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Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)

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501: 35: 587:"The Banana Boat Song" likely originated around the beginning of the 20th century when the banana trade in Jamaica was growing. It was sung by Jamaican dockworkers, who typically worked at night to avoid the heat of the daytime sun. When daylight arrived, they expected their boss would arrive to tally the bananas so they could go home. 558:
released an alternative version that incorporated the chorus of another Jamaican call and response folk song, "Hill and Gully Rider". Both versions became simultaneously popular the following year, placing 5th and 6th on the 20 February 1957, US Top 40 Singles chart. The Tarriers version was covered
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season 3 episode 14, Harry Belafonte performs the song accompanied by Fozzie Bear and other muppets. Fozzie Bear requests to be a tally man as identified in the lyrics of the song. Harry Belafonte explains what a tally man is as he proceeds to sing with other muppets accompanying singing the song's
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Belafonte described "Day-O" as "a song about struggle, about black people in a colonized life doing the most grueling work," in a 2011 interview with Gwen Ifill on PBS NewsHour. He said, "I took that song and honed it into an anthem that the world loved."
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from the mid-1980s to the early to mid-1990s, the lyrics being, "Trio, Trio, I want a Trio and I want one now. Not one, not two, but three things in it; chocolatey biscuit and a toffee taste too."
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in a dinner scene in which the guests are supernaturally compelled to dance along to the song by the film's protagonists. It was sung by Beetlejuice and Lydia in the first episode of the
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album opens with "Star O", a song referring to the day shift ending when the first star is seen in the sky. During recording, when asked for its title, Harry spells, "Day Done Light".
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onto ships. The lyrics describe how daylight has come, their shift is over, and they want their work to be counted up so that they can go home.
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English version of the text can be found at the bottom of the page. These lyrics are different from Belafonte's original version
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created a flash video called "Osama bin Laden Nowhere To Run - Nowhere To Hide" that features United States Secretary of State
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in 1957, whose recording became a hit in the United Kingdom. The Tarriers, or some subset of the three members of the group (
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in 1956, credited to Darling, Carey, and Arkin of the Tarriers. It charted at number 19 on the US Top 40 charts in 1957.
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season 2 episode 14 "Moonshot", the character Martin Stein abruptly starts singing the song to cause a distraction.
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performed a parody with "Bommerlunder" (a German schnapps) substituted for the words "daylight come" in the 1980s.
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and this is the version that is best known to listeners today, as it reached number five on the
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used the song "Arwrarwrirwrarwro" by Bombi which was based on "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)".
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For an ad campaign that started in 1991, now-defunct Seattle-based department store chain
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A 1991 Brazilian commercial used a parody of the song to promote their bubble gum brand "
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parodied the song in their 2001 television advertisement for their breakfast cereal
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Stanley, Bob (2022). "Whipped Cream and Other Delights: Adventures in Beatleland".
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Mark Roth, "The Banana Boat Song: 'Daylight come and me wan' go home ...'"
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Trofeo. (David was singing "Trofeo" in the same style as "Day-O" in the song).
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influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known
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used a version of the song with alternate lyrics in their commercials.
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Trinidad Carnival: The Cultural Politics of a Transnational Festival
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The original 1956 Belafonte recording is heard in the 1988 film
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is available and documented in both French and English on the
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recorded the Tarriers version in a recording of the song for
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made a version called "Hey Mr. Taliban", which speaks about
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sequel will include return of 'Day-O' song from first film"
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Banana" with lyrics dedicated to the banana-flavoured candy
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parodied the song in the 1980s for advertisements for the
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biscuit bar, sung by an animated character called Suzy.
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The best-known version was released by American singer
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in 1956, all of whom charted in the US Top 40, and by
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in 1956. It charted to number 13 in the US in 1957.
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