Banana Boat Song (Day-o)
~ Recording by Harry Belafonte
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 5.9 | Banana Boat Song (Day‐o) | 3:47 | Harry Belafonte | Le 100 canzoni di sempre internazionali | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| recording of: | Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway arrangement made famous by Harry Belafonte) |
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Related works
Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway arrangement made famous by Harry Belafonte)
| additional lyricist: | William Attaway (in 1955) Irving Burgie (in 1955) |
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| composer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
| publisher: | Caribe Music Corp. Cherry Lane Music Ltd. Cherry Lane Music Publishing Ltd EMI Songs Ltd. Garber Music Ltd. Lord Burgess Music Publishing Co. Music Sales Corp (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) Reservoir Media Music |
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| referred to in medleys: | The Caribbean Disco Show (7" medley) |
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| later parody versions: | Der Jedermann‐Kollapso |
| later translated parody versions: | Hey Mister Taliban (Deeeeeeeeeo) |
| later translated versions: | The Banana Boat Song (Portuguese translation) Trio Bommerlunder Wien バナナ・ボート |
| version of: | Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (original folk song) |
| is the basis for: | 6 Foot 7 Foot |
| arrangements: | Talimi Banana (Day Ô) |
| lyrics quoted in: | Don’t Wanna Go Home |
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