Banana Songs

dataGuy

I saw this post about famous banana songs and thought it would be fun to see how many banana songs we can find.

A couple in my collection:

Electric Prunes - The Great Banana Hoax; 1967


The Stokes - Banana Split ; 1964?

Got bananas??

Doofy

Well, one of the all-time jazz greats has a 'banana song' as his signature tune:

Brighternow

Andrew Liles:

Matthew Doesn't Like Bananas in his Ice Cream

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(a band, not a song - aka: The Pretty Things)

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From my New World / NWCRI haul from Amie Street:

P. Q. Phan: Banana Trumpet Games

dataGuy

Very interesting stuff so far. Here's more info on the Electric Banana....

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From 1923
ETA: Oh! already on the list.

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Banana Co. - Radiohead

luddite

Nelories - Banana

luddite

Shonen Knife - Banana Fish

Doofy

Probably the biggest banana hit ever

luddite

False Prophets - Banana Split Republic

(This was actually the first song that I thought of... I love it as it starts out as traditional punk then seamlessly morphs into entirely different genres as it progresses.)

luddite

Alien Sex Fiend - Clockwork Banana, Banana-Moon

Plong42

Feli Kuti, Banana Monkey, although that is probably more about the monkey than the banana.  

Plong42

Jack Johnson, Banana Pancakes

dataGuy

Who knew - Deep Purple (yes that Deep Purple) had a whole album named Bananas? Here's the title cut:

dataGuy

Shonen Knife - Banana Chips

dataGuy

Chris Rea - God's Great Banana Skin (with lyrics)

dataGuy

Banana Trumpet Games - P.Q. Phan

dataGuy

Juanita Banana - The Peels

Doofy

Brighternow

 

rostasi

rostasi

The original voice of the Chiquita Banana, Monica Lewis, passed away just recently.
Her enunciation and phrasing are really wonderful here.
Also, Daevid Allen had an album called Banana Moon, but I don't remember any tracks with the word "banana" from it.

dataGuy

Daevid Allen inspired me to create a sculpture I titled: "Der Vollmond ist die Bananen-Mond" 

confused

Well, believe I've got a few too. The first one that jumped out at me



Bananas To The Beat

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then, Mojack. I don't suppose I'll get around to much new tonight.




Brewskis and Bananas

confused

Here's an oldie from a sampler Brazil Classics 3; Forro etc



Jackson do Pandeiro -Chiclete Com Banana

confused

Well, actually my track is listed a Splitting a Banana Split on the Summer Songs EP



LullaTone  - Thanks again.

confused

Okay last one. I don't know why I love this stuff so much



Oh Yes, i do.
Alpha Wave (Bananadance Remix) - System 7

ScissorMan

Let us not forget that the Ramones' "This Ain't Havana" contains a great deal of banana content, and I suspect there are other examples out there of people rhyming "banana" with "Havana," in case anyone is doing searches based solely on song titles.