This is a list of songs performed by the Banana Splits.
The Banana Splits performing "We're the Banana Splits"
Like other TV rock bands like The Monkees and The Archies, The Banana Splits also had a career as recording artists. One album, three singles and two extended-play 45s were issued under the group's name.
Singles (7" 45 r.p.m.)[]
Decca 32391/1968[]
- A: Wait Til Tomorrow (Ritchie Adams/Mark Barkan)
Wait Til Tomorrow/We're the Banana Splits
- B: We're The Banana Splits (Tony Powers/Ritchie Adams)
The Tra-La-La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)/Toy Piano Melody
Decca 32429/1968[]
- A: The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) (Ritchie Adams/Mark Barkan) (Single Version)
- B: Toy Piano Melody (Roy Alfred)
Decca 732536/1969[]
- A: Long Live Love (Aaron Schroeder/George Goehring/Bobby Ronga)
- B: Pretty Painted Carousel (Aaron Schroeder/Billy Barberis/Bobby Ronga)
Notes[]
- All Decca singles were issued in mono mixes. "Long Live Love" and "Pretty Painted Carousel" were not included on the We're The Banana Splits album. The single version of "The Tra La La Song" is a completely different recording from the TV version issued on the We're The Banana Splits album, and includes an otherwise unheard additional verse...unheard until it was covered by Liz Phair and Material Issue for the Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits various artist compilation CD (and TV special) in 1995.
Long Live Love/Pretty Painted Carousel
- The latter two Decca singles were issued with picture sleeves. "We're The Banana Splits" was not issued with a picture sleeve in the United States, but the German issue had a picture sleeve.
Extended Play (7" 45 r.p.m.)[]
Hanna-Barbera 34578/1969 - Kellogg's Presents The Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song)[]
Kellogg's Presents The Banana Splits (The Tra-La-La Song)
- Side One:
- The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) (Ritchie Adams/Mark Barkan) (Album Version)
- That's The Pretty Part of You (Carl Spencer/Bob Halley)
- Side Two:
- It's a Good Day for a Parade (Joe Levine)
- The Very First Kid on My Block (Neil Sheppard/Ray Fox)
Hanna-Barbera 34579/1969 - Kellogg's Presents The Banana Splits (Doin' The Banana Split)[]
- Side One:
- Doin' The Banana Split (Barry White)
- I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You) (Joey Levine/Marc Bellack)
- Side Two:
- The Beautiful Calliopa (N.B. Winkless, Jr./Hoyt Curtin)
- Let Me Remember You Smiling (Al Kooper/Bob Brass/Irwin Levine)
Kellogg's Presents The Banana Splits (Doin' The Banana Split)
Notes[]
These discs were sold as a set by mail-order through a Kellogg's cereal promotion. Both discs had picture sleeves with cartoon art of the characters on the front and song lyrics on the back. Like other premium records issued through Kellogg's, these discs came in a mailer sporting unique artwork (in this case, a drawing of Fleegle holding the two discs.) Six of the eight songs are exclusive to these records; "The Tra La La Song" (album version) and "Doin' The Banana Split" are the same recordings found on the We're The Banana Splits album, but appear here in alternate stereo mixes which are exclusive to this release. The songs appear here in "twin-track" stereo, with voices in one channel and the instrumental backing in the other, not unlike the early Beatles albums. The album mixes are mixed into more traditional stereo.
Album (12" 33 1/3 r.p.m.)[]
Decca DL 75075 (1968) - We're The Banana Splits[]
We're The Banana Splits
- Side One:
- We're The Banana Splits (Tony Powers/Ritchie Adams)
- I'm Gonna Find A Cave (Buddy Scott/Jimmy Radcliffe)
- This Spot (Jay Fishman/Don Lauren)
- Doin' The Banana Split (Barry White)
- Toy Piano Melody (Roy Alfred)
- Soul (Jimmy Radcliffe/Carl Spencer)
- Side Two:
- The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) (Ritchie Adams/Mark Barkan) (Album Version)
- Wait Til Tomorrow (Ritchie Adams/Mark Barkan)
- You're The Lovin' End (Al Kooper/Irwin Levine)
- In New Orleans (Billy Barberis/Bobby Ronga/Aaron Schroeder)
- Two Ton Tessie (Aaron Schroeder/Gene Pitney)
- Don't Go Away--Go-Go Girl (Jimmy Radcliffe/Buddy Scott)
We're the Banana Splits (Back Cover)
Notes[]
- There are two cover variations for the original album. First pressings did not include a copyright notice for Hanna-Barbera Productions, which was left off in error. Most first pressing copies have the copyright notice added on a yellow sticker at the bottom center of the front cover. Later pressings have the copyright notice in small black text in the lower left corner of the front cover. Watch out for counterfeit "white label promo" reproductions of the We're The Banana Splits album, produced in the mid-1990s.
