"Never There" is the first single released from American alternative rock band Cake's third studio album, Prolonging the Magic (1998).

[2] According to Cake vocalist John McCrea, the lyrics are sung from the viewpoint of a boy who is frustrated that his girlfriend never answers his phone calls.

[6] The song also charted in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, reaching numbers 75, 42, and 66, respectively.

[7][8][9] The music video for "Never There", directed by McCrea, features Cake performing in a western-style bar, while a story arc covers a trucker calling his girlfriend on a pay phone and she never answers as she is too busy partying with male body builders in speedos.

Credits are lifted from the European CD single and Prolonging the Magic liner notes.