Never Been to Spain – Three Dog Night / Waylon Jennings

Originally written by Hoyt Axton and covered by the likes of Elvis, Cher, Ike and Tina, and Waylon Jennings among others, I think I actually like the Three Dog Night version of “Never Been To Spain“. As I write that, I think I may actually prefer the Waylon version. Hm. Quite the dilemma. I’ll just link both below.

“Never Been to Spain” lyrically is a super fun song, and one of my favorites. The narrator takes us around the world, or rather, daydreams about going around the world, comparing some of his in-country travels to that of international travel, and gives us the assumption that he’s been vicariously through music.

Well, I never been to England
But I kinda like the Beatles

It culminates with the epic decliration of –

Well, I never been to heaven
But I been to Oklahoma

One of my favorite lines of all time.

Audio – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AywQegBaKho

Live – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbBC-yJC0E0

Waylon – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ6Gp_WybNM

Waylon live – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7-ODwo85xw