Omg fantastic I have not heard this song in a long time. I loved it my parents would listen to this stuff also songs from Glenn miller , Doris day, mom-ma's and the papa's the list go's on for ever I remember the mass record albums dad built shelves for wow what a blast from the past.
Remember Central and South America was known as the "Banana Republics" ! The poverty and hardships can be blamed on one group ... the United Fruit Company. Study your history ... songs were written to reflect those days of servitude, of course the US government backed the banana companies ... OMG, let us not lose those profits!!!
A Jamaican song about South American produce wars sung in English and the description is in Japanese. This is the way multiculturalism is supposed to be. XD
OMG, for the first time ever I hear the sheer pain and torture Mr. Belafonte meant to convey through this song in this version. I could actually picture former slaves singing a similar tune to pass the day as the toiled through there non-ending work day. How very heart-breaking. </3
why all the rage and politics, you mad bro (s) why cant you just listen to a song and go "ahh good times i remember when this came out. im so glad it is on the interent for me to listen to free of politics, racism, sexism, elitism,...[ and on and on]"
@germanmcccxxxvii it is good tunes . but there is a msg in it ...... wake up just cause u see things for what they r doesn't mean one doesn't like the music just stating a fact of what brought the song about ..
Wow, seriously listen to these lyrics. I heard this song for the first time in the 80s Tim Burton film Beetlejuice, and just now the lyrics are sinking in. Talking about the 99% toiling to the bone for pennies to keep multinational corporations growing fatter and opulent.
@RainPoetry that shit has been goin on from the time we all walked the earth .. the first caveman that got fire used it in his advantage .....leverage is everything..sadly the rich have teh leverage ....... but 99%of folks have the power and don't know it cause we are one pay check away from being homeless , just how the rich want it .therefor they have the leverage sucks eh
this video should be deleted and re uploaded so that ugly garbage these people are talking about is taken to the wastebasket. If you people want to discuss politics and policy. try being mature, cohesive and reasonable. start a college discussion group. but my goodness. do you have no perception of realism? do anything people besides resign yourself to the evolutionary equivalence of a stick in the mud
@MsKamillebidan wow college groups get things done ..lol been there when u mature and see thing as they r u hopefully may see that that is called politics in the making useless .. but least the song is good never mind the msg eh (sarcasim btw)
@ParksAndGardens ?????? why u call me a clown ??? for speakin the truth how old r u btw or r u one of those people that think things r all rosie and the rich give a shit about the masses man ??
Such a conspiracy! If you re arrange Belafonte you get "Beef Teano" which is a gay stripper name. Gay strippers as we know like to oppress others with their Chiquita Bananas, especially young men from South and Central America. Clearly the evidence is there. Bring down the oppressive right wing government!
@xXJazMcKXx You think THAT'S SAD? Listen to Peter, Paul & Mary's - "El Salvador". This crap really happens, people. Our government and most others consider the common people to be, well - COMMONERS, SLAVES, PROSTITUTES, CHEAP LABOR! It's just more OBVIOUS in other countries because we see them as different - but we SEE THEM! We don't look at ourselves as being in EXACTLY THE SAME BOAT - AND IT'S A BANANA BOAT, TOO! Same with construction workers, mechanics, nurses, non-union scabs!
GOD BLESS THE USA!!!! PROUD TO BE A CUBAN-AMERICAN..... BELAFONTE SHOULD MOVE TO CUBA, WHERE I COME FROM..... THEN HE'LL KNOW WHAT AN OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT IS ALL ABOUT.....
@QbnVoiCe Jamaica got to be like a Cuba with tourism after Manley starting imitating Fidel. Of course when things got worse they used Rasta culture to blame USA and Brits.
I remember when I was little my dad had a mix cd he used to always play in the car, and this was one of the songs on it. Hearing it now, makes me miss him but makes me happy at the same time.
@coquimontes thats obvious that u like version of this song in Beetlejuice cuz this version( original) i soooo slow, it doesnt have this "magical happiness" in rythm :D
I have right to write that I like more the version from Beetlejuice... I only wrote that I prefer version from that movie I didnt insulted in any of my comments Harry Belafonte,
soo I just think that u have some problems with eyez, cuz I only wrote my opnion about song not artist who sing this song... soo stop provoking me without any resonable reason!
