Released June 1991 Recorded 1989 Length 4:02 | Format 7", 12", CD, cassette Genre Pop rock | |
B-side "As Sure as I Am", "Anyone Can Tell" | ||
"Chocolate Cake" is a 1991 song by Australasian rock group Crowded House from their 1991 album Woodface.
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History and description
The song was not originally intended as the lead single, as it was intended for "It's Only Natural" to be the lead track. However, despite this, "Chocolate Cake" was released as the album's lead single. Despite performing marginally better than the singles from Temple of Low Men in the United States, the song was thought to offend due to its lyrics and the song gained only moderate performance in the US, as it referred to Americans having an "excess of fat on your American bones". The song reached number two on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, while reaching #20 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, #62 on the Danish chart and #69 on the UK Singles Chart.
The B-sides featured are "As Sure as I Am", a song from Woodface, and "Anyone Can Tell", which was intended for release on the album however was not released due to the amalgamation of the Woodface project with the Finn Brothers project. The song later appeared on the rarities collection Afterglow and was released as its lead promotional single.
Tracks
Single release
Released in UK as CD single and 7" vinyl and in US as cassette
- "Chocolate Cake" - 4:02
- "As Sure as I Am" - 2:53
EP release
Released in UK as CD single and 12" vinyl and in US and Japan as CD
- "Chocolate Cake" - 4:02
- "As Sure as I Am" - 2:53
- "Anyone Can Tell" - 3:37