{{Short description|Traditional Jamaican folk song}} {{Redirect|Day-O|the 1992 television film|Day-O (film){{!}}''Day-O'' (film)}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Harry Belafonte | album = Calypso | B-side = Star-O | released = 1956 | recorded = October 20, 1955<ref>SecondHandSongs website</ref> | studio = Grand Ballroom, Webster Hall, New York City | venue = | genre = * Mento * calypso * exotica<ref name="Stanley 2022">{{Cite book |last=Stanley |first=Bob |year=2022 |title=Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop Music: A History |chapter=Whipped Cream and Other Delights: Adventures in Beatleland |location=New York |publisher=Pegasis Books |page=564 |isbn=978-1-63936-251-6 |oclc=1296943330}}</ref> | length = 3:02 | label = RCA Victor | writer = Traditional, arranged: Harry Belafonte, William Attaway, Lord Burgess | language = Jamaican Patois | producer = | prev_title = Mary's Boy Child | prev_year = 1954 | next_title = Hold 'Em Joe | next_year = 1957 | misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|oKD_PfCQx9A|"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)"}}}} }} {{Infobox song | name = The Banana Boat Song | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = The Tarriers | album = The Tarriers | B-side = No Hidin' Place | released = 1956 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 2:58 | label = Glory Records | writer = Alan Arkin, Bob Carey, Erik Darling | language = Jamaican Patois | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Cindy, Oh Cindy | next_year = 1956 }} [[File:Harry Belafonte Almanac 1954 b.jpg|thumb|Harry Belafonte, ''Almanac'', 18 February 1954]]
"'''Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)'''" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music.
It is a call and response work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto the large ocean-going cargo ships known as banana boats. 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.
The best-known version was released by American singer Harry Belafonte in 1956 (originally titled "'''Banana Boat (Day-O)'''") and later became one of his signature songs. That same year the Tarriers released an alternative version that incorporated the chorus of another Jamaican call and response folk song, "Hill and Gully Rider". This version was played during an interview with Bob Carey (formerly of the Tarriers) on Folk Music Worldwide in January 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BOB CAREY formerly of The Tarriers – Folk Music Worldwide, 1964 |url=https://www.folkmusicworldwide.com/bob-carey-2.html |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=www.folkmusicworldwide.com}}</ref> Both versions became simultaneously popular the following year, placing 5th and 6th on 20 February 1957, US Top 40 Singles chart.<ref>{{cite web |title=All US Top 40 Singles For 1957 |url=https://top40weekly.com/1957-all-charts/ |website=Top40Weekly.com |date=30 November 2013 |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> The Tarriers version was covered multiple times in 1956 and 1957, including by the Fontane Sisters, Sarah Vaughan, Steve Lawrence, and Shirley Bassey, all of whom charted in the top 40 in their respective countries.<ref name="Condé Nast">{{cite magazine |last1=Petrusich |first1=Amanda |title=Harry Belafonte and the Social Power of Song |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/harry-belafonte-and-the-social-power-of-song |access-date=22 December 2021 |magazine=The New Yorker |publisher=Condé Nast |date=22 February 2017}}</ref>
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 News Hour''. He said, "I took that song and honed it into an anthem that the world loved."
