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Top Five Simian Songs

Been thinking of these all day, eventually came up with a top forty!
Will hold off posting the rest until others have had the the chance to post replies.

5) The Knights Of The New Crusade ... Ain't No Monkeys In My Family Tree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boBWwthGEjA

4) Nervous Norvus ... Ape Call
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nv2gkvoVTk

3) Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters ... Monkey Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr1boAEGV3E

2) Guitar Crusher ... The Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GilyxDbYlsU

1) Go Go Gorilla ... The Shandells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2XYXywNOs

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Curmudgeonly Rock 'n' Roll time traveller from ye olden days

2nd verse same as the 1st...

Wot no Mickey's Monkey (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)?

Disgraceful!

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Mod Supreme, Demon Headmaster

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Curmudgeonly Rock 'n' Roll time traveller from ye olden days

2nd verse same as the 1st...

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Crazy haired surfin' slacker

I'm with Horses - 40 is certifiable! But the top 5 sound great and 1 and 3 would be in my top 5 too. I've not racked my brains too hard but I'm fond of these primate tunes:

Clinic: Monkey On My Back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaC1U3LOI-o

Pixies: Monkey Gone To Heaven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yHrEykOGpo

Dave Bartholemew: The Monkey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNjuxtjtuWg

Rufus Thomas: Can Your Monkey Do The Dog?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gywtl5gVAZg

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Alas, not actually Gryff Rhys Jones...

"Little Jack Horner sitting on the corner
With no shoes and clothes
This aint funny, but he took his money
And sniffed it up his nose"

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Curmudgeonly Rock 'n' Roll time traveller from ye olden days

2nd verse same as the 1st...

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Crazy haired surfin' slacker

The Three Johns - Men Like Monkeys
Charles E Cullen - Young Gay Monkey on Roller Skates
Ren and Stimpy - I'm Gonna Be a Monkey
They Might Be Giants - my Brother the Ape
Half Man Half Biscuit - Took Problem Chimp to the Ideal Home Show

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In a bid to stop myself from thinking of monkey songs, I'm going to list the top 100 of the ones I've thought of so far. There were another dozen or so, but some of them (The Higsons - I Don't want To Live with Monkeys for example) were scraping the bottom of the barrell full of monkeys.


100) Ren & Stimpy ... I'm Gonna Be A Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfHFgPQ1hzo

99) Billy Butler … Boston Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn6kQYvTDmA

98) King Pins … Monkey One More Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9cJYoSnFfs

97) Jad Fair & Teenage Fan club … Like A Monkey In A Zoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uts9yXs4YKQ

96) Tarantula Ghoul … King Kong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kpR_NTqA6s

95) The Jimi Ben Band … Royal Baboon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L0gdMVDK8k

94) The Three Johns … Men Like Monkeys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQKfKeGelM

93) Red Holloway … Monkey Sho’ Can Talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYwg2aXVMGk

92) Echo & The Bunnymen ... Monkeys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO_CckChRrU

91) Big Mama Thornton … Tarzan & The Dignified Monkey
(no sound clip available)

90) Shep & The Limeliters … The Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSh09JeO_10

89) Dobie Gray … Monkey Jerk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1GOYxJizDc

88) The Dukes Of Hamburg ... Monkey Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWhCB-SntvQ

87) Beverley Ann Gibson … Do The Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4952ourwgxw

86) The Beat … Monkey Murders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6eWhvExErA

85) Lavern Baker … One Monkey Don’t Stop The Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpVWiX99nDk

84) Dave Bartholomew … The Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZeLSwz-Dw

83) The Astro-Notes … Monkey Workout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sl_f6ex2YE

82) Roy Handy Monkey See Monkey Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLiSmvcQ6iA

81) Count Prince Miller … The Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ2V3GjpDLE

80) Freddy King … Monkey Donkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXZ-fCmElG0

79) The Apes … Don’t Monkey With The Pony
(no sound clip available)

78) Larry Clayburn … Do The Monkey Jerk
(no sound clip available)

77) Garnell Cooper & The Kinfolks … Green Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMirgjfk2p8

76) Spinners … Surfing Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5g1KtTdtG0

75) Mike Lawing … Chimpanzee Ride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Isq2dNWMIc

74) Ken Parker … Skanking Monkey
(no sound clip available)

73) Ray Sharpe … Monkey’s Uncle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09NqVNBbD

72) I Roy … Monkey Fashion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaGKxL8_c4A

71) O.V. Wright ... Monkey Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbR8qDWc5S4

70) The Masonics … On The Jungle Floor (The Hungry Monkey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsCvlQaAY4Q

69) King Pins … I Got The Monkey Off My Back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBa8-EzLaHc

68) Kenny Hamber … Show Me Your Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXNz4NGLemU

67) Rebbels … Monkey Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTp65oGO74g

66) The Von Zippers … Monkey On You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPL9aw2FWf0

64) Bobby Davis … The Monkey Shout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G23DhnbHQTM

63) Larry Kennon … Monkey Love
(no sound clip available)

62) Shy Guy Douglas … Monkey Doin’ Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqkwzRAV7Y8

61) Saxie Russell … El Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHrhEwkhZFw

60) Alvin Cash … Boston Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLaotEF5NB4

59) The Tuxedos … Monkey Beat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_4_ivNCquY

58) Sam The Sham & The Pharohs … Monkey See Monkey Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxVk1MS_AeU

57) Big Maybelle … One Monkey Don’t Stop The Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSyE8IecKjQ

56) Aztecs … Gorilla Hunt
(no sound clip available)

55) Bert Convy … The Gorilla
http://www.last.fm/music/Bert+Convy

54) The Blockbusters … Gorilla Walk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRZa4YOV3Ek

