Never Been to Spain - Wikipedia Never Been to Spain `` Never Been to Spain '' Single by Three Dog Night from the album Harmony B - side `` Peace of Mind '' Released January 1972 Genre Rock Length 3 : 43 Label Dunhill 4299 Songwriter ( s ) Hoyt Axton Producer ( s ) Richard Podolor Three Dog Night singles chronology `` An Old Fashioned Love Song '' ( 1971 ) `` Never Been to Spain '' ( 1971 ) `` The Family of Man '' ( 1972 ) `` An Old Fashioned Love Song '' ( 1971 ) `` Never Been to Spain '' ( 1972 ) `` The Family of Man '' ( 1972 ) `` Never Been to Spain '' is a song written by Hoyt Axton, originally released on his 1971 LP Joy to the World and later that year performed by Three Dog Night, with Cory Wells on lead vocal. It was featured on their 1971 album, Harmony. The song was produced by Richard Podolor. In the US, `` Never Been to Spain '' peaked at # 5 on the Billboard chart, and # 18 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart in 1972. Outside of the US, `` Never Been to Spain '' reached # 3 in Canada and # 34 in Australia. The lyrics consist of the narrator ruminating on places that he has never visited, but feels that he has some proxy experience of, via the music or other features of those places, or from having gone to similar locations. In the final verse, he observes that while he has `` never been to heaven, '' he has `` been to Oklahoma, '' where he was told he was born, thus implying a kinship between the two places. Hoyt Axton explained that he originally wrote, ``... in Oklahoma, born in a coma... '' However, it was considered inappropriate ; thus, the lyrics were changed to `` not Arizona. '' Contents 1 Chart history 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Other versions 3 References 4 External links Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1971 - 72 ) Peak position Australia Kent Music Report 34 Canada RPM Top Singles New Zealand ( Listener ) 12 US Billboard Hot 100 5 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 18 US Cash Box Top 100 5 Year - end charts Chart ( 1972 ) Rank Canada 64 US Billboard Hot 100 73 US Cash Box 62 Other versions Elvis Presley released a version of the song on his 1972 As Recorded at Madison Square Garden. Ronnie Sessions released a version of the song as a single in 1972 that reached # 36 on the Billboard Country chart. Cher released a version of the song on her 1972 album, Foxy Lady. Waylon Jennings released a version of the song that was featured on his 1972 album Ladies Love Outlaws and in the 2007 concert film, Never Say Die : The Final Concert and its soundtrack. Ike & Tina Turner released a version of the song on their 1977 album, Delilah 's Power. Cravin ' Melon released a version of the song on their 1988 EP, Squeeze Me. ApologetiX did a parody of the song entitled `` Never Been to Spain ( Yet ) '' that was featured on their 2007 live album, Chosen Ones. References Jump up ^ `` Hoyt Axton, Singer, Character Actor and Hit Songwriter, Dies ''. Articles.latimes.com. 1999 - 10 - 27. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 04. Jump up ^ Associated Press. `` Cory Wells, vocalist with Three Dog Night, dies at 74 ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 December 2016. Jump up ^ Three Dog Night, Harmony Discogs.com, Retrieved February 7, 2015 Jump up ^ Three Dog Night, `` Never Been to Spain '' single release 45.cat.com, Retrieved February 7, 2015 Jump up ^ Three Dog Night, `` Never Been to Spain '' U.S. Chart Positions Retrieved February 7, 2015 Jump up ^ Three Dog Night, `` Never Been to Spain '' Canada Chart Position Retrieved February 7, 2015 Jump up ^ Three Dog Night, `` Never Been to Spain '' Canada Chart Position Retrieved February 7, 2015 Jump up ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 24 April 1972 Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1993 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 1993. Record Research. p. 240. Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 19, 1972 Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ Cash Box Year - End Charts : Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1972 Jump up ^ Ronnie Sessions, `` Never Been to Spain '' Chart Position Retrieved February 7, 2015 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics hide Three Dog Night Danny Hutton Michael Allsup Paul Kingery Pat Bautz Eddie Reasoner David Morgan Cory Wells Chuck Negron Jimmy Greenspoon Floyd Sneed Joe Schermie Skip Konte Al Ciner Gary Moon Richard Campbell Studio albums Three Dog Night ( 1968 ) Suitable for Framing ( 1969 ) It Ai n't Easy ( 1970 ) Naturally ( 1970 ) Harmony ( 1971 ) Seven Separate Fools ( 1972 ) Cyan ( 1973 ) Hard Labor ( 1974 ) Coming Down Your Way ( 1975 ) American Pastime ( 1976 ) It 's a Jungle ( 1983 ) Live albums Captured Live at the Forum ( 1969 ) Around the World with Three Dog Night ( 1973 ) Compilations Golden Bisquits ( 1971 ) Joy to the World : Their Greatest Hits ( 1975 ) The Best of 3 Dog Night ( 1982 ) Celebrate : The Three Dog Night Story, 1965 -- 1975 ( 1993 ) 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection : The Best of Three Dog Night ( 1999 ) Singles `` Nobody '' `` Try a Little Tenderness '' `` One '' `` Easy to Be Hard '' `` Eli 's Coming '' `` Celebrate '' `` Mama Told Me ( Not to Come ) '' `` Out in the Country '' `` One Man Band '' `` Joy to the World '' `` Liar '' `` An Old Fashioned Love Song '' `` Never Been to Spain '' `` The Family of Man '' `` Black & White '' `` Pieces of April '' `` Shambala '' `` Let Me Serenade You '' `` The Show Must Go On '' `` Sure As I 'm Sittin ' Here '' `` Play Something Sweet ( Brickyard Blues ) '' `` Til the World Ends '' `` Everybody Is a Masterpiece '' `` It 's a Jungle Out There '' Discography Book This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. 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Question: who sang lead vocals on never been to spain
Answer: Cory Wells