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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)". [17] 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. [18]
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.
In the United Kingdom, "Banana Boat Song" was released in March 1957 and spent ten weeks in the top 10 of the UK singles chart, reaching a peak of number two, and in August, "Island in the Sun" reached number three, spending 14 weeks in the top 10.
The song released in 2019 by S-Curve Records samples largely and is an adaptation of a famous song by Harry Belafonte called "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" released in 1956. The Belafonte original is a work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. The lyrics describe how daylight has come ...
The cover paid homage to the 1988 film, with Clarkson's house band Y'all dancing in unison as if similarly possessed by mischievous ghosts.
In 1988, Tim Burton's cult-classic movie "Beetlejuice" showcased Harry Belafonte's version of “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” in a comedically haunting way that forever altered people's ...
Release date. March 30, 1988 ... "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) ... This was after the film had already fallen out of the top 10 and before the video release in ...
"The Banana Boat Story" Portions of television and radio commercial jingles are linked by segments of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" by the Tarriers. 1957: Buchanan and Goodman "Flying Saucer the 2nd" July 1957 saw this sequel hit number 18. [2] 1957: Buchanan and Goodman "Santa and the Satellite"