"Yes! We Have No Bananas" is a novelty song composed by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn in 1921. It gained significant popularity due to its comedic take on shortages, coinciding with actual banana supply issues of the era. The song's catchy refrain quickly entered popular vernacular, used humorously to denote scarcity. Its success exemplified the rapid integration of media phrases into common language, highlighting the cultural environment of the 1920s where media could rapidly shape societal narratives.