@Emciak9 For starters, go back to elementary school and learn to spell. It took me a good five minutes to decode that grammar atrocity you wrote. A word to the wise: that's not super effective when trying to present an argument. Anyway, that aside, Christ, I wasn't even criticizing you. Why the fuck do I care what you prefer? I was joking around (as made apparent by my use of capitalization and wording) and you took that to some other extreme. I understand that wasn't super clear, but really...
@frenchpansy499Z Well it took me about a minute to realize that u just insulted me, and right now your explaining yourself that u were only joking, well wait a minute ? U wrote that I have no respect for this artist, just because I like more the version from movie
Just think what u are writing , believe me using brain - doesnt hurt!
And I really do think that I wrote my last comment in very simple way, that not so high intelligent person will know what mean by my comment. Weź zamilcz BURAKU :)
@Emciak9 Just, never mind.... you're clearly not a very intelligent person and I don't want to stress that anymore... obtenir un meilleur tuteur en anglais.
@frenchpansy499Z Hymm a person who dont understand a simple not soo complicated comment, telling me that I'm not intelligent - just look up to youreself!
you are cleary not soo smart as u may think u are ;/ if u will jump from a level of your Ego to a level of your IQ you propably will kill youreself :P
Najlepiej jest wytykac komuś wady, a u siebie ich nie widzieć ..( bardzo "inteligentne" postepowanie ze strony frenchpansy499Z)
It's all that & more. It's about oppressive, U.S.-backed right-wing governments, working through the CIA, United Fruit Company, Chiquita Banana, Dole Foods, et al & the conspiracy to threaten the workers with death. 22 CIA assassins stood by to carry out the orders if the Union Workers would not go back to work. We do this all the time! Batista, Noriega, just to name a few.served as our lackeys to subjugate the locals for cheap labor. And we wonder why other people hate our greedy government!
@ckcollins59 - Oh, and our government doesn't oppress and subjugate anyone, right? Noriega didn't exist. Donald Rumsfield didn't shake Saddam Hussein's hand in an API photo-op back in 1980. They had WMD because we GAVE THEM WMD! To test on their own people, of course - for us to do so would be immoral and illegal. Better to hire some lackeys! Read between the lines in your history books, Sir. In fact, just read something besides the partition in the "Men's" room at your local dog park. Ruff-ruff
@Tiz4Tom For the record, Dole did not use forced labor workers have as much as Chiquita did (who still use forced labor for the record). It's not fair to group them together.
@frenchpansy499Z Every corporation uses forced labor in that you are forced to work somewhere. And if you aren't in a Union you have to accept the wages they offer - even if it means you can't buy a house, fix your car, own nice things, take vacations, have children, support your family on one paycheck. So, you're wrong - ALL labor is forced labor, because if YOU don't take their offer - some poor bastard WILL! That's why there are ALWAYS UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE! And it won't change!
@Tiz4Tom Forced labor means you get NO benefit from working and you are working entirely against your own will. That's why it's FORCED. FORCED - Obtained or imposed by coercion or physical power. - The Oxford English Dictionary. People aren't forced to work in a shipping yard. Or a school. No, they work there OF THEIR OWN ACCORD. Yes, they are told where to work and how to do it, but it was THEIR DECISION. Slaves didn't have a choice. I can't believe I actually had to explain that.
@Tiz4Tom i agree with u 100% this shit will go on until people learn to grow the food they need . and very few will do that because they r too busy chasing the dollar so they can drive that car or have two trips a year .who has time to grow food .we will just go to the store and buy it .....LMAO i grow my own veggies and meat ...fawk the rest of the ignorant fools that think food just shows up in the store .........
@Tiz4Tom Your partly right but Jamaicas pretty much been an economical slave since its independence from Britian. I remember i read an article were a dairy farmer in Jamaica told BBC that "The masters were gone somewhat. The slaves were free, somewhat." Literally meaning that Jamaica and many others like it were still economically dependent on there fromer colonial masters, who are great economic powers.
@Betchenable To this day Jamaica is terribly in debt because of this "rat race". In the end each country is in everything for its own interest not that of others. Our "greedy" government is like that of most other MDC's, from one point of view it may seem greedy but in reality they just wants best for there citizens, you and me.
I remember we had to sing this song in my music class back in 2000. My teacher explained how and why this song was made but yet nobody knew this song came out in Beetlejuice.
this song is about overworked, underpayed banana farm workers. the whole song is about how these workers only have sunrise to look forward to, since this is when they finally get done working.
