In One Ear

Album: Cage the Elephant (2008)
Charted: 51
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Songfacts®:

  • One of the earliest Cage The Elephant songs, "In One Ear" was first released in the UK, where the band moved from Kentucky in 2007 after signing with a British label. It charted at #51 in the UK in October 2008, when the band were building a following there. Their success earned them a record deal back in the US, so they moved back there in 2009 when their debut album was issued there.
  • The song is a tongue-in-cheek riposte to those in the music industry that doubted the band in their early days. All that criticism just goes in one ear and out the other. It's an ethos that served the band well as they refused to conform to industry norms.

Comments: 5

  • Moosehead from Schow will you find the back of my hand? very displeasing!!! i love this song
  • Elmer H from Westville, OkA few years ago I got their CD "Cage The Elephant" and love the whole album. This song has such an "in ya face" attitude about it that I love. And it sent a message to those in the music industry who had a fickle unsupportive air toward the band. We saw Cage The Elephant perform in Tulsa, OK. a few months ago. Top notch band! The rock stations in my area are playing more Elephant songs now. And I hear that their next album is to be released soon. Go Elephant Go.
  • Dusty from St. Louis, MoI love this song.
  • Kerri from Vineland, NjI totally agree with Caitlyn, my local radio station WMMR recently started playing Cage the Elephant and I love this band!!!.........Kerri Vineland NJ
  • Caitlyn from Royersford, PaI love how they call out the critics at the end. It's such a badass song! Cage the Elephant are totally underrated
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