
's downtown vocal) - 6:51
Digital download
(Released 10 November 2007)
- "I Never Liked You" - 3:28
iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
EP
(Released 15 January 2008)
- "I Never Liked You" - 3:31
- "Watching You" (Chris Lake's downtown vocal) - 6:53
Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
Certification (ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... ) |
|---|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
9 | Gold |
End Of Year Charts
| Country | Chart | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | ARIA End Of Year Singles | 71 |