{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox song | name = Never Start | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Middle Kids | album = Middle Kids | released = 17 January 2017<ref name=clash>{{cite web|url= https://www.clashmusic.com/news/middle-kids-share-adorable-new-cut-never-start/ |title= Middle Kids Share Adorable New Cut 'Never Start' |website=Clash Music|date=17 January 2017|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref> | recorded = Sydney | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = | label = Middle Kids, UMA | writer = Hannah Joy | producer = Tim Fritz | prev_title = Edge of Town | prev_year = 2016 | next_title = Old River | next_year = 2017 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube| sUC7OFUbn6A|"Never Start"}}}} }}
'''"Never Start"'''' is a song by Australian group Middle Kids released in January 2017 as the second single from the group's self-titled debut EP. The song did not enter any official chart, but in the week after released, peaked at number 4 on both the hot 100 breakers and Triple J Spins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://images.thebrag.com/tmn/uploads/tmn_australian_singles_report_2017-01-30.pdf|title=The Music Network Australian Singles Report|date=30 January 2017|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref> The following week, the song peaked at number 1 on the Triple J Spins.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://images.thebrag.com/tmn/uploads/tmn_australian_singles_report_2017-02-06.pdf| title=The Music Network Australian Singles Report|date=6 February 2017|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
The song poled at number 127 in the Triple J Hottest 200 in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/songs-missed-hottest-100/ |title=Here are the songs that just missed out on this year's Hottest 100|website=Tone Deaf|date= January 2018|access-date=1 November 2023|author=Tyler Jenke}}</ref>
The song was certified gold in Australia in 2019.
==Music video== The music video was directed by Emile Frederick and released on 17 January 2017.{{citation needed|date= November 2023}}
==Reception== Robin Murray from ''Clash Music'' called the song an "adorably ramshackle indie pop cut" adding, "All helter-skelter guitar lines and bubblegum melody, it's topped off by Hannah Joy's bittersweet vocal."<ref name=clash/>
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Middle Kids|title=Never Start|award=Gold|relyear=2017|certyear=2019}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}
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Category:Middle Kids songs Category:2017 singles Category:2016 songs