53) Wayne Cochran … Monkey Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxiBJUmg0kM

52) Sheb Wooley … Monkey Jive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdRoo7oPxX0

51) Eddie Bond … Monkey & The Baboon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7fdxmpWFJE

50) Mary Sue Wellington … Save A Little Monkey
(no sound clip available)

49) Claude & The Hightones … Monkey Stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oVTex2EgcE

48) The Sherrys … Monk Monk Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDl53IFtDS8

47) The Madisons … Bad Baboon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF3aTZYNlKw

46) J C Davis … Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmer3q2Uu2w

45) Gorillas … Gorilla Got Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhKbWoB7R38

44) Frank Chacksfield’s Tunesmiths … Little Red Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7qkAKd-2-c

43) Hank Jacobs … Monkey Hips & Rice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85NpPjCpgPc

42) The Apes … Tarzan’s Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuSwGA2TgYs

41) Emanuel Laskey … The Monkey
(no sound clip available)

40) Bo Didley … Monkey Diddle
http://nhacso.net/nghe-nhac/monkey-didd ... SWkRd.html

39) The Milkshakes ... Red Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UewRdatzV3A

38) Louis Prima ... I Wanna Be Like You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI39WkX23Bs

37) Chuck Berry ... Too Much Monkey Business
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2w_nJLuvw

36) The Milkshakes … Dogwatch On Monkey’s Paw
(no sound clip available)

35) The Ideals ... Mo Gorilla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuWIJYI_Xlg

34) Thee Headcoats … Monkeys Paw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLIjpjeX0-c

33) The Persians ... Let's Monkey Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPP6V3iEc-A

32) Wild Man Fischer ... Monkeys Versus Donkeys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh8DGaoimk8

31) The Pygmies ... Don't You Monkey With Tarzan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIemvTwBkrY

30) Stranger & Glady ... Skanking Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie8MLWCqiFg

29) Rufus Thomas ... Can Your Monkey Do The Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gywtl5gVAZg

28) The Flares ... Monkey Walk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d0hZSPEUSQ

27) The Dickies ... You Drive Me Ape You Big Gorilla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M09bTWvmcoY

26) Gino Washington ... Come Monkey With Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gArLlSlh9ck

25) Count Yates ... Chimpanzee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1_0TkBRumg

24) The Kinks ... Apeman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEep67akIn4

23) Joe Tex ... One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeXp2ACRn4g

22) The Hospitals ... Ape Lost
(no sound clip available)

21) Bo Diddley ... Stop My Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4HbnR4DRU

20) Pixies ... Monkey's Gone To Heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yHrEykOGpo

19) Mickey's Monkey ... The Miracles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwlGn7uORYg

18) The Five Du-Tones ... Monkey See Monkey Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sej6bH7u3ng

17) Mark Wynter ... I Go Ape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJRam1h_3ms

16) Dave & Ansell Collins ... Monkey Spanner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjOjVMhVxCE

15) The Specials … Monkey Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi4MOA_1MYA

14) The London Dirthole Company ... Monkey Man & The Monkey
(no sound clip available)

13) Arch Hall Jr ... Monkey In My Hatband
(no sound clip available)

12) The 13th Floor Elevators ... Monkey Island
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyzk2byktGg

11) Justin Hinds & the Dominoes ... The Higher The Monkey Climbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhK_Q-4U8eA

10) The Cramps ... Monkey With Your Tail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yGqjiV3tQY

9) The Maytals ... Monkey Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhekzcPgoyk

8) The Ideals ... The Gorilla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPB92sul73Q

7) Jape Richardson (AKA The Big Bopper) ... Monkey Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEU3P2sNUBE

6) Lincoln Chase ... Miss Orangatang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leAcM-xQp9E

5) The Knights Of The New Crusade ... Ain't No Monkeys In My family Tree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boBWwthGEjA

4) Nervous Norvus ... Ape Call
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nv2gkvoVTk

3) Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters ... Monkey Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr1boAEGV3E

2) Guitar Crusher ... The Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GilyxDbYlsU

1) Go Go Gorilla ... The Shandells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2XYXyw ... ?v=cH2XYXy

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Curmudgeonly Rock 'n' Roll time traveller from ye olden days

2nd verse same as the 1st...

I thought a Monkey equated to 500 in that there London speak - so come on Milchman, just another 400 to go!

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Knowing M.E, Knowing You.. Ah Ha!

David Silva loves Bakewell Tarts the best
He'll eat a box and leave none for the rest
De Gea's doughnuts never look the part
next to Silva's Bakewell Tart!

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Mod Supreme, Demon Headmaster

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Pukka Pie pest

Embrace the margin
Always Changing at Retford http://sptxx.tumblr.com/
Not Changing at Retford http://sptxx2.tumblr.com/

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Mod Supreme, Demon Headmaster

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Knowing M.E, Knowing You.. Ah Ha!

David Silva loves Bakewell Tarts the best
He'll eat a box and leave none for the rest
De Gea's doughnuts never look the part
next to Silva's Bakewell Tart!

This is Milch's 'Rainman' moment isn't it.

I'm somewhere between impressed and concerned. But I say fuck it, go for 500.

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Crazy haired surfin' slacker

This is it. The year can officially end now.

Amazing.

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Tall, moustachioed alcoholic - plays firewood with a bow.

Here you go Milchy - just over 50 tracks on Spotify including a couple from your omissions thread:

http://open.spotify.com/user/tomb242/pl ... Zc4VGk1kBx

As I have been suffering from insomnia of late I reckon I will make a start on a Classic A Day next!

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Cheers Bola!

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Curmudgeonly Rock 'n' Roll time traveller from ye olden days

2nd verse same as the 1st...