Banana (Conkarah song)

"Banana"
Single by Conkarah featuring Shaggy
Released16 August 2019
Recorded2019
GenreReggae
LabelS-Curve Records / BMG Rights
Songwriter(s)Original: Traditional, arranged: Harry Belafonte, William Attaway, Lord Burgess
2019 adaptation: Orville Burrell (aka Shaggy), Dwayne Shippy, Nicholas Murray, Shane Hoosong, Simon Pipe
Producer(s)Shaggy, Dwayne Shippy, Shane Hoosong, Simon Pipe
Conkarah singles chronology
"My Love"
(2019)
"Banana"
(2019)
Shaggy singles chronology
"You"
(2019)
"Banana"
(2019)
"Bromance (2k18 Remix)"
(2019)
Music video
"Banana" on YouTube
"Banana [DJ FLe - Minisiren Remix]"
Single by Conkarah featuring Shaggy
Released17 July 2020
Recorded2020
GenreReggae
LabelS-Curve Records / BMG Rights
Conkarah singles chronology
"Better"
(2020)
"Banana [DJ FLe - Minisiren Remix]"
(2020)
Shaggy singles chronology
"Please Pickup the Phone"
(2020)
"Banana [DJ FLe - Minisiren Remix]"
(2020)
Music video
"Banana" [DJ FLe - Minisiren Remix] on YouTube
Banana Remix EP
EP by
Released17 July 2020 (2020-07-17)
Recorded2020
Length22:12
LabelS-Curve Records
Singles from Banana Remix EP
  1. "Banana (DJ FLe – Minisiren Remix)"
    Released: 17 July 2020

"Banana" is a song by the Jamaican reggae artist Conkarah featuring the Jamaican international artist Shaggy. The song released in 2019 by S-Curve Records samples largely and is an adaptation of a famous song by Harry Belafonte called "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" released in 1956. The Belafonte original is a work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. 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.