Loving You Has Made Me Bananas
"Loving You Has Made Me Bananas" is a 1968 hit novelty song composed and performed by Guy Marks. It parodies big band broadcasts of the era with absurd lyrics.[1]
It was first released in 1968 on ABC Records as a single with "Forgive Me My Love" on the B-side,[2] some two years after "Winchester Cathedral" had triggered a revival of this musical form that had fallen out of fashion in the 1950s. It was also released in a stereo LP in 1968 (ABC Records ABCS-648) with additional legitimate 1930s and 1940s hits sung in the same style ("Object of My Affection", "Painted Tainted Rose", "Ti-Pi-Tin", "This Is Forever", "Amapola", "Postage Machine", "Careless", "Little Shoemaker", "Forgive Me My Love" and "Little Sir Echo").
The single was re-released in 1978, reaching No. 25 in the UK Singles Chart.[3][4]
References
- ^ J. Jonathan Gabay (2007), Gabay's Copywriters' Compendium: The Definitive Professional Writer's Guide, Routledge, p. 592, ISBN 978-0750683203
- ^ "Guy Marks - Loving You Has Made Me Bananas / Forgive Me My Love - ABC - UK - ABC 4211". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ Steven Otfinoski (2000), The Golden Age of Novelty Songs, Billboard Books, ISBN 978-0823076949
- ^ Paul Simpson (2003), The Rough Guide to Cult Pop, Rough Guides, p. 23, ISBN 978-1843532293
