"Geronimo" | ||||
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Single by Aura Dione | ||||
from the album Before the Dinosaurs | ||||
B-side | "Call Messiah" | |||
Released | September 19, 2011 | |||
Format | CD single, digital download | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:15 | |||
Label | Island, Universal, Koolmusic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Aura Dione, David Jost, Joachim Persson, Ian O'Brien-Docker, Michael Lowdst, Drei, Thomas Troelsen. | |||
Producer(s) | David Jost, DamienDamien, Joachim Persson | |||
Aura Dione singles chronology | ||||
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"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 September 19, 2011. "Geronimo" is a pop song with folk elements, with critics comparing the song's arrangement to Shakira. It was written by Aura Dione, David Jost, Joachim, Ian O'Brien-Docker, Michael Lowdst, Drei, 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.
"Geronimo" peaked at number one in Austria, Denmark and Germany. It's her first number-one single in Austria and 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).
Credits adapted from Before the Dinosaurs liner notes.
^shipments figures based on certification alone