Lemon Tree (Fool's Garden song)


"Lemon Tree" is a song by German 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 on the UK Singles Chart and remained at number one for four weeks in Germany. It also reached number one in Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden. Peter Freudenthaler said that he wrote the song on a Sunday afternoon when he was waiting for his girlfriend.
The band recorded a new version of the song in prior for their 2009 release High Times – The Best of Fools Garden. The singles "Wild Days" and "Suzy" were also re-recorded for this album.

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" — 4:11
"Lemon Tree" and "Finally" are both taken from the album Dish of the Day.

The original version of "Spirit '91" from the band's first album Once in a Blue Moon.

Personnel

Weekly charts

Chart Peak
position
Slovenia 44

Year-end charts

Certifications

Covers and parodies

recorded a Christmas-parody called "Christmas Tree". Taiwanese singer Tarcy Su released covers of the song as did Korean singer Park Hye Kyung.
In 2012, a Telugu movie by the name Tuneega Tuneega had a title track similar to the Lemon Tree with lyrics written by Krishna Chaitanya and performed by MK Balaji.
In 2015, the song was sampled by Derrick Hoh in his song "Lemon Tree".
In 2018 the song was covered again by Pesho & Dave Bo, their version also featuring Will Jay.