# Let's go ape about songs mentioning King Kong **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807 "2005-12-15T21:05:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/1 "2005-12-15T21:05:44Z")
I can think of two right off hand: “King Kong Song” - ABBA “Rip Her to Shreds” - Blondie ("…she’s makin’ out with King Kong…") ---
**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:** [December 15, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/2 "2005-12-15T21:10:53Z")
The Kinks: **King Kong** ; they also mention the big guy in **Apeman** Frank Zappa: **King Kong** (instrumental) Honorable mention: Jefferson Airplane’s live album **Bless Its Pointed Little Head** begins with the closing minute of the original movie. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/3 "2005-12-15T21:13:49Z")
Not mentioned in the songs, but the album **Gorilla** by the Bonzo Dog Band was “Dedicated to Kong, who must have been a great bloke.” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/4 "2005-12-15T21:14:44Z")
“Whatever happened to Faye Wray?” “She got fucked by a 40-foot ape!” ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/5 "2005-12-15T21:15:48Z")
“Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”, by Jim Croce ---
**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:** [December 15, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/6 "2005-12-15T21:20:37Z")
“King Kong, Your Song” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/7 "2005-12-15T21:26:11Z")
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: King Kong kitchie-kitchie keemee oh! King Kong kitchie kitchie kee mee oh! King Kong kitchie kitchie kee mee oh! King Kong kitchie kitchie kee mee oh! ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/8 "2005-12-15T21:36:20Z")
King Kong did a song entitled “King Kong” on their ‘Funny Farm’ album. But their out-of-print debut album, ‘Old Man On the Bridge’ was a much better collection. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/9 "2005-12-15T21:38:06Z")
There are the (in-)famous lyrics to the [parody version of “You’re the Top”](http://www.slate.com/id/2121332/): You’re the mound of Venus You’re King Kong’s penis You’re self-abuse! ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/10 "2005-12-15T21:40:12Z")
“King Kong” by Bow Wow Wow 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/11 "2005-12-15T22:33:24Z")
Opening song of _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ Michael Rennie was ill the day the earth stood still But he told us where we stand And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear Claude Raines was the invisible man Then something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong They got caught in a celluloid jam Then at a deadly pace it came from outer space And this is how the message ran: Science Fiction - Double Feature… ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/12 "2005-12-15T22:36:41Z")
Bob Dylan’s _Farewell Angelina_: King Kong, little elves, on the rooftops they dance." ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/13 "2005-12-15T23:08:44Z")
Ballad of Tom Jones: Space fet. Cerys… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/14 "2005-12-15T23:27:45Z")
**Good King Kong Looked Out** , from P.D.Q. Bach’s _A Consort of Choral Christmas Carols_ ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/15 "2005-12-15T23:34:28Z")
That repository of pop culture references, “Absurd” by Fluke: _King Kong, in Cannes, on a date with Spider-man_ ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/16 "2005-12-16T00:26:10Z")
Oooh! cub’s song “New York City”: Statue of Liberty, Staten Island Ferry, Co-op City, Breakfast at Tiffany’s Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State where King Kong lived Coney Island and Times Square, Rockefeller Center Wish I was there (In They Might Be Giants’ cover of the song, they sing “where Dylan lived” instead of “King Kong,” because they misheard the lyrics.) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/17 "2005-12-16T00:46:08Z")
Da Lench Mob’s Gorillas in the Mist Magilla gorilla ain’t a killa White boys like Godzilla But my super nigga named King Kong Played his ass like Ping-Pong ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/18 "2005-12-16T01:11:04Z")
> [@Interrobang!?](#): > > Oooh! cub’s song “New York City” Rats, I knew I was forgetting something. I even saw them do it live, once. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/19 "2005-12-16T02:15:24Z")
Passing mention in John Entwistle’s “I Believe in Everything”: _Do you believe in witchcraft, Heaven and Hell, **King Kong** , reincarnation, Fairies at the bottom of the garden…_ ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807/20 "2005-12-16T02:30:38Z")
How about: _King Kong, The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! King Kong, The Wicked Witch is dead!_ Or were they singing something else? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-ape-about-songs-mentioning-king-kong/335807.md?page=2)