Artists
Musicians featured in this piece are:
Cat Stevens – lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, piano, Fender electric piano, ARP 2500 and ARP 2600 synthesizers
Alun Davies – 12-string acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar and backing vocals
Jean Roussel – Yamaha and Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, string synthesizer, harpsichord, piano and vibraphone
Gerry Conway – drums and backing vocals
Bruce Lynch – bass and double bass
Simon Nicol – electric guitar
Chico Batera – congas, triangle, wind chimes and waterphone
Gordie Fleming – accordion
David Sanborn – alto saxophone
Art Garfunkel – backing vocals
Barbara Massey – backing vocals
Carl Hall – backing vocals
Magic Children of Ottawa – backing vocals
The song was written by Cat Stevens. Produced entirely by Cat Stevens, with strings and brass arrangements by Jean Roussel. Recorded at Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec, Canada.
Cat Stevens – Banapple Gas Lyrics
Banapple gas, oh Banapple gas
Everybody’s sniffing it Banapple gas
O-o alas!
All the world is stuck on it Banapple gas.
Does it do you good, make you better
Set you healthy when you’re bed-tied?
Well I don’t know if it makes you well…
But it must be healthy
‘Cause it don’t smell.
Banapple gas, oh Banapple gas
Everybody’s living on Banapple gas
O-o alas!
All the world is grooving on Banapple gas.
Do you know what goes inside to make it
What kind of strange spice makes it right?
Well I don’t know what kind of spice
But it must be healthy ’cause it’s sterilized.
Banapple gas…Banapple gas
Give me more Banapple gas
O-o…o-o-o
Does it help you smile more to wake up
Make you happy just to be alive?
Well I don’t know if it makes you happy…
But it must be healthy
‘Cause it’s certified.
Banapple gas, oh Banapple gas
All the world is breathing Banapple gas
O-o alas!
No one knows what’s inside it Banapple gas
Oh Banapple gas.
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