Help! I'm a Fish (Little Yellow Fish)

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"Help! I'm a Fish (I'm a Little Yellow Fish)"
Little Trees - Help I'm a Fish.jpg
Single by Little Trees
from the album Help! I'm a Fish
Released20 August 2001 (2001-08-20) (UK)
26 March 2001 (Germany) [1]
Genre Teen pop
Length3:30
Label BMG
Producer(s) Ole Evenrud

"Help! I'm a Fish (Little Yellow Fish)" is a song performed by Danish teen pop group Little Trees. The single released with the Danish movie Help! I'm a Fish . In Denmark, it was released as a single by fellow Danish teen pop duo Creamy. It was certified triple platinum in Scandinavia. [2]

Contents

Composition

The song of a key is in E major and 130 beats per minute. [3]

Track listing

Standard Edition and Cassette Edition
No.TitleLength
1."Help, I'm a Fish" (Radio Edit)3:11
2."Help, I'm a Fish" (Album Version)3:29
3."Help, I'm a Fish" (Karaoke Version)3:29
Total length:10:09
CD-Maxi-Single Edition
No.TitleLength
1."Help, I'm a Fish" (English Version - Album Version)3:29
2."Help, I'm a Fish" (English Version - Radio Edit)3:11
3."Ich bin ein kleiner, gelber Fisch" (German Version)3:29
4."Help, I'm a Fish" (Instrumental Version)3:42
Total length:13:51
iTunes Edition
No.TitleLength
1."Help, I'm a Fish" (I'm a Little Yellow Fish)3:15
2."Gloups, je suis un poisson" (French Version)3:15
3."Ich bin ein kleiner, gelber Fisch" (German Version)3:32
4."Help, I'm a Fish" (Instrumental Version)3:43
Total length:13:43

Charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [4] 11
Denmark (IFPI Denmark) [5] 3

Other versions

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