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Go Banana Go!: Music For Stir-Crazy Kids (And Parents) In Quarantine

The duo of a veteran producer and a former physics professor, the children's band was inspired to make its debut album by the nonsense songs sung in the members' own households.
A moment from the animated video for "Pizza Feet," a song from Go Banana Go!'s debut children's album, <em>Hi-YA!</em>

There's really no deep meaning behind the songs on Go Banana Go!'s debut album, Hi-YA! Band member Brian Wecht says the songs were mostly written with the simple goal of helping his daughter unwind.

"It's such a good opportunity for her to be silly and have fun and just go crazy in the middle of

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