Cabana was a chocolate bar produced by Rowntree's, combining coconut, caramel, cherries inside a milk chocolate outer layer. It was first produced in the 1980s It was discontinued in the early 1990s. The television ad used a version of the song " Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" (as sung by

Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...

), with the words "Come mister magic man, make me a Cabana", and the strap line was "tropical magic". According to the Daily Mirror, "The dodgy ethnic stereotyping in the advert may have angered Ofcom had it been made today".

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