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Cucurucu (song)

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"Cucurucu"
Single by Nick Mulvey
from the album First Mind
Released3 March 2014 (2014-03-03)
Length4:26
Songwriter(s)Nick Mulvey
Nick Mulvey singles chronology
"Nitrous"
(2013)
"Cucurucu"
(2014)

"Cucurucu" is a song by English musician Nick Mulvey. The song was released on 3 March 2014.

Mulvey told The Cambridge News that the song's title is meaningless. "It's meant to be a noise a child would make," he explained. "It might relate to a bird sound too. It's actually quite similar to the noise they make in France for a cockerel. You know how we say 'cock-a-doodle-do'? Over there it's like that Cucurucu."

"At its core it's my adaptation of DH Lawrence's poem Piano," Mulvey added. "The poem depicts a child under the piano, smiling as its mother sings, so I thought it would be lovely to have a song within the song. So I'm singing in her voice, really, and then I got the chorus about 'yearning to belong', so it's not just putting his words to my music. At first I was bothered by that, because I didn't think I should've changed it, but I've got used to it."[1]

Track listings

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  • Digital download
  1. "Cucurucu" – 4:26

Charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[2] 81
Scotland (OCC)[3] 30
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 26

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Silver 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label
United Kingdom 3 March 2014 digital download

References

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  1. ^ "Cucurucu by Nick Mulvey Songfacts". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  2. ^ "Nick Mulvey – Cucurucu" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  5. ^ "British single certifications – Nick Mulvey – Cucurucu". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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