music.wikisort.org - Composition"Gitarzan" is a novelty song released by Ray Stevens in 1969 about a character who lives in a jungle and forms a musical band with his female partner, Jane, and their pet monkey. The song features Tarzan's jungle calls, scat singing, and a funky boogie-woogie, a quote from the song "Swinging on a Star", with the line "Carrying moonbeams home in a jar" superimposed over an insistent G Major ostinato, and a melody from Martha and the Vandellas' "Honey Chile" in its chorus. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 31 May 1969 and #10 in Canada in May 1969. It did best in New Zealand, where it reached #2.[1] The music and lyrics were written by Stevens with a title supplied by Bill Justis. Justis is officially credited as Bill Everette.
1969 single by Ray Stevens
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B-side | "Bagpipes - That's My Bag" |
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Released | January 6, 1969 |
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Genre | Pop |
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Length | 3:15 3:00 (7" version) |
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Label | Monument |
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Songwriter(s) | Ray Stevens, Bill Everette |
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Producer(s) | Fred Foster, Ray Stevens, Jim Malloy |
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Cover versions
A cover version was recorded by country music parodist Cledus T. Judd on his tribute album Boogity, Boogity - A Tribute to the Comedic Genius of Ray Stevens in 2007. Judd's cover features Keith Urban and Heidi Newfield (former lead singer of Trick Pony). An earlier cover appeared on Ralph's World's Green Gorilla, Monster and Me! (a children's music album) in 2006.
Animatronic robot band The Rock-afire Explosion performed the song on the "Fatz for President" showtape, created in June 1983 for Showbiz Pizza Place.[2] This cover version, styled "Guitarzan", was arranged by the band's creator, inventor Aaron Fechter.
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Literature |
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' official canon |
- Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
- The Return of Tarzan (1913)
- The Beasts of Tarzan (1914)
- The Son of Tarzan (1915)
- Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916)
- Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1919)
- Tarzan the Untamed (1920)
- Tarzan the Terrible (1921)
- Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1922/23)
- Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924)
- Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1927/28)
- Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1928/29)
- Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1929/30)
- Tarzan the Invincible (1930/31)
- Tarzan Triumphant (1931/32)
- Tarzan and the City of Gold (1932)
- Tarzan and the Lion Man (1933/34)
- Tarzan and the Leopard Men (1932/33)
- Tarzan's Quest (1935/36)
- Tarzan and the Forbidden City (1938)
- Tarzan the Magnificent (1939)
- Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (1947)
- Tarzan and the Madman (1964)
- Tarzan and the Castaways (1965)
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Related works |
- The Eternal Lover (1925)
- The Mad King (1926)
- Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins (1963)
- Tarzan: The Lost Adventure (1995)
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Licensed works |
- Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
- Hadon of Ancient Opar (1974)
- Bunduki (1975)
- Flight to Opar (1976)
- Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996)
- The Dark Heart of Time (1999)
- The Adventures of Tarzan (1921/2006)
- Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy (2011)
- Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don (2015)
- Tarzan on the Precipice (2016)
- King Kong vs. Tarzan (2016)
- Tarzan Trilogy (2016)
- Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy Under Siege (2017)
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Adventure hours |
- The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour
- The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour
- Tarzan and the Super 7
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Characters |
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People | |
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Animals |
- Cheeta
- Jad-bal-ja
- Kala
- Kerchak
- Mangani
- Nkima
- Tantor
- Tublat
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Disney version |
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Adaptations |
- The Legend of Tarzan (2001-2003)
- Musical
- Tarzan Rocks!
- Tarzan's Treehouse
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Video games |
- Disney's Tarzan
- Tarzan: Untamed
- Disney's Tarzan: Return to the Jungle
- Disney's Tarzan Activity Center
- Kingdom Hearts
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Music | |
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Miscellaneous |
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Speech |
- Kreegah bundolo
- Tarzan yell
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Games |
- Jungle Lord
- Tarzan Goes Ape
- Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle
- Disney's Tarzan
- Tarzan: Untamed
- Disney's Tarzan: Return to the Jungle
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Comics |
- Akim
- Tarzan vs. Predator: At the Earth's Core
- Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-woman
- Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle
- Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes
- Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips
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General |
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
- Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke
- "Brothers of the Spear"
- Opar
- Pellucidar
- Starzan: Shouting Star of the Jungle
- Tarzan and Jane (musical)
- Tarzana, Los Angeles
- Zone (play)
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