Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)

The Banana Boat Song ( "Banana Boat Song " ) is a Jamaican calypso folk song, whose best-known version was sung by Harry Belafonte.

Genesis

The song goes back to an old Jamaican folk song entitled Day dah light that acts of stevedores who loaded them bananas in night shift and sang about their work. They witnessed the dawn and the consequent end of the shift: Daylight come and me wanna go home. This chorus is like the melody together all the early, traditional versions of the song. The verses are varied, however, and were often probably invented off the cuff.

Interpretations

The folk song was first popularized by Edric Connor & His Caribbeans, a group from Trinidad, in 1952 for her album Songs from Jamaica, the piece entitled " dah Day Light" ( banana supercharger Song) in England took up the first time. 1954 was followed by a version of Louise Bennett, who came from Jamaica.

First hit parade note could reach the Tarriers, after the song lyrically easily altered by folk singer Bob Gibson as Banana Boat Song was released in November 1956 and was subsequently move into the pop charts at # 4. The up to now most famous recording was the first track on Harry Belafonte's album Calypso, the ( not continuous), and was already in May 1956, long before the single of the Tarriers appeared listed for 31 weeks at No. 1 on the LP charts. Producer of the album was Herman Diaz Jr. Day But O was only intended as an album filler and been taken spontaneously. Calypso was the first LP, which was more than one million copies. To participate in the incipient success of the Tarriers to Belafonte's label RCA decided to decouple the banana song as a single in December 1956., You became the third single million-seller for Belafonte. The text to Belafonte's " Day-O ( Banana Boat Song ) " was from Irving Burgie (Burgess) and William Attaway. In February 1957 Shirley Bassey brought with Gibson's version out a number-one hit in the UK, while the U.S. artist Steve Lawrence had a hit with his version of this song.

Cover versions

The Banana Boat Song received a BMI Award and was, according to the BMI gecovert 37 times. As a direct cover version of Leo Leandros arrived in September 1957 to eleventh place on the German charts under the title Come Mister Talliman. Like many other popular songs also the banana boat song was often adapted, parodied (eg Anyone Kollapso "Come Mister Anyone gemma bisserl die!" By Gerhard Bronner, 1957; Waarom zijn de banana krom by Andre van Duin, 1972; " Come, Mr. Taliban, turn over bin Laden - daylight come and we drop the bomb " in a circulating on the internet version) and for advertising purposes ( for example, " Fanta Mango" ) and in movies ( used eg Beetlejuice ).

A well-known, especially in children German language version is the "Banana Bread Song" by Rolf Harris in November 1983 in which the text " Day-O " is replaced by " Theo" and the point of "Come, Mr. tally man" ( about: "Come on, tally man [ and count my bananas so I can go home ]") "Do a little dalli, man " is. In August 2004, published by Rick Maniac & Dr. Loop a " Hands Up Trance" version of it. The chorus of the Banana Boat song was used in 2011 by Jason Derulo for his hit Do not Wanna Go Home. The text line "six foot seven foot eight foot bunch" was used as a refrain for Lil Wayne's song " 6 Foot 7 Foot ".