"Kukere" (Efik: "Don't Worry") is a song by Nigerian singer Iyanya. It was released as the lead single from his second studio album, Desire (2013). Upon its release, the song peaked at number 1 on Top FM's May Chart, Sound-city's Viewers Choice, Rhythm FM, and The Beat 99.9 FM's Blackberry Top Ten Countdown. In addition, it peaked at number 2 on Radio Port Harcourt.CEO Dancers performed the song during their performance on Britain's Got Talent. To further promote his second studio album in London, Cokobar and Iyanya held a "Kukere Queen Competition". Participants of the competition were asked to upload a dance video of themselves and state three reasons why they deserve to win.

The music video for the single was directed by Patrick Elis.

"Kukere" won Best Pop Single and was nominated for Song of the Year at The Headies 2012. It also won the Hottest Single of the Year award at the 2013 Nigeria Entertainment Awards, and was nominated for Best Contemporary Afro (Live Beats Choice) at the 2012 Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA). It was nominated for Most Popular Song of the Year at the 2013 City People Entertainment Awards.

The remix of Kukere features vocals from D'banj. It was released on August 20, 2012 as the third single from the Iyanya vs. Desire album. The song reprises the original hook and instrumental of Kukere.

During an interview with Toolz, Iyanya said that D'banj reached out to him to do the remix. He went on to say that he was honored to work with D'banj. Furthermore, Iyanya said they would be shooting a video for the remix. However, the music video was never shot and Iyanya went on to released music videos for "Ur Waist" and several other singles.

Upon its release, the remix received positive reviews from music critics. Ayo of Jaguda said: "Iyanya came, saw and conquered. He gave us one of the biggest dance track ever made, props to D’tunes for the crazy beat. After having a successful song, i bet you know there will be covers and remixes, and the master of Killing Songs, koko master jumps on this song with Iyanya."

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