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{{redirect|C-A-N-A-D-A|the country|Canada|the Centennial song "Ca-na-da"|Canada (1967 song)|other uses|Canada (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Bananaphone
| type = studio
| artist = [[
| cover = Bananaphone.jpg
| alt =
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| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Children's music|Children's]], [[
| length = 49:24
| label = [[MCA Records]] [[Rounder Records|Rounder]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Evergreen Everblue]]
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| next_title = [[Raffi Radio]]
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| single1 = Bananaphone
| single1date = 1994
| single2 = Shake a Toe
| single2date = 1994
| single3 = The World We Love
| single3date = 1994
| single4 = Slow Day
| single4date = 1994
| single5 = Naturally
| single5date = 1994
}}
}}
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|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{
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'''''Bananaphone''''' is a children's [[album]]<ref>{{cite book | last = Lynch | first = Sheri | title = Be Happy or I'll Scream! | publisher = St. Martin's Griffin | location = New York | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-0-312-34234-0 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Briggs | first = Diane | title = Preschool Favorites | url = https://archive.org/details/preschoolfavorit0000brig | url-access = registration | publisher = American Library Association | location = Chicago | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-0-8389-0938-6 }}</ref> released by [[Raffi]] and Michael Creber<ref name='Creber Music - ABOUT US'>{{cite web |url=http://crebermusic.com/about-us.htm#Michael |title=About US - Creber Music Corporation |access-date=2012-12-12 |date=April 2003 |publisher=Creber Music Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616043246/http://crebermusic.com/about-us.htm#Michael |archive-date=2012-06-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in 1994. The album is best known for its title track, which uses [[pun]]s such as "It's a phone with appeal!" (a [[Peel (fruit)|peel]]) and [[nonce word]]s like "bananular" and "interactive-odular" as Raffi extols the virtues of his unique telephone.
The song "C-A-N-A-D-A" was originally recorded by [[Stompin' Tom Connors]] under the title "Cross Canada".
The album was certified Gold by the [[Canadian Recording Industry Association|CRIA]] in March 2002.<ref name='gold-certification'>{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/gold/0302_g.php |title=Gold & Platinum Certification – March 2002 |access-date=2012-01-15 |date=March 2002 |publisher=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205151534/http://www.cria.ca/gold/0302_g.php |archive-date=2012-02-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Track listing ==
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# "[[Simple Gifts]]" (Traditional) 2:15
# "[[Down by the Riverside]]" (Traditional) 3:13
# "The Shmenge Polka" [instrumental] (A Tribute to the late [[John Candy]]) (Raffi) 2:07 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&musicalGroupId=1006&catalog_id=3517|
== Cover versions ==
The album's title track has been covered in several different musical genres. Examples include a [[Barbershop music|barbershop]] version
The Chilean children's show ''[[Cachureos]]'' released a cover of ''Bananaphone'' called "Teléfono" on its 1996 album, "La Mosca".<ref>{{cite web
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