This song was recorded by Belafonte and released when I was 6 years old. Our father bought the record, brought it home and played it loud, night and day. No movies, videos or film scores yet....just the record. Fresh pure understanding of another culture brought into our Midwestern Indiana living room to endure for scores of years hence. Belafonte is a modern day Stephen Foster. : )
@aldonEYA lil wayne sampled this shit like all mainstream rap artists sample the GOOD old songs so fuck giving him credit. Just like that idiot kanye taking Daft Punks Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, people need to learn how to give credit where its due
i like this song.... im 19. my dad gave me 3 records or harry belafonte when i was little. idk much of the history but i listened to them all the time.
Just to set everything straight.. (cause comment wars on youtube is just lame)
This "song" is actually a traditional Jamacain folk song sung by workers on night shifts loading banana's into boats. The song would be like a conversation between the workers and most of the lyrics were improved on the spot. The first recorded record was actually by Edric Connor and his band 'Edric Connor and the Carribbeans' in 1952, but the most popular is by Harry Belafonte in 1956. So quite yelling at eachother!
@brookemarmalade You are right. But Mr. Belafonte turned everything he touched into gold. The man had the voice and was in the right time... when ppl appreciated good music. That is what he was- a folk/traditional singer. He sang about a long time tradition in Jamaica. And other Jamacian songs, african american songs... you name it if it had real meaning and history. He could feel it and sing it like no one else.
Its a shame that all you "Adults" would cuss a child for making a simple mistake on who created this song, rather then simply explaining. No matter how stubborn they can be, I can only imagine how some of your people's kids will turn out. That my friends is just plain ignorant. But thumbs up if you totally heard this song first on beteljuice and fell in love with it.^ ^
Happy 80th birthday, Harry!
gguirao 1 day ago
dali mi banana
noizyMonkey 1 week ago
who knew the real words.......
Infinitytheacae 1 week ago
adoro...
camila80643 1 week ago
I wish more people listened to this version than the Lil Wayne ripoff. :(
7wabbyo 1 week ago
@7wabbyo WHAT?? Lil Wayne did this?? Oh fuckin dear...lol
ElvisLivesUpstairs 5 days ago
aww i love this song when its on beetlejuice
bubba12345hachetman 1 week ago
thumbs up if u heard this song in Beatlejuice
TheLolman223344 2 weeks ago 4
@MeanT241985 - I don't know what's better, your comment, or the fact the 34 people recognize it.
melco921 2 weeks ago
muy buena rolita
chevechico 4 weeks ago
BEATLE JUICE ♥
MyyIdol 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos 7
Omg fantastic I have not heard this song in a long time. I loved it my parents would listen to this stuff also songs from Glenn miller , Doris day, mom-ma's and the papa's the list go's on for ever I remember the mass record albums dad built shelves for wow what a blast from the past.
FlyFire1910 1 month ago
Dali mi banana <3
YgoR5656 1 month ago 2
Beatlejuice Beatlejuice Beatlejuice.
chancayano 1 month ago 3
Remember Central and South America was known as the "Banana Republics" ! The poverty and hardships can be blamed on one group ... the United Fruit Company. Study your history ... songs were written to reflect those days of servitude, of course the US government backed the banana companies ... OMG, let us not lose those profits!!!
faulknerksa 1 month ago 3
Does anyone else know why they suddenly felt like listening to this? i don't! ROFL
SHExxLIKESxxBARINAS 1 month ago 4
@SHExxLIKESxxBARINAS i was listening to lil wayne's six foot, seven foot and i searched this song, and now im listening to it- lolz
hunkydorytube 1 month ago
@hunkydorytube i was just looking at my youtube comments and i saw your reply and now i'm back here listening to this again! lol rofl
SHExxLIKESxxBARINAS 1 month ago
powerful.
