80s Classic of the Day: "Shock The Monkey" by Peter Gabriel (1983)

To all of you younger folks who have never heard this song,the lyrics may look kinda corny but trust me,this is a kickass track.A huge MTV hit in early 1983.



"Shock The Monkey"

(written by Peter Gabriel)

Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life

Cover me when I run
cover me through the fire
something knocked me out the trees
now I'm on my knees
Cover me,darling please
monkey,monkey,monkey
don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey

Fox the fox
rat the rat
you can ape the ape
I know about that
There is one more thing you must be sure of
I can't take anymore
darling,don't you monkey with the money
monkey,monkey,monkey
don't you know you're going to shock the monkey

Wheels keep turning
something's burning
don't like it but I guess i'm learning
Shock!--watch the monkey get hurt,monkey

Cover me when I sleep
cover me when I breathe
you throw your pearls before the swine
make the monkey blind
cover me,darling please
monkey,monkey,monkey
don't you know you're going to shock the monkey


Too much at stake
ground beneath me shake
and the news is breakingShock!--watch the moneky get hurt,monkey
shock the monkey
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey to life

Speaking of shocking monkeys, remember the movie "Project X"? Now there's a blast from the past!

I remember during Christmas Day in 1982....me and my cousins and some of our buddies was out side in the streets jamming to this song on the car radio..It's got a nice groove to it.

Great song!!!

Never actually paid a lot of attention to the lyrics. But, it had a good beat and you could dance to it.

Monkey... Monkey, oooooh

Peter Gabriel has some great tracks. Isn't this about animal abuse? These lyrics aren't corny! All that oooh baby, baby I love you, I'm gonna make you mine, gonna make you understand, til the end of time, unimaginative b.s. is corny!

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VinaBlue said:

Monkey... Monkey, oooooh

Peter Gabriel has some great tracks. Isn't this about animal abuse? These lyrics aren't corny! All that oooh baby, baby I love you, I'm gonna make you mine, gonna make you understand, til the end of time, unimaginative b.s. is corny!

Oh yes, this was the jam back in the day. I thought the video was pretty creepy, but it had a funky New Wave groove. Gabriel was (and still is) definitely a true artist.