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Songs w/ Jungle &/or Monkey Themes?

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Tiki Chris posted on 09/14/2004

I'm trying to come up w/ a list of pop songs w/ themes/titles/lyrics pertaining jungles &/or monkeys.

i'd love your help!

thanks in advance.

here's what i got so far:

  1. Welcome to the Jungle
    Guns N Roses

  2. Jungle Love
    The Time

  3. Jungle Love
    The Steve Miller Band

  4. George of the Jungle Theme
    Weird Al?

  5. Monkey Man
    Rolling Stones

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Sabu The Coconut Boy posted on 09/14/2004

The Monkey's Uncle - Annette Funicello

[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy on 2004-09-14 14:20 ]

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tikicleen posted on 09/14/2004

off the top of my head:

brass monkey ~ beastie boys

lion sleeps tonight ~ (was it the kingston trio?)

jungle boogie/"get down" ~ kool & the gang

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dangergirl299 posted on 09/14/2004

shock the monkey - peter gabriel

I wanna be like you - is the song the monkey (chimp?) sings to Mowgli in Disney's "Jungle Book." There is a killer swing version of this song on the "Swingers" soundtrack

[ Edited by: dangergirl299 on 2004-09-14 15:02 ]

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The Sperm Whale posted on 09/14/2004

"Stranded in the Jungle" The New York Dolls

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Hakalugi posted on 09/14/2004

Bungle in the Jungle - Jethro Tull
Jungle Hop - The Cramps
Jungle - Electric Light Orchestra

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the drunken hat posted on 09/14/2004

:music: hey hey we're the monkeys... :music:

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Kono posted on 09/14/2004

It might take the fun out of it, but you can go to Allmusic.com and search song titles for "jungle" and "monkey." There are hundreds of results.

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johntiki posted on 09/15/2004

Toots and the Maytals - Monkey Man

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Polynesiac posted on 09/15/2004

I wanna be like you - is the song the monkey (chimp?) sings to Mowgli in Disney's "Jungle Book." There is a killer swing version of this song on the "Swingers" soundtrack

Sung by Louis Prima for the disney film (he did the voice too) and FYI (not to sound like an ass, so please forgive) he's based on an orangutan...which are great apes. It's kinda like calling apples "oranges". But I suppose would work under these pretenses...
The version from the swingers soundtrack is done by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
just my 2 apes worth...

Hows about "straighten up and fly right", the version I'm thinking of is the Nat King Cole hit.



"Hey, at least I'm housebroken."

[ Edited by: Polynesiac on 2004-09-14 19:33 ]

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ikitnrev posted on 09/15/2004

One of my favorite songs ....
'Apeman' by the Kinks

with one of my favorite lyrics ...
'But the only time that I feel at ease
is swinging up and down in a coconut tree.'

Vern

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Matthieu Oxbow posted on 09/15/2004

Monkey by JC Davis which you can find on the Jungle Exotica volume 1 LP.

[ Edited by: Matthieu Oxbow on 2004-09-15 04:01 ]

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congatiki posted on 09/15/2004

a little motown for you....smokey robinsin
and the miracles "Mickey's Monkey"...great
tune!

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congatiki posted on 09/15/2004

ooops...sorry about the spelling...

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Kon-Hemsby posted on 09/15/2004

Jungle Rock - Hank Mizell
Stranded in the Jungle - The Cadets
Jungle Fever - Charlie Feathers

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AlmostHuman posted on 09/15/2004

Guitarzan-Ray Stevens
The monkey even gets his own verse and joins in for the big finish...
Jungle Love by the Steve Miller Band

[ Edited by: AlmostHuman on 2004-09-15 07:49 ]

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Johnny Dollar posted on 09/15/2004

can't believe no-one has mentioned the beatles yet - everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey

djungel der liebe - deutche amerikanishe freundschaft (daf) - sorry, this is 'dieter music' :) ...TOUCH MY MONKEY!!!

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Gigantalope posted on 09/15/2004

Right by your side (or my side?) by the Eurithmics has sort of a Jungle Theme.

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cybertiki posted on 09/15/2004

Monkeys? Gotta be the backup singers in Tony Bennett's "In the Middle of an Island". How's that for obscure?

Listen here:

http://www.cybertiki.com/mp3/In_the_Middle_of_an_Island-01.mp3

Cheers!

