Geronimo (Aura Dione song)

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"Geronimo"
Aura Dione - Geronimo.jpg
Single by Aura Dione
from the album Before the Dinosaurs
B-side "Call Messiah"
Released19 September 2011 (2011-09-19)
Genre Pop
Length3:15
Label Island, Universal, Koolmusic
Songwriter(s) Aura Dione, David Jost, Joachim Persson, Ian O'Brien-Docker, Michael Lowdst, Andrei Georgescu, Thomas Troelsen.
Producer(s) David Jost, DamienDamien, Joachim Persson
Aura Dione singles chronology
"Something from Nothing"
(2010)		"Geronimo"
(2011)		"Friends"
(2012)

"Geronimo" is a song by Danish singer-songwriter Aura Dione from her second studio album, Before the Dinosaurs . The song was released as the album's lead single on 19 September 2011. "Geronimo" is a pop song with folk elements, [1] with critics comparing the song's arrangement to Shakira. [2] It was written by Aura Dione, David Jost, Joachim, Ian O'Brien-Docker, Michael Lowdst, Andrei Georgescu, and Thomas Troelsen, and it was produced by David Jost, DamienDamien and Joachim Persson. According to Aura, the song is about staying true to yourself and living out your dreams, and is one of her favourite songs on the album.

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It became Dione's first number-one single in both Austria and her native Denmark, and her second in Germany. Dione is also the first Danish artist to debut at number one in Germany. The song charted at number seven in Switzerland, becoming Dione's highest-charting single since "I Will Love You Monday (365)" (2010).

Track listing

  1. "Geronimo" (Jost & Damien Radio Mix) – 3:15
  1. "Geronimo" (Martin Roth Clubmix) – 6:43
  2. "Geronimo" (The Disco Boys Remix) – 5:38
  3. "Geronimo" (The Disco Boys Remix Edit) – 3:23
  4. "Geronimo" (LTM Slowdown Remix) – 8:12
  1. "Geronimo" (Jost & Damien Radio Mix) – 3:15
  2. "Geronimo" (The Disco Boys Remix Edit) – 3:23
  3. "Geronimo" (The Disco Boys Remix) – 5:38
  4. "Geronimo" (LTM Slowdown Remix) – 8:12
  5. "Call Messiah" (Aura Dione, Per Ebdrup) – 6:53
  1. "Geronimo" (Jost & Damien Radio Mix)
  2. "Geronimo" (The Disco Boys Remix)

Credits and personnel

Charts and certifications

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Denmark [3] 19 September 2011Digital downloadKoolmusic, Music for Dreams, Universal Music
Austria [25] 21 October 2011Koolmusic, Island Records, Universal Music
Germany [5] [6] CD single, digital download
Switzerland [26] Digital download
Denmark [4] 28 November 2011Digital download – remixesKoolmusic, Music for Dreams, Universal Music

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