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Monkey Man
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Monkey Man è stato pubblicato il 19 ottobre 1979 da Chrysalis Records come parte dell'album The Specials (Remastered)
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Data di uscita19 ottobre 1979
EtichettaChrysalis Records
LinguaEnglish
Melodicità
Acousticità
Valence
Ballabilità
Energia
BPM153

Video musicale

Video musicale

Crediti

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dick Cuthell
Dick Cuthell
Horn
Horace Panter
Horace Panter
Bass Guitar
Jerry Dammers
Jerry Dammers
Keyboards
John Bradbury
John Bradbury
Drums
Lynval Golding
Lynval Golding
Vocals
Neville Staples
Neville Staples
Vocals
RADIATION RODDY
RADIATION RODDY
Lead Guitar
Rico Rodriguez
Rico Rodriguez
Trombone
Terry Hall
Terry Hall
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Toots Hibbert
Toots Hibbert
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Producer
Dave Jordan
Dave Jordan
Engineer

Testi

[Intro]
Rude boy, rude boy, rude boy, rude boy, rude boy
Dis one is for all di bouncers
Big, big, monkey man
[Refrain]
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
[Verse 1]
I neva saw you
I only heard of you
Hugging up a big monkey man
I neva saw you
I only heard dat you
Hugging up a big monkey man
[Verse 2]
It's no lie, it's no lie
Dem a tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
It's no lie, it's no lie
Dem a tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
[Verse 3]
Now I know that
Now I understand
Yuh turning a monkey pon me
Now I know that
Now I understand
Yuh turning a monkey pon me
[Refrain]
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
[Bridge]
La-la, la, la-la, la, la-la-la
La-la, la-la, la, la
La-la, la, la-la, la, la-la-la
Pressha
Wat a pressha, pressha ova me
La-la, la-la, la, la
Ah
[Verse 4]
I was on my way
To bam by di grass
Deh yah, see a monkey man a Whitehall
Wid ring pon him fingah
Bell pon him toes
Sing a likkle song, where eva he may
Caz he's a
Monkey
Caz he's a
Monkey
Caz he's a weedie-beedie, tweedie-beedie monkey man
[Refrain]
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
Written by: Frederick Hibbert
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