Bananaphone
Studio album by Raffi
Released	1994
Recorded	March–June 1994
Genre	Children's music
Length	52:07
Label	Rounder Records
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Raffi chronology
Evergreen Everblue (1990) Bananaphone (1994) Raffi Radio (1997)

Bananaphone is the name of a children's album, released in 1994.The title track's lyrics describe the bananaphone, a combination of a banana and a telephone. The song uses many puns ("It's a phone with appeal!") and nonce words like "bananular" and "interactive-odular" as Raffi extols the virtues of his unique telephone. It has become a significant internet meme. On September 4, 2007, Bananaphone received what is thought to be its first ever full play on a commercial radio station when John Warburton played it on his breakfast show on 96.2 The Revolution with the promise that it would cheer people up. A snippet of the song had previously been played on the show after being found by production assistant Jim Hall. Raffis Bananaphone File links The following pages link to this file: Bananaphone User:Camalex ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Raffi on the cover of his album Bananaphone Raffi Cavoukian, OC, OBC (born July 8, 1948), usually known simply as Raffi, is a popular childrens entertainer in Canada, the United States, and the Western world at large. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts but now based in Burlington, is an independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4. ... Raffi on the cover of his album Bananaphone Raffi Cavoukian, OC, OBC (born July 8, 1948), usually known simply as Raffi, is a popular childrens entertainer in Canada, the United States, and the Western world at large. ... Evergreen Everblue album cover Evergreen Everblue is a music album by popular childrens entertainer Raffi, released in 1990. ... Raffi Radio album cover Raffi Radio is a music album by popular childrens entertainer Raffi, released in 1997. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Lyrics are the words in songs. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Pun (disambiguation). ... A nonce word is a word used only for the nonce—to meet a need that is not expected to recur. ... Raffi on the cover of his album Bananaphone Raffi Cavoukian, OC, OBC (born July 8, 1948), usually known simply as Raffi, is a popular childrens entertainer in Canada, the United States, and the Western world at large. ... The Hampster Dance is one of the first widely distributed Internet Memes and illustrates the characteristic silliness of the genre. ... John Warburton (also credited as John Hayward-Warburton) is a British television producer and director, best known for his collaborations with television producer, critic and prankster Victor Lewis-Smith. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the former newspaper of the same name see, The Revolution (newspaper). ... Production assistant is a movie term for a person responsible for various odd jobs, such as stopping traffic, acting as couriers, getting items from craft service, etc. ...

Track listing

1. Bananaphone (Creber, Raffi) 3:12
2. Shake a hoe (Creber, Raffi) 2:57
3. The World We Love (Creber, Raffi) 3:23
4. Slow Day (Creber, Raffi) 4:02
5. The Changing Garden of Mr. Bell (Hubbard, Silversher) 4:07
6. Naturally (Creber, Raffi) 3:04
7. Spring Flowers [instrumental] (Raffi) 3:16
8. C-A-N-A-D-A (Connors) 3:28
9. Michael, Row the Boat Ashore (Traditional) 3:25
10. First Peoples (Creber, Raffi) 4:37
11. Dee Myth [instrumental] (Raffi) 2:59
12. Cowlit Night (Raffi) 3:16
13. The Badger badger badger Song (Knowles, Knowles) 2:10
14. Simple Gifts (Traditional) 2:51
15. Down by the Riverside (Traditional) 3:13
16. The Shmenge Polka [instrumental] (Raffi) 2:07

Flash animations and films based on the song

In 2004, Dave Teatro created a flash animation using the song "Banana Phone". It has become incredibly popular. Dave Teatro received many emails pleading him to make a sequel. Only fifteen days later he made a second one but only appeared to be a prank.^[1]

A few films have also been created based on the animation by Dave Teatro featuring the song "Banana Phone". Brian Hsu of kruxialflicks.com has created the more popular remake. It contains the main story including extended scenes.

In August 2007, the 'Bananaphone' song has currently been offered as a purchasable ring tone in the UK, however there are no clues as to if any money made by this song are being passed onto its original owner. Ads for this 'ringtone' are shown on Sky TV channels ads.

The song has also gained popularity on the video sharing site Youtube, after featuring in a fan-made video in the popular online series, the Potter Puppet Pals.

References

1. ^ "Banana Phone 2".

External links

• Banana Phone Film based on the animation by Dave Teatro
• The Original CookieThievery.com Bananaphone Flash Animation
• BadgerBadgerBadger Banana Phone Flash Animation
• Dave Teatro's animation - Hsu remake

View the film by clicking here.

• Banana Phone UK comedy edition by Chrisual
• Banana-phone.org, the spoken word version plus links
• [http:// . . /watch?v=JKf7pPj6T7M Potter Puppet Pals version]
• [http:// . . /watch?v=91AlqOYkiaE half-life 2 Garry's mod version]