"I Never Liked You" is a

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song performed by Australian band

Rogue Traders Rogue Traders is an Australian electronic rock band formed in Melbourne, Victoria in 2002 by mainstay James Ash on keyboards. In 1989, Ash met fellow original member Steve Davis in London while both were working as DJs. Before forming Rogue Tr ...

. 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

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were written as a reaction "to endless love songs on heradio"."Rogue Traders' New Album In Stores Now!"
RogueTraders.com.au. Retrieved 21 November 2007. 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.

Background and release

According to lead singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte, "I Never Liked You" began as a song about

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, but "that didn't go anywhere!". James Ash has described the song as a "reaction to endless love songs on heradio" and said that he "wanted to osomething 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

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of " Watching You" by

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. In November 2007, the band performed the song during the

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grand finale at the

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. James Ash has described the performance as their "best TV moment".Ash, James
"Greetings From Boot Camp..."
Roguetraders.com.au. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2008.

Chart performance

"I Never Liked You" debuted on the

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on 27 January 2008 at number eleven. The following week, the song rose two positions to number nine. During its third week fell out of the ARIA top 10 to number 11. It stayed within the top 50 for a further 12 weeks. 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.Top 40 Digital Track Chart
.

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. Retrieved 15 February 2008. On 19 April, I Never Liked You was certified Gold (35,000+ copies sold) by

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Rogue Traders Official Site. Retrieved 25 April 2008

Music video

The music video for "I Never Liked You" was filmed in late 2007. The video was influenced by

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and

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and features Bassingthwaighte and Ash combating an Asian

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to rescue their band members, who have been taken hostage."Watch Rogue Treaders' New Knockout Clip 'I Never Liked You'"
Roguetraders.com.au. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2008. The video begins with the band performing in a garage. Scenes of Bassingthwaighte and Ash being chased on

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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

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training over two days by the team behind stunts in the ''

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''. The music video premiered on the band's official website on 14 December 2007.

Track listings

CD single
(88697212382; Released 14 January 2008) # "I Never Liked You" – 3:29 # "Shout Out" – 3:59 # " Watching You" (

's downtown vocal) – 6:51 Digital download
(Released 10 November 2007) # "I Never Liked You" – 3:28 iTunes EP
(Released 15 January 2008) # "I Never Liked You" – 3:31 # "Watching You" (Chris Lake's downtown vocal) – 6:53

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

"I Never Liked You" Minisite
{{DEFAULTSORT:I Never Liked You (Song) 2007 songs 2008 singles Columbia Records singles Rogue Traders songs Songs written by James Ash Songs written by Natalie Bassingthwaighte