Coconut Dracula

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"Coconut Dracula"
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Single by Islander
from the album Violence & Destruction
ReleasedMay 6, 2014
Length4:07
Label Victory
Songwriter(s) Mikey Carvajal, Chris Doot, Eric Frazier, Andrew Murphy
Producer(s) Cameron Webb
Islander singles chronology
"Coconut Dracula"
(2014)
"New Wave"
(2015)

"Coconut Dracula" is a single by American rock band Islander. The song was released as the first single from the band's debut album, Violence & Destruction .

Contents

Music video

The video for the song begins with a group of kids wearing masks entering an abandoned building. As two of the kids cause further damage to the building, one of them breaks away and finds smoke flares. Two of the kids exit the building before walking around the streets of a city. One of the kids breaks off onto his own, wandering the streets. The exploits of the children are inter-cut with footage of the band performing the song and driving at night.

Track listing

  1. "Coconut Dracula" 4:07

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
positions
US Mainstream Rock [1] 23

Personnel

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