"Le Banana Split" is the debut single by Belgian pop singer

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. It was a very big hit when it was first released in 1979, selling 700,000 copies. It is now considered to be Lio's

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Background

"Le Banana Split" was remixed in 1995 and re-released to promote Lio's greatest hits album ''Peste Of!''.

Live performances

In 1996, Lio performed a punk version of "Le Banana Split" on the French TV show "

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". In 2009, Lio performed a mostly acoustic version of "Le Banana Split" on the French TV show ''TV5 Acoustic''. In 2012, Lio performed "Le Banana Split" during the "RFM Party 80" Tour backed by the original instrumental track. She also performed it live with Phantom, the Belgian punk band she was recording and touring with at the time.

Release formats

The single was released on both regular 7" vinyl single backed with the track "Teenager", and 12" maxi vinyl in an extended disco version. It is available on CD on various Lio compilations such as ''Les Pop Songs'' and ''Je garde quelques images... pour mes vies postérieures'', as well as on the 2005 re-issue of her debut album by

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(along with the extended disco version and the b-side "Teenager").

Charts

Media usage

The track featured as a

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song on the first season of Drag Race France, in 2022. The song was also used i
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and iPhone 14 Plus in March 2023.

Cover versions

* Recorded by

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on her 1998 album '' La Vie en lilali''. *In 2004, French radio and TV presenter Sandra Lou released her cover version as a single.

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