"The Tra La La Song" was written by Mark Barkan

Mark Barkan

Mark Barkan is a songwriter and producer. He was also a musical director for the television show The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. This prolific songwriter has written numerous songs including Lesley Gore's Top 5 hit "She's a Fool," the often covered "Pretty Flamingo," which was a hit single for...

 and Ritchie Adams to be the theme song for the children’s television program The Banana Splits Adventure Hour.

Originally released in 1968 by Decca Records

Decca Records

Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....

 on the album titled We're the Banana Splits, the single release peaked at #96 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 on February 8, 1969.

In 1995, Hollywood Library released the 1,000-copy limited-edition CD reissue We're the Banana Splits/Here Come the Beagles which, in addition to the original album version, includes an alternate version on the song.

Cal Tjader

Cal Tjader

Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. a.k.a. Cal Tjader was a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his...

 covered the song in 1969 as "Tra La La Song", which appears on his album Plugs In.

The Dickies

The Dickies

The Dickies are an American punk rock group formed in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, U.S. in 1977.-History:The Dickies were among the first punk rock bands to emerge from Los Angeles...

 had a hit with their cover of the song, called "Banana Splits (Tra La La Song)", in 1979, reaching #7 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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. This cover version was later used in the 2010 film Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass (film)

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A cover of "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)", performed by Liz Phair

Liz Phair

Phair's entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw and Phair moved to San Francisco together, and Phair tried to become an artist there...

 with Material Issue

Material Issue

Material Issue was a 1980-1990s power pop trio from Chicago. The band's trademark was pop songs with themes of love and heartbreak, where a number of song titles using girls' first names.-History:...

, is included on the 1995 tribute album

Tribute album

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 Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, produced by Ralph Sall

Ralph Sall

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 for MCA Records

MCA Records

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Bob Marley

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

 quotes the chorus of the song (slightly differently) in the bridge of the Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bob Marley & The Wailers were a Jamaican reggae, ska and rocksteady band formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. Additional members were Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Cherry Smith and Aston and Carlton Barrett...

 song "Buffalo Soldier

Buffalo Soldier (song)

"Buffalo Soldier" is a reggae song written by Bob Marley and Noel G. "King Sport" Williams from Marley's final recording sessions in 1980. It did not appear on record until the 1983 posthumous release of Confrontation, when it became one of Marley's best-known songs.The title and lyrics refer to...

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