Coconut Tree (song)

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"Coconut Tree"
CoconutTreeMohombi.jpg
Single by Mohombi featuring Nicole Scherzinger
from the album MoveMeant
ReleasedApril 15, 2011 (2011-04-15)
Length3:38
Label Island
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) RedOne
Mohombi singles chronology
"Dirty Situation"
(2010)
"Coconut Tree"
(2011)
"Suave"
(2011)
Nicole Scherzinger singles chronology
"Don't Hold Your Breath"
(2011)
"Coconut Tree"
(2011)
"Right There"
(2011)

"Coconut Tree" is a song by Swedish-Congolese singer-songwriter Mohombi from his debut album MoveMeant , and featuring vocals from American singer Nicole Scherzinger. It was released on April 15, 2011 as a digital download in Sweden. The song was written by RedOne, AJ Junior, Mohombi, Bilal "The Chef", Jimmy Joker, Beatgeek and was produced by RedOne. It peaked to number 8 on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Coconut Tree" was first released onto YouTube on May 31, 2011 and the video is directed by Director X. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Coconut Tree" – 3:38

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2011–12)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [2] 13
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [3] 2
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [4] 80
France (SNEP) [5] 75
Greece Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 6
Norway (VG-lista) [7] 9
Romania (Romanian Top 100) [8] 25
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [9] 17
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [10] 11
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 60
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 28

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF) [14] Platinum40,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Spain [15] April 15, 2011Digital downloadIsland Records
Sweden [16]

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