Track listing:
- Side 1
- The Tra La La Song (Album version)
- We're The Banana Splits
- I'm Gonna Find A Cave
- This Spot
- Doin' The Banana Split
- Wait Til Tomorrow
- You're The Lovin' End
- Toy Piano Melody
- Side 2
- In New Orleans
- Two Ton Tessie
- Long Live Love (originally a non-LP Decca single)
- Don't Go Away -- Go-Go Girl
- It's A Good Day For A Parade (originally released on the Kellogg's EP set)
- Pretty Painted Carousel (B-side of "Long Live Love")
- I Enjoy Being A Boy (originally released on the Kellogg's EP set)
- The Tra La La Song (Single version)
Unreleased Songs[]
- Doin' The Banana Split (Barry White) (Alternate vocal) (Show #2, 9/14/1968)
- The Show Must Go On (Jimmy Radcliffe/Carl Spencer) (Show #2, 9/14/1968)
- Adam Had 'Em (Joey Brooks/Jimmy Radcliffe) (Show #4, 9/28/1968)
- I'd Be A Millionaire (Al Kooper/Bob Brass/Irwin Levine) (Show #6, 10/12/1968)
- The Beautiful Calliopa (N.B. Winkless, Jr./Hoyt Curtin) (Alternate Version) (Show #11, 11/16/1968)
- A Place For The Music To Come Out (Hoyt Curtin/Joseph Barbera/William Hanna) (Show #13, 11/30/1968)
- You Had Your Chance (Luther Dixon/George Kerr) (Show #15, 12/14/1968)
Hollywood Library HL 75075 (1995) (Bootleg) - We're The Banana Splits/Here Come The Beagles[]
Track Listing:
- The following songs are by The Banana Splits:
- The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) (Album version)
- We're The Banana Splits
- I'm Gonna Find A Cave
- This Spot
- Doin' The Banana Split (listed as "Doin' The Banana")
- Wait Til Tomorrow
- You're The Lovin' End
- Toy Piano Melody
- In New Orleans
- Two-Ton Tessie
- Long Live Love
- Don't Go Away--Go-Go Girl
- It's A Good Day For A Parade
- Pretty Painted Carousel
- I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You)
- The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) (Single version)
- The following songs are by The Beagles--Total TV characters completely unrelated to The Banana Splits:
- Looking For The Beagles
- Sharing Wishes
- I'd Join The Foreign Legion
- What More Can I Do?
- Be The Captain
- Humpty Dumpty
- Thanks To The Man On The Moon
- I Wanna Capture You
- Indian Love Dance
- You Satisfy
- The following songs are by The Banana Splits:
- That's The Pretty Part Of You
- The Very First Kid On My Block
- The Beautiful Calliopa
- Let Me Remember You Smiling
- Soul
Turner Entertainment UK promo release (1996) - The Tra La La Song (CD single)[]
Notes[]
- The artwork closely resembles that of the UK The Banana Splits Unpeeled video release, which was issued at the same time. This version of "The Tra La La Song" is a vintage mono mix originally used on the first-run showings of the Season 1 episodes, with one round of "Tra-la-las" edited towards the beginning and a couple of extra beats cut in after each verse. It's a clean take with no overdubbed sound effects. This version of "The Tra La La Song" also appeared on a US compilation CD, Television's Greatest Hits Volume 4: In Living Color.
Rhino R2 71910 (1995) - Tube Tunes Volume One: The 70s[]
Notes[]
- Includes the single version of "The Tra La La Song," possibly from a master tape source (the track is credited to MCA Records).
Varese Sarabande VSD-5719 (1996) - Bubblegum Classics Volume Three[]
Notes[]
- Includes "I Enjoy Being a Boy (In Love with You)," mastered from a record.
Varese Sarabande 302 066 132 2 (2000) - 25 All-Time Greatest Bubblegum Hits: The Ultimate Collection[]
Notes[]
- Includes "Wait Til Tomorrow" (mastered from the Hollywood Library bootleg CD).