LaloLoco369 1 month ago
This was Harry BELAFONTE .... <3
LundyB 1 month ago
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Now i what a banana
GoPoseidon 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
Now i what a banana
GoPoseidon 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
Why this song just popped up in my head I dont know!!! LMAO
datfiyachick 1 month ago
A Jamaican song about South American produce wars sung in English and the description is in Japanese. This is the way multiculturalism is supposed to be. XD
DragonbIaze052 1 month ago 106
@DragonbIaze052 Caribbean, not South American. :)
Glamplitude 3 days ago
harry un catatret deISTORIE
misu59romania 2 months ago
the only reason why im watchin this is because i saw chris brown sing this on ustream he was amazing
fergiefergey 2 months ago
OMG, for the first time ever I hear the sheer pain and torture Mr. Belafonte meant to convey through this song in this version. I could actually picture former slaves singing a similar tune to pass the day as the toiled through there non-ending work day. How very heart-breaking. </3
Tika100876 2 months ago
@Tika100876, well put
ParksAndGardens 1 month ago
0:35 looks like a horse
hellian1975 2 months ago
Dali Mi Banana Kto Z Polski lapki !
99mercedes99 2 months ago
why all the rage and politics, you mad bro (s) why cant you just listen to a song and go "ahh good times i remember when this came out. im so glad it is on the interent for me to listen to free of politics, racism, sexism, elitism,...[ and on and on]"
germanmcccxxxvii 2 months ago 2
@germanmcccxxxvii it is good tunes . but there is a msg in it ...... wake up just cause u see things for what they r doesn't mean one doesn't like the music just stating a fact of what brought the song about ..
TheMrdogoman 2 months ago
Brings back memories of the Bon Mancy's commercials.
Collageman90 2 months ago
Wow, seriously listen to these lyrics. I heard this song for the first time in the 80s Tim Burton film Beetlejuice, and just now the lyrics are sinking in. Talking about the 99% toiling to the bone for pennies to keep multinational corporations growing fatter and opulent.
RainPoetry 2 months ago
@RainPoetry that shit has been goin on from the time we all walked the earth .. the first caveman that got fire used it in his advantage .....leverage is everything..sadly the rich have teh leverage ....... but 99%of folks have the power and don't know it cause we are one pay check away from being homeless , just how the rich want it .therefor they have the leverage sucks eh
TheMrdogoman 2 months ago
this video should be deleted and re uploaded so that ugly garbage these people are talking about is taken to the wastebasket. If you people want to discuss politics and policy. try being mature, cohesive and reasonable. start a college discussion group. but my goodness. do you have no perception of realism? do anything people besides resign yourself to the evolutionary equivalence of a stick in the mud
COME MR TALLY MAN AND TALLY ME BANANNA
(DAYLIGHT COME AND WE WAN GO HOME)
MsKamillebidan 2 months ago 6
@MsKamillebidan wow college groups get things done ..lol been there when u mature and see thing as they r u hopefully may see that that is called politics in the making useless .. but least the song is good never mind the msg eh (sarcasim btw)
TheMrdogoman 2 months ago
@TheMrdogoman, clown
ParksAndGardens 1 month ago
@ParksAndGardens ?????? why u call me a clown ??? for speakin the truth how old r u btw or r u one of those people that think things r all rosie and the rich give a shit about the masses man ??
TheMrdogoman 1 month ago
Fuck America and it's rules ama stack banana's when I want to faggot ass government.
FUCK CIA and American pathetic military.
armytaskforce11x 2 months ago
@armytaskforce11x fuck you mama if u had one
miyagisan123 2 months ago
@miyagisan123
fuck your dad and his couch if he had one.
armytaskforce11x 2 months ago
i cant believe all this shit written listen to the good music instead of thinking oppressive thoughts
life moves on move with it
MrVoyager123 2 months ago
@darktrasader I DID AND NOW I'M BACK TO HAUNT YOU!
Tiz4Tom 2 months ago
jason derulo ruined it
yak305 2 months ago
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!
WinceInc 2 months ago 5
like it,,still in 2011
69newark 3 months ago
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BEETLEJUICE, BEETLEJUICE, BEETLEJUICE!
Post this comment to every video you see and start a beetlejuice trend!
AnnoyingOrangeDanebo 3 months ago
we had to sing this in fourth grade :)
torip96 3 months ago
Such a conspiracy! If you re arrange Belafonte you get "Beef Teano" which is a gay stripper name. Gay strippers as we know like to oppress others with their Chiquita Bananas, especially young men from South and Central America. Clearly the evidence is there. Bring down the oppressive right wing government!
ogrebattlefan 3 months ago 2
dali mi banana
MrSeb5118 3 months ago 6
Otho....are you doing this?
