Banana Dance

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The Banana Dance has several different meanings and performances.

  • A traditional scouting song with actions, also sung at summer camps and similar places. As with most songs like this, there are several versions of the lyrics and actions.
  • The title of a music album by Manny Valenz.
  • Part of Chris Elliott's Marlon Brando impersonation skit on the David Letterman show. It consisted of a banana peel placed on the floor and Elliot dancing slowly around it.
  • An exotic dance performed by Josephine Baker in her Siren of the Tropics movie.
  • The Dancing Banana is a popular emoticon.