The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

Name: The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
Duration: 3 min 37 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	Day-O (Banana Boat)	3:37	Harry Belafonte	Day-O Banana Boat	Harry Belafonte	Album + Compilation	IT1981	International Joker Production, Joker (Italian label also releasing bootlegs)	SM 3925
2.16	Banana Boat Song (Day-0)	3:06	Harry Belafonte	Let's Remember	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	IN2004-09	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	5174539
3.6	The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) (from the album “Belafonte at Carnegie Hall”, 1959)	3:40	Harry Belafonte	Harry Belafonte, Volume 2: Six Classic Albums	Harry Belafonte	Album + Compilation	XE2013	Real Gone	RGMCD071
2.6	The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)	3:40	Harry Belafonte	Harry Belafonte, Volume 2: Six Classic Albums	Harry Belafonte	Album + Compilation

recording of:	Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway arrangement made famous by Harry Belafonte)

additional lyricist:	William Attaway (in 1955) Irving Burgie (in 1955)
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

referred to in medleys:	The Caribbean Disco Show (7" medley)
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