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Joe states that the song came from a time that he awoke in the middle of the night during his high school years to the sound of African villagers chanting on his TV (He thinks it may be due to his Samsung GXTV's timer). Later, at one of his younger sister's dance competitions in Myrtle Beach, he wrote the lyrics alone in their hotel room.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g7t-2gaQxO0wZ187M5epjiocUdbZs8alQysD7H71xPg Joe Hawley Email Interview.] October 2019.</ref> | Joe states that the song came from a time that he awoke in the middle of the night during his high school years to the sound of African villagers chanting on his TV (He thinks it may be due to his Samsung GXTV's timer). Later, at one of his younger sister's dance competitions in Myrtle Beach, he wrote the lyrics alone in their hotel room.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g7t-2gaQxO0wZ187M5epjiocUdbZs8alQysD7H71xPg Joe Hawley Email Interview.] October 2019.</ref> | ||
==Recording== | ===Recording=== | ||
Banana Man was recorded by [[Tally Hall]] in November of 2003 and released on a variant of [[Party Boobytrap]] and as a single in the same year.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040607013914/http://www.talentmatch.com/search/allview.asp?PID=59562&entry=tmurl# TalentMatch Tally Hall website archive]</ref> It was later released on [[Complete Demos]] in 2004.<ref>[https://tallyhall.bandcamp.com/track/banana-man-demo Banana Man (Demo).] Bandcamp.</ref> This demo included an extended whistling bridge and had a general rougher feel to it. | Banana Man was recorded by [[Tally Hall]] in November of 2003 and released on a variant of [[Party Boobytrap]] and as a single in the same year.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040607013914/http://www.talentmatch.com/search/allview.asp?PID=59562&entry=tmurl# TalentMatch Tally Hall website archive]</ref> It was later released on [[Complete Demos]] in 2004.<ref>[https://tallyhall.bandcamp.com/track/banana-man-demo Banana Man (Demo).] Bandcamp.</ref> This demo included an extended whistling bridge and had a general rougher feel to it. | ||
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A "lounge" version of Banana Man was included on [[Admittedly Incomplete Demos]], which was recorded for the [[Taken For A Ride (T.H.I.S. Episode)|Taken For A Ride]] episode of [[Tally Hall's Internet Show]]. | A "lounge" version of Banana Man was included on [[Admittedly Incomplete Demos]], which was recorded for the [[Taken For A Ride (T.H.I.S. Episode)|Taken For A Ride]] episode of [[Tally Hall's Internet Show]]. | ||
==Airplay== | ===Airplay=== | ||
On June 3rd, 2005 Banana Man was played on the Steve Dahl show on Chicago's WCKG (105.9) radio.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060221073243/http://www.dahl.com/show_logs/2005/06/03.asp] The Steve Dahl Show. June 3rd 2005. (Captured 21st February 2006). Archived Via The Wayback Machine.</ref> In the transcript they remarked: | On June 3rd, 2005 Banana Man was played on the Steve Dahl show on Chicago's WCKG (105.9) radio.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060221073243/http://www.dahl.com/show_logs/2005/06/03.asp] The Steve Dahl Show. June 3rd 2005. (Captured 21st February 2006). Archived Via The Wayback Machine.</ref> In the transcript they remarked: | ||
<blockquote>"Steve's not sure if that band is actually from Chicago. He went to their site and it looks like they might be from Ann Arbor. That's pretty much a suburb of Chicago. | <blockquote>"Steve's not sure if that band is actually from Chicago. He went to their site and it looks like they might be from Ann Arbor. That's pretty much a suburb of Chicago. | ||