Banana Dance

Banana Dance

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.


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