==History== "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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Karen |title=Day-O: The Story of "The Banana Boat Song" |url=https://historydaily.org/day-o-the-story-of-the-banana-boat-song |access-date=3 February 2023 |website=History Daily |language=en |archive-date=9 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109000437/https://historydaily.org/day-o-the-story-of-the-banana-boat-song |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The song was first recorded by Trinidadian singer Edric Connor and his band the Caribbeans on the 1952 album ''Songs from Jamaica''; the song was called "Day Dah Light".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mentomusic.com/edricConner.htm |title=Edric Connor, Louise Bennett and Jamaican Folk Music |publisher=Mento Music |access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref> Harry Belafonte based his version on Connor's 1952 and Louise Bennett's 1954 recordings.<ref>The Louise Bennett version of ''Day O (The Banana Boat Song)'' is available and documented in both French and English on the ''Jamaica – Mento 1951–1958'' album (2009)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fremeaux.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.livrets&content_id=5362&product_id=1176&category_id=128 |title=Frémeaux & Associés éditeur, La Librairie Sonore |website=Fremeaux.com |access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref>
In 1955, American singer-songwriters Lord Burgess and William Attaway wrote a version of the lyrics for ''The Colgate Comedy Hour'', in which the song was performed by Harry Belafonte.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dGSnsW6rA6EC&pg=PA186|title=Trinidad Carnival: The Cultural Politics of a Transnational Festival|first1=Garth L.|last1=Green|first2=Philip W.|last2=Scher|date=28 March 2007|page=186|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0253116727|access-date=1 September 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> Belafonte recorded the song for RCA Victor and this is the version that is best known to listeners today, as it reached number five on the ''Billboard'' charts in 1957 and later became Belafonte's signature song. Side two of Belafonte's 1956 ''Calypso'' 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".
Also in 1956, folk singer Bob Gibson, who had traveled to Jamaica and heard the song, taught his version to the folk band the Tarriers. They recorded a version of that song that incorporated the chorus of "Hill and Gully Rider", another Jamaican folk song. This release became their biggest hit, reaching number four on the pop charts, where it outperformed Belafonte's version. The Tarriers' version was recorded by the Fontane Sisters, Sarah Vaughan, and Steve Lawrence in 1956, all of whom charted in the US Top 40, and by Shirley Bassey in 1957, whose recording became a hit on the United Kingdom singles chart.<ref name="bassey">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/The%20Banana%20Boat%20Song |title=Official Charts - Shirley Bassey - The Banana Boat Song |website=Archive.is |access-date=22 August 2016 }}</ref> The Tarriers, or some subset of the three members of the group (Erik Darling, Bob Carey and Alan Arkin, later better known as an actor) are sometimes credited as the writers of the song.
==Popular culture== *Freddie Mercury of Queen improvised his famous call and response at Live Aid in 1985 from the beginning of "Day-O".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Harry Belafonte, activist and singer, 1927-2023 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/bfaf8e03-bcbe-46bc-92f0-30fb53020fff |access-date=18 May 2024 |newspaper=Financial Times |date=29 April 2023 |last1=Honigmann |first1=David}}</ref> *The "Day-O" chorus is used in many Major League Baseball stadiums to induce a call and response from fans.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sullivan |first1=Steve |title=Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings: Volumes 1 and 2 |date=4 October 2013 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |isbn=978-0-8108-8296-6 |page=689 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QWBPAQAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
== Notable covers == * Michiko Hamamura became famous in Japan as the Banana Boat Girl in 1957 * The Fontane Sisters recorded the Tarriers version in a recording of the song for Dot Records in 1956. It charted to number 13 in the US in 1957.<ref name="whitburn" /> * Sarah Vaughan and an orchestra conducted by David Carroll recorded a jazzy version for Mercury Records in 1956, credited to Darling, Carey, and Arkin of the Tarriers. It charted at number 19 on the US Top 40 charts in 1957.<ref name="Condé Nast"/><ref name="whitburn" /> * Shirley Bassey recorded the Tarriers version in 1957 for 4 Star Records, which became her first single to chart in the U.K., peaking at number 8.<ref name="bassey" /> It later appeared on her 1959 album ''The Bewitching Miss Bassey''. * Steve Lawrence recorded the Tarriers version in 1957 for Coral Records for his album ''Songs by Steve Lawrence'', with a chorus and orchestra directed by Dick Jacobs. It peaked at number 18 on the US Top 40 charts that year.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=The Billboard book of top 40 hits |date=2010 |publisher=Billboard Books |location=New York |isbn=9780823085545 |edition=9th, rev. and expanded}}</ref> * A version of the song was recorded by children's artist The Wiggles for their album You Make Me Feel Like Dancing. The album won the ARIA award for Best Children's Album that year.
