Is there a reason you're still hangin' around?
Talk about a musical attack. "I Never Liked You" is dance-rock wrapped up in a pop package, but even more than that, from the moment that crunchy guitar riff slices through the silence to open the song, you know you're in for an adrenaline-pumping ride. The Australian group teases us with that riff, a percussion and choral crescendo, and some shouted "Hey"s, but they quickly revert to a coyly demure verse with singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte putting on her best doe-eyed innocent look before returning to the song's opening style as Natalie reveals her "confession": an attitude-filled "I never liked you/even when I tried to." Put over one of the most sharply invigorating backing tracks of the year, it makes for the ultimate brush-off, the sort of song that gets you pumped up whether you want to be or not. "I Never Liked You" might just be the Rogues' best up-tempo single yet, and for a group with "Voodoo Child" in their back pocket, that's saying something.Find it on: Better In The Dark
