That would be Rio by Duran, Duran.
Let’s get that out of the way.
Tweeter and the Monkeyman - Traveling Wilburys
King Kong, Your Song - Bobby Picket and Peter Ferrara
*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.
*
Has someone completely forgot about their Uncle Meat album?
Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys
Another Postcard (with chimpanzees) by the Bare Naked Ladies
Or “Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee.”
“Mickey’s Monkey” The Miracles
“Can Your Monkey Do the Dog?” Rufus Thomas
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 …
Monkey Man - The Specials
“Monkey Monkey” by the Mamas and the Papas.
Okay, maybe not.
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.
“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
– Planet of the Apes: the Musical, off of Songs in the Key of Springfield.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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”
“Fee” by Phish features a chimpanzee named Floyd who dies by a papercut to his nipple. Lovely.