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"Fine"
Single by Lemon Demon
from the album Dinosaurchestra
ReleasedApril 13, 2005
Genre
Length4:39, 4:25 (album version)
Songwriter(s)Neil Cicierega
Producer(s)Neil Cicierega
Audio
"Fine" on YouTube

"Fine" is a song by American pop project Lemon Demon, created by American musician Neil Cicierega. It was released as the lead single of Lemon Demon's fifth studio album, Dinosaurchestra (2006), on April 13, 2005. It's the project's highest-streamed song due to usage on TikTok.

Background

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"Fine" was released alongside "Samuel and Rosella" as a single on April 13, 2005.[citation needed] In the album's commentary, Neil Cicierega described the track's feel as "surfy new wave", using synthesizers, accordion, guitar, bass, and drums for its composition. The song is primarily composed in the key of C major, while the pre-choruses are in G major.[1]

Reception

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The song received favorable commentary for its composition, being described by the Bandcamp Daily as a "rocking hook factor[y]".[2] "Fine" was a sleeper hit; in late 2022, the song became a trend on TikTok,[3] heavily boosting the number of on-demand streams it received on Spotify and YouTube. On July 15, 2024, "Fine" surpassed "Touch-Tone Telephone" in plays on Spotify with 75.8 million, subsequently making it Lemon Demon's highest-streamed song.

Personnel

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Charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Fine"
Chart (2022–2023) Peak
position
South Africa Top 100 Alternative Songs (iTunes)[4] 85
Ukraine Top 200 (Spotify)[citation needed] 155

References

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  1. ^ a b Dinosaurchestra (Media notes). Lemon Demon. Needlejuice Records. 2022.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Cohen, Max (February 16, 2022). "Lemon Demon: The Man, The Meme, The Legend". Bandcamp. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  3. ^ Sudario, Erielle (November 16, 2022). "Sorry Dream: Spotify users are calling for the genre 'DSMP' to be removed before Wrapped 2022". We Got This Covered. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  4. ^ "South Africa iTunes Top 100 Alternative Songs Chart". Top Charts. June 12, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
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