MeanT241985 3 months ago 55
@MeanT241985
That's cute, Delia.
krumov001 1 month ago
lol day o at the knicks games
mmoney943 3 months ago
This is a sad song.../:
xXJazMcKXx 3 months ago
@xXJazMcKXx You think THAT'S SAD? Listen to Peter, Paul & Mary's - "El Salvador". This crap really happens, people. Our government and most others consider the common people to be, well - COMMONERS, SLAVES, PROSTITUTES, CHEAP LABOR! It's just more OBVIOUS in other countries because we see them as different - but we SEE THEM! We don't look at ourselves as being in EXACTLY THE SAME BOAT - AND IT'S A BANANA BOAT, TOO! Same with construction workers, mechanics, nurses, non-union scabs!
Tiz4Tom 2 months ago
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I DONT SPEAK YOUR CHING CHONG LANGUAGE
TitsMcgee1504 3 months ago
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GOD BLESS THE USA!!!! PROUD TO BE A CUBAN-AMERICAN..... BELAFONTE SHOULD MOVE TO CUBA, WHERE I COME FROM..... THEN HE'LL KNOW WHAT AN OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT IS ALL ABOUT.....
QbnVoiCe 3 months ago
@QbnVoiCe Jamaica got to be like a Cuba with tourism after Manley starting imitating Fidel. Of course when things got worse they used Rasta culture to blame USA and Brits.
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believe me using brain - doesnt hurt!
erythwun 3 months ago
"Just think what u are writing , believe me using brain - doesnt hurt!"
what a comment!
erythwun 3 months ago
@erythwun its just a normal comment, I just wrote a simple fact
Emciak9 3 months ago
I remember when I was little my dad had a mix cd he used to always play in the car, and this was one of the songs on it. Hearing it now, makes me miss him but makes me happy at the same time.
lightCrystal 3 months ago 3
6foot 7foot 8foot Bunch BANANA BANANA BANANA BANANA BANANA BANANA BANANA BANANA BANANA :DDDDDDD
Themrchilango 3 months ago
beetle juice version really funny
fergal999111 3 months ago
Beetlejuice is way better than this :P
Emciak9 4 months ago
@Emciak9 I would rather say it's different.
even this must be the original one I'd preffer it in Beetlejuice
coquimontes 4 months ago
@coquimontes thats obvious that u like version of this song in Beetlejuice cuz this version( original) i soooo slow, it doesnt have this "magical happiness" in rythm :D
Emciak9 4 months ago
@Emciak9 You CLEARLY have no respect for the musical genius of Harry Belafonte.
frenchpansy499Z 3 months ago
@frenchpansy499Z I CLEARLY dont give a fuck about your opinnion
I have right to write that I like more the version from Beetlejuice... I only wrote that I prefer version from that movie I didnt insulted in any of my comments Harry Belafonte,
soo I just think that u have some problems with eyez, cuz I only wrote my opnion about song not artist who sing this song... soo stop provoking me without any resonable reason!
Emciak9 3 months ago
@Emciak9 For starters, go back to elementary school and learn to spell. It took me a good five minutes to decode that grammar atrocity you wrote. A word to the wise: that's not super effective when trying to present an argument. Anyway, that aside, Christ, I wasn't even criticizing you. Why the fuck do I care what you prefer? I was joking around (as made apparent by my use of capitalization and wording) and you took that to some other extreme. I understand that wasn't super clear, but really...
frenchpansy499Z 3 months ago
@frenchpansy499Z Well it took me about a minute to realize that u just insulted me, and right now your explaining yourself that u were only joking, well wait a minute ? U wrote that I have no respect for this artist, just because I like more the version from movie
Just think what u are writing , believe me using brain - doesnt hurt!
And I really do think that I wrote my last comment in very simple way, that not so high intelligent person will know what mean by my comment. Weź zamilcz BURAKU :)
Emciak9 3 months ago
@Emciak9 Just, never mind.... you're clearly not a very intelligent person and I don't want to stress that anymore... obtenir un meilleur tuteur en anglais.
frenchpansy499Z 3 months ago
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@frenchpansy499Z Hymm a person who dont understand a simple not soo complicated comment, telling me that I'm not intelligent - just look up to youreself!
you are cleary not soo smart as u may think u are ;/ if u will jump from a level of your Ego to a level of your IQ you propably will kill youreself :P
Najlepiej jest wytykac komuś wady, a u siebie ich nie widzieć ..( bardzo "inteligentne" postepowanie ze strony frenchpansy499Z)
Emciak9 3 months ago
It's all that & more. It's about oppressive, U.S.-backed right-wing governments, working through the CIA, United Fruit Company, Chiquita Banana, Dole Foods, et al & the conspiracy to threaten the workers with death. 22 CIA assassins stood by to carry out the orders if the Union Workers would not go back to work. We do this all the time! Batista, Noriega, just to name a few.served as our lackeys to subjugate the locals for cheap labor. And we wonder why other people hate our greedy government!
