Top Ten Songs Mentioning the Beatles: Never Been to Spain (#1)

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And the month ends. And, somewhere in the beautiful recesses of the Rocky Mountains, TeamFreak is going, “Oh, yeah. Duh.” Tons of Beatles references in songs, but this one tops the list. #1: Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night Every time I mention Hoyt Axton I have to quote that line at the end of the Mitchell episode of MST3K: “Oh, Hoyt, how could you!” (Axton wrote the theme to the movie, which was obviously bad enough to be riffed by the MST3K gang.) Of course, when you write songs like “Lion in the Winter,” “Joy to the World,” and this one, people (and robots) would question the need for money to stoop that low. The not-so-well-remembered Hoyt Axton song that Three Dog Night recorded. The obvious one is “Joy to the World,” which was the #1 song of 1971. This did make the top ten, but if you’re going to hear a song Hoyt Axton wrote on the radio it’s not going to be this one. Now for your shock. The first version of this song I ever heard wasn’t Three Dog Night’s…nor Hoyt’s. It was Ronnie Sessions, who did a country cover version in 1972. I fell in love with it then. And I still love it now. Thanks for reading. Never Been to Spain Written by Hoyt Axton Recorded by Three Dog Night From Harmony, 1971 BEATLES REFERENCE LYRICS: Well, I’ve never been to England But I kinda like the Beatles