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[Ryder was 15 years old when she filmed Beetlejuice, and child labor laws restrict the amount of hours young actors can work. O'HARA: But also they liked you. The ghosts liked you.
This time, she and the band — also dressed in costume — perform a spooky cover of "Banana Boat (Day-O)," the Harry Belafonte tune used in one of Beetlejuice's most iconic scenes.
Related: Beetlejuice 'Banana Boat (Day-O)' scene, a (mini) oral history with Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara The group even paid homage to the original film's “Banana Boat (Day-O)” scene during ...
Lil Wayne's 2010 song "6 Foot 7 Foot" (featuring Cory Gunz) from his album Tha Carter IV samples and derives its title from "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)". [18] The Conkarah song "Banana", released in 2019 by S-Curve Records, with contributions from Shaggy, samples largely and is an adaptation of the Harry Belafonte original. [19]
Beetlejuice opened theatrically in the United States on March 30, 1988, earning $8,030,897 its opening weekend, which at the time, was an Easter weekend record. The film eventually grossed $75.1 million worldwide. Beetlejuice was a financial success, [30] recouping its $15 million budget and becoming the 10th-highest-grossing film of 1988. [31 ...
The first track "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)" largely contributed to the success of the album and has long been Belafonte's signature song, the single reaching number five on Billboard's Pop chart. "Star-O", the sixth track on the album (and B side of the "Day-O" single), is essentially a shorter reprise of "Day-O", with slightly different lyrics.
“Day-O (The Banana Boat Song),” a Jamaican folk song popularized by Harry Belafonte, was a memorable part of the OG Beetlejuice. While possessed by Adam and Barbara’s ghosts, O’Hara’s ...
For the final shows on the final day, instead of concluding the possession mix with Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae), it was concluded with Day O (Banana Boat Song). In addition rather than using the Misfits' cover of " Monster Mash ", the exit theme was "Bye, Bye, Bye" by N'Sync which is a likely reference to Joey Fatone who performed as the Wolfman in ...