# Best Monkey Album in the World Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571 "2005-02-11T13:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/21 "2005-02-11T15:19:06Z")
That would be _Rio_ by Duran, Duran. Let’s get that out of the way. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/22 "2005-02-11T16:36:18Z")
Tweeter and the Monkeyman - Traveling Wilburys King Kong, Your Song - Bobby Picket and Peter Ferrara ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/23 "2005-02-11T16:39:07Z")
\*Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga, Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga, Oh, the monkeys have no tails, They were bitten off by whales, Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga. \* ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/24 "2005-02-11T16:41:30Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Flash Gordon’s Ape – Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Has someone completely forgot about their Uncle Meat album? ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/25 "2005-02-11T16:45:00Z")
**Brass Monkey** - Beastie Boys ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/26 "2005-02-11T17:04:16Z")
Another Postcard (with chimpanzees) by the Bare Naked Ladies ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/27 "2005-02-11T17:10:40Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Flash Gordon’s Ape – Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Or “Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee.” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/28 "2005-02-11T18:31:15Z")
“Mickey’s Monkey” The Miracles “Can Your Monkey Do the Dog?” Rufus Thomas ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/29 "2005-02-11T18:56:27Z")
J. Geils “There Ain’t No Life on Monkey Island” BNL’s “If I Had a Million Dollars (I’d buy you a monkey. Haven’t you always wanted a monkey?)” One little monkey, jumpin’ on the bed … ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/30 "2005-02-11T19:43:09Z")
**Monkey Man** - The Specials ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/31 "2005-02-11T19:54:50Z")
“Monkey Monkey” by the Mamas and the Papas. Okay, maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/32 "2005-02-11T20:03:39Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Has someone completely forgot about their Uncle Meat album? That was the Mothers, not the Captain. For an album, there’s always “Gorilla” by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. “Dedicated to Kong who must have been a great bloke.” “George of the Jungle” theme song. “Trash the Camp” from Disney’s Tarzan is about apes, though the lyrics don’t mention them. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/33 "2005-02-11T20:15:16Z")
“I Wanna Be Like You” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Here’s just the chorus: So woowooooh, I wanna be just like you I wanna walk like you, Talk like you do You see it’s true, An ape like me can learn to be human too, yeah ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/34 "2005-02-11T21:06:10Z")
– Planet of the Apes: the Musical, off of Songs in the Key of Springfield. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/35 "2005-02-11T22:09:50Z")
> [@pugluvr](#): > > “I Wanna Be Like You” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Here’s just the chorus: > > So woowooooh, > I wanna be just like you > I wanna walk like you, > Talk like you do > You see it’s true, > An ape like me can learn to be human too, yeah That song is from Walt Disney’s _The Jungle Book_. **Los Lobos** also did a pretty good cover of it. There’s the _Gorilla Girl_, by the **Dead Milkmen**. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/36 "2005-02-11T22:12:40Z")
Apparently **Warren Zevon** was also a big monkey fan, judging by _Leave me Monkey Alone_, _Porcelain Monkey_, _Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse_, and _Gorilla You’re a Desperado_. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/37 "2005-02-12T00:36:39Z")
My user name is also the title of a Dave Matthews Band song. And, by the way, I love the idea of an ultimate monkey album. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/38 "2005-02-12T00:39:09Z")
Ooh, **Proudest** , your username just reminded me of “The Smartest Monkeys” by XTC. **pugluvr** , you do know that song’s originally from Disney’s _Jungle Book_, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/39 "2005-02-12T00:42:16Z")
_Part Man, Part Monkey_ - Bruce Springsteen “Tell them soul-suckin’ preachers to come on down and see Part man, part monkey, baby that’s me” ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571/40 "2005-02-12T04:23:59Z")
“Fee” by Phish features a chimpanzee named Floyd who dies by a papercut to his nipple. Lovely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monkey-album-in-the-world-ever/289571.md?page=3)