==Parodies and alternate lyrics== * "Banana Boat (Day-O)", a parody by Stan Freberg and Billy May released in 1957 by Capitol Records, features ongoing disagreement between an enthusiastic Jamaican lead singer (played by Freberg) and a bongo-playing beatnik (played by Peter Leeds) who "don't dig loud noises" and has the catchphrase "You're too loud, man". When he hears the lyric about the "deadly black taranch-la" (actually the highly venomous Brazilian wandering spider, commonly dubbed "banana spider"), the beatnik protests, "No, man! Don't sing about ''spiders'', I mean, oooo! like I don't dig ''spiders''". Freberg's version was popular, reaching number 25 on the US Top 40 charts in 1957,<ref name="whitburn" /> and received much radio airplay; Harry Belafonte reportedly disliked the parody.<ref name=pc18>{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19768/m1/|title=Show 18 – Blowin' in the Wind: Pop discovers folk music. [Part 1] |publisher=UNT Digital Library |date=25 May 1969|access-date=24 September 2010}}</ref> Stan Freberg's version was the basis for the jingle for the TV advert for the UK chocolate bar Trio 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." * Dutch comedian André van Duin released his version in 1972 called "Het Bananenlied" ("The Banana Song"). This song asks repetitively why bananas are bent. It reaches the conclusion that if the bananas weren't bent they wouldn't fit into their peels. * German band Trio performed a parody with "Bommerlunder" (a German schnapps) substituted for the words "daylight come" in the 1980s. * German musician Rolf Zuckowski published one of his many children songs in 1983 called Theo (Der Bananenbrot-Song). In the song, which stays true to the original melody, a boy calls out for help to his friend Theo to make him a banana bread, since he himself is so hungry. * The Serbian comedy rock band the Kuguars, composed of renowned Serbian actors, achieved widespread popularity with their 1998 cover of the song "Dejo majstore." Originally dedicated to the Yugoslav national association football team player Dejan "Dejo" Savićević, the song's lyrics were in Serbian. This rendition quickly became a nationwide hit, garnering significant attention. Additionally, a promotional video was produced to accompany the song's release, further solidifying its status within the Serbian music scene. * In their 1994 album, the comedy music group Grup Vitamin included a Turkish cover of the song parodying the macho culture in the country. * In 1988–89, Belafonte's children, David and Gina, parodied the song in a commercial about the Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo. (David was singing "Trofeo" in the same style as "Day-O" in the song). * A 1991 Brazilian commercial used a parody of the song to promote their bubble gum brand "Bubbaloo Banana" with lyrics dedicated to the banana-flavoured candy * A 1991 Taiwanese commercial of Luyou apricot kernel drink (綠友杏仁茶) parodied the song with lyrics dedicated to the apricot kernel drink, sung by Lee Mao-shan. The song was also released in its full version titled "Tê-Ooh" (茶噢). * A parody of this song was used in an E-Trade commercial that first aired on Super Bowl LII in 2018. * Biscuit manufacturer Jacob's parodied the song in the 1980s for advertisements for the Trio biscuit bar, sung by an animated character called Suzy. * Food manufacturer Kellogg's parodied the song in their 2001 television advertisement for their breakfast cereal Fruit 'n Fibre. * For an ad campaign that started in 1991, now-defunct Seattle-based department store chain The Bon Marché used a version of the song with alternate lyrics in their commercials.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Banel |first1=Feliks |title=The unlikely lasting legacy, melody from the Bon Marché |url=http://mynorthwest.com/392044/lasting-melody-from-bon-marche/? |website=Mynorthwest.com |date=14 September 2016 |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref> * The Swedish humor show Rally, which aired between 1995 and 2002 in Sveriges Radio P3 made a version called "Hey Mr. Taliban", which speaks about Osama Bin Laden. * "The Rockin Roll Morning Show" on KOMP 92.3 created a flash video called "Osama bin Laden Nowhere To Run - Nowhere To Hide" that features United States Secretary of State Colin Powell (who was himself of Jamaican descent) singing a parody of the song about Osama bin Laden getting bombed, while U.S. President George W. Bush plays a drum in front of the White House.