Lemon Tree (Fool's Garden song)

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“Lemon Tree”
“Lemon Tree” cover
Single by Fool's Garden
from the album Dish of the Day
B-side "Finally"
Released 1996
Format CD single
CD maxi
Genre Pop
Length 3:11
Label Intercord
Writer(s) Peter Freudenthaler
Volker Hinkel
Producer Peter Freudenthaler
Volker Hinkel
Bernd Hasebrink
Thomas Mangold
Roland Röhl
Ralf Wochele
Certification Gold France, 1996
Fool's Garden singles chronology
"Wild Days"
(1994)
"Lemon Tree"
(1995)
"Wild Days" (re-release)
(1996)

"Lemon Tree" is a song by German pop band Fool's Garden from the album Dish of the Day, which was released as a single in 1995 and became a major international hit in 1996. The single reached number 26 in the UK charts and remained at number 1 for several weeks in Germany. It also reached number 1 in Ireland, where Dustin the Turkey recorded a parody called "Christmas Tree". South-Korean singer Park Hye Kyung, has done a cover of Lemon Tree

Contents

[edit] Track listings

CD single
  1. "Lemon Tree" (3:11)
  2. "Finally" (4:29)
CD maxi
  1. "Lemon Tree" (3:11)
  2. "Finally" (4:29)
  3. "Spirit '91" (dance mix) (4:11)

"Lemon Tree" and "Finally" are both taken from the album Dish of the Day.
The original version of "Spirit '91" the band's first album Once in a Blue Moon.

[edit] Credits

  • Written by Freudenthaler and Hinkel
  • Vocals : Peter Freudenthaler
  • Bass : Thomas Mangold
  • Drums : Ralf Wochele
  • Guitar : Volker Hinkel
  • Keyboards : Roland Röhl
  • Artwork : Müller & Steeneck Stuttgart

[edit] Charts

Chart (1996)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 13
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 31
Austrian Singles Chart 1
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 2
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 2
Canadian Digital Singles 10
Dutch Singles Chart 12
Finnish Singles Chart 11
French Singles Chart 3
German Singles Chart 1
Irish Singles Chart 1
Latvian Airplay Top 1
New Zealand Singles Chart 14
Norwegian Singles Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart 1
Swiss Singles Chart 2
UK Singles Chart 26
Preceded by
"Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo
German number one single
February 23, 1996March 15, 1996
Succeeded by
"Children by Robert Miles
Austrian number one single (first run)
March 17, 1996
Succeeded by
"Macarena" by Los Del Rio
Preceded by
"Macarena" by Los Del Rio
Austrian number one single (second run)
March 31, 1996
Succeeded by
"Macarena" by Los Del Rio
Preceded by
"Children by Robert Miles
Norwegian number one single
21/1996 - 24/1996
Succeeded by
"Killing Me Softly" by The Fugees
Preceded by
"Until It Sleeps" by Metallica
Swedish number one single
June 14, 1996
Preceded by
"Killing Me Softly" by The Fugees
Irish (IRMA) number one single
July 27, 1996
Succeeded by
"Wannabe by Spice Girls

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Lemon Tree", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  2. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  3. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  4. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  5. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
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