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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 idea was great and the song is so great, but then just the way it was put together, I had no idea it was going to be that fun and powerful and memorable." Watch Clarkson sing “Banana Boat ...
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.
"Dancing Ride" – Here Comes a Song "Daniel and Molly" – Here Comes a Song "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing "Day of Joy, Day of Peace" (Hamish's Lullaby) – Santa's Rockin'! "Decorate the Tree" – Yule Be Wiggling "Di Dicki Do Dum" – Big Red Car "Ding Dong Merrily on High" – Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas
One of the songs included in the album is the now famous "Banana Boat Song", listed as "Day-O" on the Calypso LP, which reached number five on the pop chart and featured its signature lyric "Day-O". [28] Many of the compositions recorded for Calypso, including "Banana Boat Song" and "Jamaica Farewell", gave songwriting credit to Irving Burgie. [29]
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 ...
Thirty-six years after the release of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice — as a sequel starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, and Jenna Ortega is about to hit theaters — the famous ...
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 ...