Tiz4Tom 4 months ago 30
@Tiz4Tom Aint that the truth...
ihlara2872 4 months ago
@Tiz4Tom wtf your an idiot
ckcollins59 3 months ago
@ckcollins59 - Oh, and our government doesn't oppress and subjugate anyone, right? Noriega didn't exist. Donald Rumsfield didn't shake Saddam Hussein's hand in an API photo-op back in 1980. They had WMD because we GAVE THEM WMD! To test on their own people, of course - for us to do so would be immoral and illegal. Better to hire some lackeys! Read between the lines in your history books, Sir. In fact, just read something besides the partition in the "Men's" room at your local dog park. Ruff-ruff
Tiz4Tom 3 months ago
@Tiz4Tom For the record, Dole did not use forced labor workers have as much as Chiquita did (who still use forced labor for the record). It's not fair to group them together.
frenchpansy499Z 3 months ago
@frenchpansy499Z Every corporation uses forced labor in that you are forced to work somewhere. And if you aren't in a Union you have to accept the wages they offer - even if it means you can't buy a house, fix your car, own nice things, take vacations, have children, support your family on one paycheck. So, you're wrong - ALL labor is forced labor, because if YOU don't take their offer - some poor bastard WILL! That's why there are ALWAYS UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE! And it won't change!
Tiz4Tom 2 months ago
@Tiz4Tom Forced labor means you get NO benefit from working and you are working entirely against your own will. That's why it's FORCED. FORCED - Obtained or imposed by coercion or physical power. - The Oxford English Dictionary. People aren't forced to work in a shipping yard. Or a school. No, they work there OF THEIR OWN ACCORD. Yes, they are told where to work and how to do it, but it was THEIR DECISION. Slaves didn't have a choice. I can't believe I actually had to explain that.
frenchpansy499Z 2 months ago
@Tiz4Tom most epic comment so far :)
systemhalodark 3 months ago
@Tiz4Tom We hates AMERIKKKA!
HajtomY 2 months ago
@Tiz4Tom i agree with u 100% this shit will go on until people learn to grow the food they need . and very few will do that because they r too busy chasing the dollar so they can drive that car or have two trips a year .who has time to grow food .we will just go to the store and buy it .....LMAO i grow my own veggies and meat ...fawk the rest of the ignorant fools that think food just shows up in the store .........
TheMrdogoman 2 months ago
@Tiz4Tom I so agree with you. This version of the song just tore my heart up. The Beetlejuice version makes it seem so lively and upbeat.
Tika100876 2 months ago
@Tiz4Tom You heard the song "Amazing Grace"?, they did a movie about it called "Amazing Grace". A year or two a ago(guess) quite good movie.
mangmans 2 months ago
@Tiz4Tom Dole foods and the AUC bringing fresh foods to a store near you!
JohnLMackie 1 month ago
@Tiz4Tom Your partly right but Jamaicas pretty much been an economical slave since its independence from Britian. I remember i read an article were a dairy farmer in Jamaica told BBC that "The masters were gone somewhat. The slaves were free, somewhat." Literally meaning that Jamaica and many others like it were still economically dependent on there fromer colonial masters, who are great economic powers.
Betchenable 1 month ago
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Betchenable 1 month ago
@Betchenable To this day Jamaica is terribly in debt because of this "rat race". In the end each country is in everything for its own interest not that of others. Our "greedy" government is like that of most other MDC's, from one point of view it may seem greedy but in reality they just wants best for there citizens, you and me.
Betchenable 1 month ago
6'7 thanks very much
dstoudenmire007 4 months ago
always thought it was interesting how he mentioned the "deadly black tarantula' which was actually probably the banana spider.
idkzero 4 months ago
I remember we had to sing this song in my music class back in 2000. My teacher explained how and why this song was made but yet nobody knew this song came out in Beetlejuice.
