Discover the story of the song > “30,000 Pounds of Bananas” – Harry Chapin

This song tells the story of a young truck driver who is carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas to Scranton, Pennsylvania for the people to eat. He is excited to see his partner waiting for him at the end of his journey. However, he misses a warning sign to use low gears and, while thinking about his partner, loses control of the truck and crashes, causing a chaotic mess with many casualties. In the end, a man on a bus expresses shock at the idea of thirty thousand pounds of bananas and the devastation caused by the crash.