Never Been in Love
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| Single by Cobra Starship featuring Icona Pop | ||||
| Released | August 25, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
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| Length | 3:42 | |||
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"Never Been in Love" is a song by American pop rock band Cobra Starship. It was released on August 25, 2014, and features vocals from Swedish synth-pop duo Icona Pop. The song was the band's first single since their 2012 single "1Nite (One Night)" and was intended to be the lead single for their fifth studio album.[1]
Background
[edit]Following the release of their third studio album Night Shades (2011), vocalist Gabe Saporta took a small break from the band as he got married and reunited with his old band Midtown.[2] In 2013, Saporta found himself thinking of reviving Cobra Starship again and wanted to do things differently.[3] Saporta had been listening to a lot of stuff from the early '90s from UK artists such as Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Jesus Jones and George Michael, which led to the development of "Never Been in Love".[3] On August 22, 2014, the group announced that the song would be released on August 25, featuring a collaboration with Icona Pop.[4][5] The duo got in contact with Cobra Starship following Saporta's remix to their hit single, "I Love It" with Charli XCX.[2]
Composition
[edit]"Never Been in Love" is a dance pop and pop rock song that lasts for three minutes and forty two seconds and is a departure from the group's usual electropop sound.[3] The song is set in common time with a tempo of 121 beats per minute is in the key of C major, with a chord progression of C-G-D, and Bb-F-C-G in the bridge and outro. It was written by Gabe Saporta, Camille Yarbrough, Norman Cook, Ricky Reed and John Ryan. Reed and Saporta wrote the line "I know now, I've never been in love before!" after realizing "they'd truly fallen in love."[2] The song was inspired after Saporta's marriage to his wife Erin Fetherston.[6] The track borrowed a prominent piano melody from Fatboy Slim's 1999 single "Praise You".[7]
Music video
[edit]The music video for "Never Been in Love" premiered on October 25, 2014.[8] The video was directed by German photographer Ellen von Unwerth.[9] It was shot during Saporta's first trip in Sweden showing footage of him and Icona Pop performing the song in black and white.[10]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Never Been in Love" | 3:42 |
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2014–2015) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[11] | 66 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[12] | 64 |
| CIS (TopHit)[13] | 159 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[14] | 5 |
| US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[15] | 36 |
| US Pop Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[16] | 47 |
References
[edit]- ^ Zoe Camp (August 25, 2014). "Icona Pop Teams with Cobra Starship for "Never Been in Love"". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ a b c Chris Payne (2014-08-25). "Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta Talks New Single 'Never Been In Love,' Featuring Icona Pop". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
- ^ a b c James Montgomery (August 25, 2014). "Gabe Saporta Rewires Cobra Starship With 'Never Been in Love'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ "Cobra Starship to release new single ft. Icona Pop". Alternative Press. August 22, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ "Cobra Starship stream new single, "Never Been In Love" (ft. Icona Pop)". Alternative Press. August 25, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Maggie Malach (October 8, 2014). "Gabe Saporta Interview: Cobra Starship Singer on 'Never Been in Love,' 'Step Brothers' + Leighton Meester [EXCLUSIVE]". PopCrush. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Ariana Bacle (2014-08-25). "Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta talks new song, working with Icona Pop". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
- ^ "Cobra Starship release "Never Been In Love" music video (ft. Icona Pop)". Alternative Press. October 25, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ "Cobra Starship and Icona Pop Premiere New Video with Ellen von Unwerth". Naluda Magazine. October 25, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Ali Szubiak (October 29, 2014). "Watch Cobra Starship's 'Never Been In Love' Video Feat. Icona Pop". PopCrush. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Gavin Ryan (2014-10-11). "The Veronicas Spend Third Week On Top Of ARIA Singles Chart". Noise11.com. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
- ^ "Cobra Starship feat. Icona Pop – Never Been in Love" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
- ^ Cobra Starship — Never Been in Love. TopHit. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
- ^ "Tipparade-lijst van week 48, 2014" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ "Cobra Starship Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Cobra Starship Chart History (Pop Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
