"Lemon Tree" is a song by German band Fool's Garden from their third album, '' Dish of the Day'' (1995). The band's lead vocalist,

Peter Freudenthaler Peter Freudenthaler (born 19 February 1963) is a German rock musician, singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of the founding members of pop rock band Fool's Garden. He is the author of the song " Lemon Tree", which made ...

, said that he wrote the song on a Sunday afternoon when he was waiting for his girlfriend who did not come. "Lemon Tree" was released as a single in November 1995 and became an international hit the following year. The song reached number 26 on the

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and remained at number one for four weeks in Germany. It also reached number one in Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. 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

European CD single # "Lemon Tree" – 3:11 # "Finally" – 4:29 European maxi-single and UK CD single # "Lemon Tree" – 3:11 (3:10 on UK release) # "Finally" – 4:29 (4:30 on UK release) # "Spirit '91" (dance-mix) – 4:11 (4:13 on UK release) US and Canadian CD single # "Lemon Tree" # "Take Me" Australian and New Zealand CD single # "Lemon Tree" – 3:11 # "Take Me" – 4:20 # "Spirit '91" – 4:11 South African maxi-single # "Lemon Dance" (single edit) – 3:52 # "Lemon Tree" (club mix) – 6:16

Personnel

* All songs written by Peter Freudenthaler and Volker Hinkel * Vocals: Peter Freudenthaler * Bass: Thomas Mangold * Drums: Ralf Wochele * Guitar: Volker Hinkel * Keyboards: Roland Röhl * Breaking lamp sound: Jorick Bouw * Artwork: Müller & Steeneck Stuttgart * Bicchieri: Mattia Tugnoli

Charts and certifications

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Certifications

Release history

Covers and parodies

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recorded a Christmas-parody called "Christmas Tree". Taiwanese singer

Tarcy Su Tarcy Su (; born 27 October 1970) is a Taiwanese singer and actress who was most popular in the 1990s during her recording career with Rock Records. She has released three albums since 2002. In 2021, she was nominated for Best Female Mandarin ...

released covers of the song (in both Mandarin and Cantonese) as did Korean singer Park Hye Kyung. Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter

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made a cover of the song in 2011. Korean singer and composer, Kim Hong Joong of the group Ateez, released a cover of the song on 4 May 2022.

Alle Farben and Fool's Garden version

On 8 January 2021,

Alle Farben Frans Zimmer (born 5 June 1985), better known by his stage name Alle Farben (meaning ''All Colours'' in German) is a German DJ and producer. Since 2014 Zimmer is signed to the record label Guesstimate/b1 Recordings and the publishing house Budde M ...

with Fool's Garden released a cover of "Lemon Tree". The song made it into the

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Personnel

From Tidal: * Lyricist and composer:

and Volker Hinkel * Producer:

Frans Zimmer Frans Zimmer (born 5 June 1985), better known by his stage name Alle Farben (meaning ''All Colours'' in German) is a German DJ and producer. Since 2014 Zimmer is signed to the record label Guesstimate/b1 Recordings and the publishing house Budde M ...

and * Mastering Engineer: Dirk Duderstadt and Marco Duderstadt * Mixing: Junkx

Charts

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References

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Lyrics and music
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lemon Tree (Fool's Garden Song) 1995 singles 1996 singles Fools Garden songs Irish Singles Chart number-one singles Number-one singles in Austria Number-one singles in Germany Number-one singles in Iceland Number-one singles in Norway Number-one singles in Sweden Rock ballads Songs about loneliness Universal Records singles