Zino117 4 months ago
@Zino117 it came out long before beetlejuice...
habudabuda 4 months ago
this song is just awesome...(and Beetlejuice is a great movie:)
ptm5150 4 months ago 2
Im surprised this is so popular.
romperstompist 4 months ago
@romperstompist it was the very first song to ever sell a million copies
dadoofusbeats 4 months ago
this song is about overworked, underpayed banana farm workers. the whole song is about how these workers only have sunrise to look forward to, since this is when they finally get done working.
rich1051414 4 months ago
THIS SONG IS SO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL IT WILL STICK WITHME AND ILL SING IT FOR MY WHOLE LIFE
myangelskids 4 months ago
I'm here because of Jason hahah
WatsonFever 4 months ago 2
@cutelittlefamily101:
ya I bettt u lyke gud musik, lyk Bieber!!!! <333
No. Seriously. Please leave. Nobody needs this.
LadyKatyaRedRose 4 months ago
@LadyKatyaRedRose Seriously. Does she think she has the right to free speech or something? Ha, what a dumbass right?
goonsauce 4 months ago
i love this song :D:D:D:D:D
Banana boat song ROCK
Wazzupmaxie 4 months ago
His voice changed ! When I saw him on the Colbert show yesterday I love it tho :)
Michael71Williams 4 months ago
Just saw Harry Belafonte on The Colbert Report, I had no idea that he sung this song. Harry Belafonte is a fascinating person.
seroyer2 4 months ago
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tis song sux!!!
cutelittlefamily101 4 months ago
they shouldn't put the thumbs down so close to the thumbs up. some of those must be misclicks.
jasonbrann 4 months ago
6 people no wanna go home
deedubful 4 months ago
COLBERT
xJean2010yuhh 4 months ago 25
This song was recorded by Belafonte and released when I was 6 years old. Our father bought the record, brought it home and played it loud, night and day. No movies, videos or film scores yet....just the record. Fresh pure understanding of another culture brought into our Midwestern Indiana living room to endure for scores of years hence. Belafonte is a modern day Stephen Foster. : )
SpeegBJ 4 months ago 3
I just love how he says BA-NA-NA I never knew the word banana could be so sexy!
memdiva 4 months ago 2
jason derulo has nothing on him! especially the beetle jiuce version!
TheMangosplash1 4 months ago
love this song in beetle juice haha :p
MyTitip 4 months ago
JASON DEROLE HAD NOTHING ON HIS MIND SO HE COPPY WRIGHTED
837wolves 4 months ago
genius
genio
=)
gamesplaystation1 4 months ago
Thanks to beetjuice and you tube and loader for introducing this wonderful music to the next generations.
waynewrg 5 months ago
Beetlejuice :D
RometRDG 5 months ago
@RometRDG can you translete that to spanish ?
gamesplaystation1 4 months ago
@gamesplaystation1 Beetle Juice Espaniol Beetle Juice- poland.-sok z żuka
RometRDG 4 months ago
I kinda like it...I knew this song before Jason Derulo ruined it for me.
rclikes2go 5 months ago
Dali mi banana XD
Tukkamon 5 months ago
Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Banana Boat Song is actually a Caribbean folk song. They sung this when working with bananas yes but your info is off.
armeture27 5 months ago
For I shall learn from flower and leaf
That color every drop they hold,
To change the lifeless wine of grief
To living gold.
titomun123 5 months ago
from 2.08 to 2.14 it soinds like 'lil waynes 6foot 7foot' #JustSaying
aldonEYA 5 months ago
@aldonEYA lil wayne sampled this shit like all mainstream rap artists sample the GOOD old songs so fuck giving him credit. Just like that idiot kanye taking Daft Punks Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, people need to learn how to give credit where its due
DaRiza12 4 months ago
@aldonEYA NOME SANE?
Tiz4Tom 1 month ago
wtf
xxreppinxx614xx 5 months ago
we dance to this song at zumba - part of the cool down. love it x
merryngibson 5 months ago 2
Love this fucking song!
leandronalbandian 6 months ago
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it's a stupid fucking song
cata4pk 6 months ago
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it;s a stupid song
cata4pk 6 months ago
@cata4pk your a stupid song
pillowsinmypants 5 months ago
nice song jason derulo :L hahaha
TheCoconut1996 6 months ago
夜中じゅうバナナを船に積込む労働者たちが朝になって早くうちに帰りたいという気持ちを歌っています。だから「Day-O」。そして、積込んだバナナを数えるtally manよ早く来てくれと続きます
WildMango122 6 months ago
Is anyone else bothered, nay, angered that this is now a club song?
