Echo (Gorilla Zoe song)

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"Echo"
ECHO.jpg
Single by Gorilla Zoe
from the album Don't Feed Da Animals
ReleasedMarch 10, 2009
RecordedNovember 2008
Length3:57
Label
Songwriter(s) Christopher Gholson, Alonzo Mathis, Enil Markus Mills
Producer(s) Drumma Boy
Gorilla Zoe singles chronology
"What It Is"
(2009)
"Echo"
(2009)
Remix cover
Echo Gorilla Zoe.jpg
Digital cover art of "Echo (Remix)" featuring Diddy.

"Echo" is the third single from rapper Gorilla Zoe's second studio album, Don't Feed Da Animals . Gorilla Zoe uses an Auto-Tune effect for this song. The song was released on iTunes on March 10, 2009 and was produced by Drumma Boy. The official remix features Diddy and another with Ne-Yo and Yung Joc.

Chart positions

Chart (2009)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [1] 57
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks [2] 25
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 [3] 54

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