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| "30,000 Pounds of Bananas" | |
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| Song by Harry Chapin | |
| from the album Verities & Balderdash | |
| Released | August 1974 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Length | 5:45 |
| Label | Elektra |
| Songwriter(s) | Harry Chapin |
"30,000 Pounds of Bananas", sometimes spelled "Thirty Thousand Pounds of Bananas", is a folk rock song by Harry Chapin from his 1974 album, Verities & Balderdash. The song became more popular in its live extended recording from Chapin's 1976 concert album, Greatest Stories Live that started the phrase "Harry, it sucks." The song is based on an actual truck accident that occurred in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1965.[1][2][3]
- ^ Lynott, Jerry (July 8, 2001). "It wasn't just about 30,000 pounds of bananas: Real accident 36 years ago in Scranton took the life of a truck driver, injured several other people and became the basis for a popular song". Times Leader. Wilkes Barre, PA. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ^ "Whizzo World Blog: Harry Chapin's 30,000 Pounds of Bananas". Whizzo.blogspot.com. July 17, 2006. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ^ Buynovsky, Sarah (March 18, 2015). "The 'Banana Truck' Crash: 50 Years Later". wnep.com. Retrieved June 5, 2016.