Chocolate Cake (song)
"Chocolate Cake" is a 1991 song by rock group Crowded House from their 1991 album "Woodface". History and description. The song was not originally intended as the lead single, as it was more 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 also peaking at number 20 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, number 62 on the Danish chart, and number 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 EP release. Released in UK as CD single and 12" vinyl and in US and Japan as CD