oh, Banana Co. /
we really love you and we need you /
and oh, Banana Co. /
we'd really love to believe you //
but everything's underground /
we gotta dig it up somehow //
oh, she said "No go" /
she said she'd like to, she's seen you /
and oh, Banana Co. /
she knows if you die then we all do //
and everything's underground /
we've gotta dig it up somehow //
everything's burning down /
we gotta put it out somehow
Thom, Jonny and Ed played the song acoustically for Signal Radio february 11th 1993. It's possible that this is the live debut. The recording was released as a b-side of the Pop Is Dead single in april 1993, and later also appeared on the Japanese Itch EP.
A studio demo was recorded at Courtyard Studios in march 1993 during the same session that also produced the released version of 'High & Dry'. It became available on the Radiotick bootleg along with studio demos of 'Nice Dream', 'Pop Is Dead' and 'The Bends':
This full band live performance comes from June 4th 1993 in Göteborg, Sweden:
'Banana Co.' was considered for inclusion on The Bends and is included on this august 1994 work-in-progress tape compilation. The handwriting is Thom's. While Side A of the cassette contains some rough mixes and lists working titles, Side B apparently has the finished tracks for the various My iron Lung singles and EPs:
The studio version first made it onto the benefit compilation Criminal Justice: Axe the Act in january 1995 (Thom: "It's going to do more good on there than on the LP"). Over a year later the same version was used as a b-side on the second part of the Street Spirit single.
