It was recorded later by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Spike Jones & His City Slickers, Louis Prima, Kidsongs, and many more.

[3] Frank Silver explained the origin of the song to Time Magazine: "I am an American, of Jewish ancestry, with a wife and a young son.

[7] The term has been resurrected on many occasions, including during rationing in the United Kingdom in World War II, when the British government banned imports of bananas for five years.

[8][9] The song was the subject of a column by Sigmund Spaeth, who suggested that the melody could have been derived from a combination of parts of other songs, including the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah by Handel, "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean", "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls", "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party", and Cole Porter's "An Old-Fashioned Garden".

Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls—the kind that you seldom see I was seeing Nellie home, to an old-fashioned garden: but, Hallelujah, Bananas!