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Snedeker |first1=Lisa |title=Bin Laden song takes world by storm |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2001/nov/13/bin-laden-song-takes-world-by-storm/ |access-date=1 May 2026 |work=lasvegassun.com |agency=Las Vegas Sun |date=13 November 2001 |language=en}}</ref> * In November 2019, ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'' modified the lyrics to make fun of Mike Pompeo, saying "Pompe-O, Pompe-O. Hearing come and I wanna go home."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/stephen-colbert-taunts-mike-pompeo-calypso-song-sung-by-trump-bolton-pence-video/|title=Stephen Colbert Taunts Mike Pompeo With a Goodbye Calypso Tune|website=Thewrap.com|date=23 November 2019}}</ref> * In 2024, the Filipino reggae band, Tropavibes, released May Sinde. The parody lyrics describe the experience of cannabis use.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tropavibes |title=May Sinde - Val Ortiz (Banana Boat (Day-O) Parody Song) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTb_qTCPbas |access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref>
==Samples and interpolations== * Chilean program ''31 minutos'' used the song "Arwrarwrirwrarwro" by Bombi which was based on "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.31minutos.cl/codex/arwrarwrirwrarwro/ |title=Arwrarwrirwrarwro - Enciclopedia - 31 minutos |access-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725070552/http://www.31minutos.cl/codex/arwrarwrirwrarwro/ |archive-date=25 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * TV3's one of the TV show called Jalan Jalan Cari Makan (Malay: Go Out for a Food Trip) use this song as an interpolation * Jason Derulo's 2011 song "Don't Wanna Go Home" from his album ''Future History'' heavily samples "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)".<ref>{{Cite web|title=6. Jason's 2011 Single 'Don't Wanna Go Home' May Sound A Bit Familiar!|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/jason-derulo/photos/facts/dont-wanna-go-home/|access-date=26 August 2021|website=Capital|language=en}}</ref> *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)".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harry Belafonte Talks Lil' Wayne's "6 Foot, 7 Foot" Sample|url=https://www.bet.com/article/cl0n8e/belafonte-on-lil-wayne-sampling-his-song|access-date=30 October 2021|website=BET|language=en}}</ref> *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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=IANS |date=9 June 2020 |title=Shaggy's 2019 track 'Banana', for which he collaborated with Conkarah, has become a rage due to banana drop challenge |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/shaggys-2019-track-banana-for-which-he-collaborated-with-conkarah-has-become-a-rage-due-to-banana-drop-challenge/article31785620.ece |access-date=29 February 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
==In media and politics== * The original 1956 Belafonte recording is heard in the 1988 film ''Beetlejuice'' in a dinner scene in which the guests are supernaturally compelled to dance along to the song by the film's protagonists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2396032/why-the-day-o-scene-in-beetlejuice-was-difficult-to-shoot|title=Why The Day-O Scene In Beetlejuice Was Difficult To Shoot|work=CinemaBlend|first=Nick|last=Evens|date=31 March 2018|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> It was sung by Beetlejuice (Stephen Ouimette) and Lydia Deetz (Alyson Court) in "Critter Sitters" the first episode of the animated television series in 1989, and it appeared in the 2019 Broadway musical adaptation. It also appeared in the original film's 2024 sequel ''Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'', where the song is performed by a children's choir.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-The-BEETLEJUICE-Cast-Performs-Day-O-The-Banana-Boat-Song-The-Whole-Being-Dead-Thing-at-the-TONY-AWARDS-20190610|title=Video: The Beetlejuice Cast Performs 'Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) / The Whole Being Dead Thing' at the Tony Awards|work=BroadwayWorld|date=10 June 2019|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=13 March 2024 |title=''Beetlejuice'' sequel will include return of 'Day-O' song from first film |url=https://ew.com/beetlejuice-sequel-day-o-song-returns-catherine-ohara-8608515 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313204330/https://ew.com/beetlejuice-sequel-day-o-song-returns-catherine-ohara-8608515 |archive-date=13 March 2024 |access-date=13 March 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> * On season 3, episode 14 of the TV series ''The Muppet Show ''in 1979, Harry Belafonte performs the song accompanied by Fozzie Bear (Frank Oz) and other Muppets. Fozzie