[ Edited by: cybertiki on 2004-09-15 11:50 ]

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Jungle Trader posted on 09/18/2004

Try Ape's cd?

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naugatiki posted on 09/18/2004

Dr Zaius - The Simpsons: Songs In The Key Of Springfield CD

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Shipwreckjoey posted on 09/18/2004

You Drive Me Ape You Big Gorilla - the Dickies

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naugatiki posted on 09/18/2004

Discorilla- Rick Dees

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Klas posted on 09/19/2004

Diablito : The Jungle

J.C. Davis : Monkey

Nocabouts : Jungle Safari

Pastels : Jungle Run

Nite Cats : Jungle

Gaynighters : Jungle Call

Grand Preez : Jungle Fever

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Unga Bunga posted on 09/19/2004

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Trader Woody posted on 09/20/2004

Devo - Jocko Homo

"Monkey men all
In business suit
Teachers and critics
All dance the poot
Are we not men?
We are devo!
Are we not men?
D-e-v-o
God made man
But he used the monkey to do it
Apes in the plan
We’re all here to prove it
I can walk like an ape
Talk like an ape
I can do what a monkey can do
God made man
But a monkey supplied the glue
We must repeat
O.k. let’s go!"

Trader Woody

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Tikiwahine posted on 09/20/2004

Love Monkey #9 by Bootsauce from the Album "Bull"

Just remembered this one yesterday when hearing Chilli Pepper's "Love Rollercoaster", I was thinking of how much more I liked Bootsauce's version of that song, from the same album.

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freddiefreelance posted on 09/21/2004

Don't They Might be Giants have a dozen or more songs about Dr. Zarius & the Planet of the Apes? On just the album "Severe Tire Damage" there's: "The Planet of the Apes," "Return to the Planet of the Apes," "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes," "Escape from the Planet of the Apes," "Battle for the Planet of the Apes," "Beneath the Planet of the Apes," and "This Ape's for You."

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Bruddah Bear posted on 08/20/2011

Jungle Fever by The Tornados (of Telstar fame). Maybe somebody should do a cover of this one at Goin' Primitive.

Bear

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tigertail777 posted on 08/20/2011

Cab Calloway, Jungle Swing

Andrews Sisters, Straighten up and Fly Right

Syd Barrett, Effervescing Elephant

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Hearn posted on 08/20/2011

Part Man Part Monkey - Springsteen

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YouTube: Jungle Fever by Chakachas


[->>King Bushwich 33rd

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PiPhiRho posted on 08/20/2011
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MNZombie posted on 08/22/2011

'Konga Joe' and 'Monkey in my hatband' both by Arch Hall Jr.

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monsterjones posted on 08/22/2011

how about Harry Belafonte's MONKEY...VERY tIKI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGkLWaOOxEI

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Slacks Ferret posted on 09/10/2011

Koko Joe by The Righteous Brothers (among others).

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tikiskip posted on 09/10/2011
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Mr. NoNaMe posted on 09/12/2011

How about Tarzan Boy, Baltimora ?

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Lewball posted on 12/01/2024

Aerosmith - Monkey on my Back Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey The Grateful Dead - Monkey and the Engineer Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business Major Lance - Monkey Time Steely Dan - Monkey In Your Soul BB King - Sell My Monkey Warren Zevon - Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse Justin Hinds & The Dominos - The Higher the Monkey Climbs Rufus Thomas - Can Your Monkey Do The Dog Patti Smith - Space Monkey

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Aerosmith - Monkey on my Back Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey The Grateful Dead - Monkey and the Engineer Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business Major Lance - Monkey Time Steely Dan - Monkey In Your Soul BB King - Sell My Monkey Warren Zevon - Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse Justin Hinds & The Dominos - The Higher the Monkey Climbs Rufus Thomas - Can Your Monkey Do The Dog Patti Smith - Space Monkey

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arriano posted on 12/03/2024
  • "Hey, Hey We're the Monkees" - The Monkees
  • "Stranded in the Jungle" - The Cadets (I much prefer this version over the one by the New York Dolls)
  • "Mickey's Monkey" - The Imperials
  • "Monkey" - George Michael
  • "The Clapping Song" - Shirley Ellis
  • "Siamese Twins (The Monkey and Me)" - The Knack
  • "Apeman" - The Kinks
  • "King Kong" - The Kinks

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sailorsolomon posted on 12/06/2024

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