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A music video titled "Banana Song (I'm a Banana)", written and performed by Jackson, is his most-viewed video; as of October 2024, it had garnered over 95 million views. Early life Jackson was born Gregory James Daniel on November 11, 1985, in Auburn, Washington .
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 Tarriers were an American vocal group, specializing in folk music and folk-flavored popular music. [1] Named after the folk song "Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill", the group had two hit songs during 1956-57: "Cindy, Oh Cindy" (with Vince Martin) and "The Banana Boat Song."
The banana song may refer to: . The Name Game, an American popular music song as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person's name.; Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), a traditional Jamaican folk song from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships.
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.
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 ...
A judge in Brazil has ordered Adele’s song Million Years Ago to be removed globally from streaming services due to a plagiarism claim by Brazilian composer, Toninho Geraes. Geraes alleges that ...
The album garnered mixed reviews upon its release. PopMatters' Sarah Zupko praised the album and said that "Happy Hour is rolicking frolick through bubblegum pop culture—all perfect pop melodies, shiny choruses, and songs about cookies, hot chocolate, sushi, and banana chips," concluding that "this record is one helluva guilty pleasure."