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"Coconuts" is a song by German singer-songwriter Kim Petras, included on Petras' debut studio album Feed the Beast (2023). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was initially released on 3 December 2021 as the second single from her intended debut studio album, Problématique .
The song celebrates the coconut shy (coconut toss) at funfairs, and the chorus of "Roll or bowl a ball a penny a pitch" [2] is based on the call of the showman "standing underneath the flare" (of gaslight), inviting the public to play. The ball is tossed or bowled (as in cricket) or pitched at the coconuts with the object of knocking one off ...
"Coconut" is a novelty song written [3] and first recorded by American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, released as the third single from his 1971 album, Nilsson Schmilsson. It was on the U.S. Billboard charts for 14 weeks, reaching #8, [4] and was ranked by Billboard as the #66 song for 1972. It charted in a minor way in the UK, reaching #42 ...
TikTok is obsessed with a new pop bop that's all about body acceptance. German pop singer Kim Petras performed one of her newest songs "Coconuts" at the MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) in ...
Kid Creole wrote and produced an album for his backing singers 'The Coconuts' in 1983. The three-piece consisted of Adriana Kaegi, Cheryl Poirier and Taryn Hagey. A second album was released in Japan in 1991. Studio albums. Don't Take My Coconuts (EMI America, 1983) Killer Bees (Creole/Nippon Columbia, 1991) Singles
"I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby" is a 1982 song by Kid Creole and the Coconuts from their album Tropical Gangsters. It was the first single released from Tropical Gangsters and their first major hit reaching a peak of no. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. It also reached no. 18 on the US Club Play chart.
The group performed the song "My Male Curiosity" (with choreography by Kaegi) for the 1984 movie Against All Odds; [9] the song also appeared on the best-selling soundtrack album. The Coconuts also sang background vocals in the songs "Red Light" and "Surrender" on U2's album War, which was released on 28 February 1983 on Island Records.
"Doggie" was one in a series of successful novelty songs since the 1930s, following on the success of songs such as Bing Crosby's "Pistol Packin' Mama" and Merv Griffin's "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts". Prior to the release of "Doggie", composer Bob Merrill penned "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake". [4]