requests to be a tally man as identified in the lyrics of the song. Belafonte explains what a tally man is as he proceeds to sing with other Muppets accompanying singing the song's ''answer''. * In the TV series ''Legends of Tomorrow'' season 2 episode 14 "Moonshot" in 2017, the character Martin Stein (Victor Garber) abruptly starts singing the song to cause a distraction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/legends-of-tomorrow-shoots-for-the-moon-with-one-of-its-1798190669|title=Legends Of Tomorrow shoots for the moon with one of its best episodes|work=The A.V. Club|first=Oliver|last=Sava|date=15 May 2017|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> * During the first leg of the thirty-second season of the American version of ''The Amazing Race'', contestants had to play a section of the song on a steelpan during a Roadblock challenge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2020/10/14/the-amazing-race-premiere-recap-season-32-nathan-cody-eliminated/|title=The Amazing Race Season 32 Premiere Recap: Goat to the Finish|work=TVLine|first=Nick|last=Caruso|date=14 October 2020|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> * In the Justin Trudeau blackface controversy, on 18 September 2019, Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, admitted to singing "Day-O" while wearing blackface makeup and an afro wig at a talent show when he was in high school at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5680868/justin-trudeau-brownface-photo-apology/|title=Justin Trudeau Admits to Also Wearing Blackface 'Makeup' in High School Following Time Report|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref> * In the 2024 Swedish documentary film ''The Last Journey'', Filip Hammar's father Lars Hammar listened to the song during his younger days, and loved to tell a story about Harry Belafonte among his friends.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simon |first=Alissa |date=12 October 2024 |title='The Last Journey' Review: Sweden's International Oscar Submission Is a Humorous and Heartbreaking Documentary |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-last-journey-review-sweden-oscar-submission-documentary-1236176227/ |access-date=4 August 2025 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The song was also featured in the film during one of the scenes.
==Charts== {{Expand section|date=September 2025}}
The Tarriers' "Banana Boat" peaked at #8 on 9 January 1957. Harry Belafonte's "Banana Boat (Day-O)" peaked at #5 on 20 February 1957.
==Sales== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Sales |- ! scope="row"| Italy | 370,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,15/articleid,0656_01_1996_0227_0017_8863441/|publisher=La Stampa|title=NICO FIDENCO il granello del baby boom|date=19 August 1996|accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref> |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Harry Belafonte|title=Day-O (Banana Boat Song)|award=Gold|access-date=November 16, 2025|relyear=1956|certyear=2025|source=radioscope}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110711035958/http://www.fremeaux.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.livrets&content_id=5362&product_id=1176&category_id=128 JAMAICA-MENTO 1951–1958] {{In lang|fr|en}}—The English version of the text can be found at the bottom of the page. These lyrics are different from Belafonte's original version. * [http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/environment/the-banana-boat-song-daylight-come-and-me-wan-go-home-612177/ Mark Roth, "The Banana Boat Song: 'Daylight come and me wan' go home ...{{'"}}], ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', 27 November 2005{{Dead link|date=January 2024}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160329125808/http://www.post-gazette.com/environment/2005/11/27/The-Banana-Boat-Song-Daylight-come-and-me-wan-go-home/stories/200511270294/ Above link on Internet Archive] * [https://prolyrical.com/daylight-come-and-i-wanna-go-home-lyrics-harry-belafonte/ Daylight Come and I Wanna Go Home Lyrics] at Pro Lyrical * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5BoECIz9gw&pp=ygUSaGFycnkgYmVsYWZvbnRlIDQ1 1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Banana Boat (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte (a #2 record)]—YouTube * [https://music.apple.com/us/album/day-o-the-banana-boat-song/255427585?i=255427987 ''Very Best of Harry Belafonte'']—Apple Music * [https://open.spotify.com/track/4fHDlIntTsRGSyTg5UYZYC?si=6fb7de09806343a7 "Banana Boat (Day-O)"]—Harry Belafonte on Spotify
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