“Loving You Has Made Me Bananas“ is a song composed and performed by Guy Marks and The Big Band Banditos. It parodied music of the big band era with absurd lyrics:[1]
| “ | Oh, your red scarf matches your eyes You closed your cover before striking Father had the shipfitter blues Loving you has made me bananas. |
” |
It was first released in 1968 on ABC Records[2] reaching #51 in the charts and again in 1978 reaching #25.[3][4]
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I sing it to my wife, each year, on our ann-adversity!!
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References
- ^ J. Jonathan Gabay, Gabay’s Copywriters’ Compendium: The Definitive Professional Writer’s Guide
- ^ http://www.45cat.com/record/abc4211
- ^ Steven Otfinoski (2000), The golden age of novelty songs
- ^ Paul Simpson (2003), The rough guide to cult pop, p. 23
And, in related “banana” news:
- Fruit Supply Issues Drive Us Bananas (greenling.com)
- Aquino orders DA to help small banana exporters (business.inquirer.net)
Filed under: Music, She & I Tagged: anniversry, big band, fun, Guy Marks, humor, love, Loving You Has Made Me Bananas, Lyrics, Music, Novelty song, parody, Paul Simpson, puns
