Coconut (song)
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| "Coconut" | |||||
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| Single by Harry Nilsson | |||||
| from the album Nilsson Schmilsson | |||||
| B-side | "The Moonbeam Song" | ||||
| Released | 1972 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1971 | ||||
| Genre | Calypso | ||||
| Length | 3:52 | ||||
| Label | RCA Victor | ||||
| Writer(s) | Harry Nilsson | ||||
| Producer | Richard Perry | ||||
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"Coconut" is a song written and first recorded by Harry Nilsson.
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[edit] Original version
The third single from his 1971 album, Nilsson Schmilsson, it reached #8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and it features three distinct characters (the narrator, the sister, and the doctor) all sung in different voices by Nilsson. The song is perhaps best remembered for its chorus lyric, "Put the lime in the coconut, and drink 'em both up."
Yale's all male a cappella group, the Alley Cats traditionally sing this song as the closing song of their performances. It has also appeared in many films (including Practical Magic, in which it is proclaimed "a good song to get drunk to"; Wag the Dog; and the end credits of Reservoir Dogs), and in episodes of The Simpsons, ChalkZone and in "Let them Eat Cake", the tenth episode of the fifth season of House. It was also used in a comedy skit on The Muppet Show, which featured Kermit the Frog in a hospital bed. The song was also famously used in a 2005 ad campaign for Coca Cola, advertising their Diet Coke with Lime product.[1]
[edit] Track listing
[edit] 7" single: RCA 2214 (US)
Side one
- "Coconut"
Side two
- "The Moonbeam Song"
[edit] 7" single: RCA 447-0940 (US, reissue)
Side one
- "Coconut"
Side two
- "Jump into the Fire"
[edit] Dannii Minogue version
| "Coconut" | |||||
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| Single by Dannii Minogue | |||||
| from the album Girl | |||||
| B-side | "Everybody Changes Underwater" "Someone New" |
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| Released | December 7, 1998 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Genre | Pop–dance | ||||
| Length | 4:50 | ||||
| Label | WEA | ||||
| Writer(s) | Harry Nilsson | ||||
| Producer | Flexifinger (Original vocal production: DNA) |
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Dannii Minogue recorded the song as a bonus track on her third album Girl. It was subsequently released on December 7, 1998 only in Australia as the fourth and final single from that album. It only charted at #62. The single featured the album track "Everybody Changes Underwater", the Japan-only bonus track "Someone New" and three remixes of "Heaven Can Wait".
[edit] Music video
Minogue wasn't able to film a music video for the single because she was touring the UK with her Unleashed '98 Tour, so a montage video featuring images from "All I Wanna Do", "Everything I Wanted" and "Disremembrance" was made.
The video was never released commercially until 2007 when it finally appeared on The Video Collection DVD as one of the bonus videos.
[edit] Other cover versions
Cover versions of the song have been recorded by The Baha Men, The Muppets, Jimmy Buffett, Fred Schneider (produced by Richard Barone), Lazlo Bane, Sprung Monkey and, according to a Nilsson website, the Alice Cooper Band,Tyga.
[edit] References
- ^ "Harry Nilsson fansite". http://www.harrynilsson.com/page-coconut.html. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
- ^ "Discogs single details". http://www.discogs.com/release/568511. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
- ^ "Discogs reissue single details". http://www.discogs.com/release/568511. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
[edit] External links
- "Coconut" lyrics — lyrics of the song at Dannii Minogue site.
- Coconut on Muppet Wiki
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