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"Coconut" | ||||
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![]() Side A of the US single | ||||
Single by Nilsson | ||||
from the album Nilsson Schmilsson | ||||
B-side | "The Moonbeam Song" | |||
Released | June 1972 | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:52 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Harry Nilsson | |||
Producer(s) | Richard Perry | |||
Nilsson singles chronology | ||||
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Official audio | ||||
"Coconut" by Harry Nilsson on YouTube |
"Coconut" is a novelty song written [3] and first recorded by American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, released as the third single from his 1971 album, Nilsson Schmilsson . It was on the U.S. Billboard charts for 14 weeks, reaching #8, [4] and was ranked by Billboard as the #66 song for 1972. It charted in a minor way in the UK, reaching #42. [5] "Coconut" did best in Canada, where it peaked at #5. [6]
The lyrics feature Nilsson singing three characters (a narrator, a woman, and a doctor), each in a different voice. [7] The woman drinks a mixture of lime juice and coconut milk, becomes sick, and calls the doctor. The doctor, annoyed at being woken up, tells her to drink the same thing again and call in the morning.
An arpeggiated C7 chord accompanies the song throughout.
According to the 1971 LP credits: [8]
"Coconut" | ||||
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Single by Dannii Minogue | ||||
from the album Girl | ||||
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Released | 16 November 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
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Length | 4:50 | |||
Label | WEA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Harry Nilsson | |||
Producer(s) | Flexifinger (Original vocal production: DNA) | |||
Dannii Minogue singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Coconut" by Dannii Minogue on YouTube | ||||
Audio | ||||
"Coconut" (from The 1995 Sessions) by Dannii Minogue on YouTube |
Dannii Minogue recorded the song in 1994 with UK dance producers DNA. When Minogue parted ways with Mushroom Records in 1995 and signed to Eternal Records in 1996,she had the track remixed by producers Flexifinger.
The track was originally used as a hidden bonus track on her third album Girl . It was subsequently released in Australia on 16 November 1998 as the fourth and final single from that album,peaking at number 62 on the ARIA singles chart upon its debut,on the chart dated week commencing 23 November 1998. [15]
In 2009,the original version of "Coconut" was made available on the compilation The 1995 Sessions .
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [15] | 62 |
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