Geronimo (Aura Dione song)

"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 19 September 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, Andrei Georgescu, 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.

It became Dione's first number-one single in both Austria and her native 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).

Track listing

 * Danish digital download
 * 1) "Geronimo" (Jost & Damien Radio Mix) – 3:15


 * Danish digital download – remixes
 * 1) "Geronimo" (Martin Roth Clubmix) – 6:43
 * 2) "Geronimo" (The Disco Boys Remix) – 5:38
 * 3) "Geronimo" (The Disco Boys Remix Edit) – 3:23
 * 4) "Geronimo" (LTM Slowdown Remix) – 8:12


 * German digital EP
 * 1) "Geronimo" (Jost & Damien Radio Mix) – 3:15
 * 2) "Geronimo" (The Disco Boys Remix Edit) – 3:23
 * 3) "Geronimo" (The Disco Boys Remix) – 5:38
 * 4) "Geronimo" (LTM Slowdown Remix) – 8:12
 * 5) "Call Messiah" (Aura Dione, Per Ebdrup) – 6:53


 * German CD single
 * 1) "Geronimo" (Jost & Damien Radio Mix)
 * 2) "Geronimo" (The Disco Boys Remix)

Credits and personnel

 * Aura Dione – songwriter, vocals
 * David Jost – songwriter, producer, mixing, vocal recording, guitar, programming
 * Joachim Persson – songwriter, producer, mixing, programming
 * Ian O'Brien-Docker – songwriter, producer, guitar, keys, programming
 * Thomas Troelsen – songwriter, vocal recording, backing vocals, and keyboards
 * DamienDamien – producer, mixing
 * Sebastian Zenke – guitar, programming
 * Johan Alkenäs – additional keys and programming