Grefeguitarist 6 months ago
@Grefeguitarist /watch?v=2CGF_Z3yZAo
bisbi9 6 months ago
Now Jason Derulo is just an Idiot
pelub46 6 months ago 3
he sang 'dali mi banana' in polish ;D
Beebsly 6 months ago
just love this song! *-*
vluksn 6 months ago
great...
PPiTTislakatamia 6 months ago
Great song.
jtvd 6 months ago
so relaxing
MrMiniClips 6 months ago
id love to have a record of this....id listen to it till theres nothin to listen to since ive worn down the little tracks off :D
MTAHawkboy 7 months ago
i like this song.... im 19. my dad gave me 3 records or harry belafonte when i was little. idk much of the history but i listened to them all the time.
MrJohnstraight 7 months ago 2
Jason Derulo just stoled the first part of this song,to his new song called: Don't want to go home!! :(((((
But i like this one! THE REAL!! :)
celeszta01 7 months ago 3
i sang this song in a third grade talent contest and i won first place
Mr1234567892011 7 months ago
Thumbs up if you were watching jason derulo "we dont wanna go home" and then you came here!
carrolllovescookies 7 months ago 6
@carrolllovescookies Yeah, but Jason Derulo is shite. This music is original. Not auto-tuned like that chum Jason Derulo
crazycake93 7 months ago
@carrolllovescookies thumbs up if you were watchin "Day-o" and then you didnt go to watch Jason Derulo´s video
Bikendi100 6 months ago 57
More like work all day den smoke da ganja hahahahaha weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
hitdachronic94 7 months ago 2
it's sounds like he saying my name :D
AdeoF 7 months ago
sometimes I time sos asinthwe cvomld;roid ers
gpopz12 7 months ago
What a pleasant song!!! Just sheer pleasure to listen to this song...just a nice memories.....instills happiness and joy. Smile.
0806stella 7 months ago
Just to set everything straight.. (cause comment wars on youtube is just lame)
This "song" is actually a traditional Jamacain folk song sung by workers on night shifts loading banana's into boats. The song would be like a conversation between the workers and most of the lyrics were improved on the spot. The first recorded record was actually by Edric Connor and his band 'Edric Connor and the Carribbeans' in 1952, but the most popular is by Harry Belafonte in 1956. So quite yelling at eachother!
brookemarmalade 7 months ago 132
@brookemarmalade Thanks a lot!
baykawata 7 months ago 17
@brookemarmalade thanks for the info!!!!
Inaru27 6 months ago
@brookemarmalade You are right. But Mr. Belafonte turned everything he touched into gold. The man had the voice and was in the right time... when ppl appreciated good music. That is what he was- a folk/traditional singer. He sang about a long time tradition in Jamaica. And other Jamacian songs, african american songs... you name it if it had real meaning and history. He could feel it and sing it like no one else.
WingsOfTheMind 5 months ago
@brookemarmalade thanks for the history i had no idea.
loppezjo 4 months ago
@SuperBlackChic his mom was 16 wen she had him so shes only like 40 something, and the dad, pfffttt! who cares anout him he abandoned their family
giorgios95 7 months ago
@Pandaegg123 I guess they both had parts of this song added to their music, because "6 ft 7 ft bunch" is that one "song" lil wayne made.
bmyluva 7 months ago
Beetle Juice :D
RadyoRaRa 7 months ago 3
I'm 15 and I know this song because my grandpa used to sing it all the time...this song is beast!
ExpiredGumDrop 8 months ago
black singing about bananas ,hmm......interesting
Toha15 8 months ago
I can't believe I discovered this awesome song through Jason Deruolo, however u spell it.
Myrami88 8 months ago
Its a shame that all you "Adults" would cuss a child for making a simple mistake on who created this song, rather then simply explaining. No matter how stubborn they can be, I can only imagine how some of your people's kids will turn out. That my friends is just plain ignorant. But thumbs up if you totally heard this song first on beteljuice and fell in love with it.^ ^
cydomflyer 8 months ago 120
@cydomflyer can't agree with you more.
Inaru27 6 months ago
@cydomflyer couldn't agree with you more.
Inaru27 6 months ago