Gwen Stefani is no coward.
On Tuesday, Nov. 26, the “Cool” singer, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots sang her 2004 hit “Hollaback Girl” on classroom instruments — and they were indeed bananas.
Stefani, 55, aptly used a banana as a microphone. Fallon, 50, started with a kazoo and pounded on a drum. The Roots also performed with kid-friendly instruments and silver pom poms in hand to cue the lyrics.
The song was accented with hand-held xylophone, maracas, tambourine and clappers, creating a playful rendition of the beloved pop classic.
Fans took to the comments section and hailed the performance as iconic. Others thanked Stefani, who released her fourth studio album Bouquet Nov. 15, for help learning to spell “banana.” “Thanks to gwen we all know how to spell bananas BANANA!!!!” wrote one user.
“Every time I have to spell the word ‘bananas’ I sing this song to help me remember how many ‘nana’s there are in it,” added another.
“Thanks to this song many people have learned to spell bananas, thank you for the education Gwen,” said a third.
Jimmy Fallon, Gwen Stefani and The Roots 2024.
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This is the first time Fallon has brought back the classroom instruments segment since March 2024, when Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson performed Ghostbusters theme song.
Previous segments have included the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” in 2018, Ed Sheeran singing “Shape of You” in 2017 and Adele’s “Hello” in 2015.
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“I was so depressed that I said, ‘I’m just going to show them what I’ve got.’ It was that attitude when I went into the studio, and I said, ‘OK, this is the cheerleader I’ve always wanted to be, and I want it to sound like a marching band.’ Then he says, ‘I’m going to eat, I’ll be back.’ ”
“Then we did the ‘bananas’ part, and we knew after we wrote it — we had a culture clash,” she continued. “We jumped on the couch and got champagne.”
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