Songs About Monkeys

By now, you should come to expect the unexpected from these posts. So you shouldn't be surprised that I'm now blogging a bunch of Songs About Monkeys. Why even ask why? Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tones And I  ~  "Dance Monkey"

2)  George Michael  ~  "Monkey"

3)  Low  ~  "Monkey"

4)  Coal Chamber ft. Ozzy Osbourne  ~  "Shock The Monkey"  (Music purists, take note: The original version of this Peter Gabriel song appears elsewhere in the post, but these guys' rendition was too unique and interesting to exclude here.)

5)  Catfish  ~  "King Of Monkeys"

6)  Beastie Boys  ~  "Brass Monkey"

7)  T'Pau  ~  "Monkey House"

8)  Foo Fighters  ~  "Monkey Wrench"

9)  Margot Day  ~  "Fire Monkey"

10)  Pixies  ~  "Monkey Gone To Heaven"

11)  The Kills  ~  "Monkey 23"

12)  Peter Gabriel  ~  "Shock The Monkey"  (See, I told ya!)

13)  Ella Hooper ft. Robin Waters  ~  "Monkey Mind"

14)  Aldo Nova  ~  "Monkey On Your Back"

15)  PJ Harvey  ~  "The Orange Monkey"

16)  Mother Mother  ~  "Monkey Tree"

17)  Leo Moracchioli ft. Rabea & Hannah  ~  "Dance Monkey"  (Yeah, we've already heard this song before. But not a kick-butt heavy metal version of it. So...yay!)

18)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Steel Monkey"

19)  Beth Gibbons  ~  "Spider Monkey"

20)  B.B. King  ~  "Sell My Monkey"

21)  Amy Winehouse  ~   "Monkey Man"

22)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  "Tweeter And The Monkey Man"

23)  Bette Midler  ~  "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"

24)  Dolly Parton  ~  "The Monkey's Tale"

25)  The Beach Boys & Annette Funicello  ~  "The Monkey's Uncle"

This Post Is Rated "X"

If blog posts had ratings, the majority of mine would be "PG" – at worst, a "PG-13." But this post is rated "X." If the titles of the songs contained within are any indication, at least. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Poppy  ~  "X"

2)  Neneh Cherry  ~  "Buddy X"

3)  System Of A Down  ~  "X"

4)  Ziggy Marley & The Melody Markers  ~  "X Marks The Spot"

5)  Blue October  ~  "X Amount Of Words"

6)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Greatest X"

7)  Green Day  ~  "X-Kid"

8)  Anuhea  ~  "X-Lover"

9)  Clutch  ~  "X-Ray Visions"

10)  Mariah Carey  ~  "X-Girlfriend"

11)  Coldplay  ~  "X & Y"

12)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "The World Is Rated X"

13)  Blondie  ~  "X-Offender"

14)  KISS  ~  "X-Ray Eyes"

15)  Au/Ra  ~  "X Games"

16)  Smokey Robinson  ~  "Madame X"

17)  Sophie Meiers  ~  "X-Ray Vision"

18)  Jeremih  ~  "X's & O's"

19)  Leah McFall  ~  "White X"

20)  Summer Forever Cast ft. Alyson Stoner, Megan Nicole, & Anna Grace Barlow  ~  "Make An X"

21)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "Rated X"

22)  Prince  ~  "X's Face"

23)  Bush ~  "X-Girlfriend"

24)  Liz Phair  ~  "X-Ray Man"

25)  ZZ Top  ~  "Heard It On The X"

26)  Jason Derulo  ~  "X"

27)  Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds  ~  "The Girl With The X-Ray Eyes"

28)  Steve Miller Band  ~  "Italian X-Rays"

29)  Foo Fighters  ~  "X-Static"

30)  Neil Young  ~  "Song X"

31)  Texas  ~  "Telephone X"

32)  The Maccabees  ~  "X-Ray"

33)  Robin Gibb  ~  "X-Ray Eyes"

"Unexpected" Songs

These songs may not be what you expected, but they may just be what you needed today. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Costello & The Imposters  ~  "Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4"

2)  Jeff & Sheri Easter  ~  "The Unexpected Cross"

3)  Anna Graceman  ~  "Unexpected"

4)  Rilés  ~  "Unexpected"

5)  Jason Chen  ~  "Unexpectedly"

6)  Maggie Eckford  ~  "Unexpected"

7)  Matt Wertz & Jon McLaughlin  ~  "Unexpected Love"

8)  Charice  ~  "Unexpected Love"

9)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  "An Unexpected Rain"

10)  Barbra Streisand  ~  "Love Comes From Unexpected Places"

11)  Sandi Patty & Clint Holmes  ~  "Unexpected Friends"

12)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "Unexpected Hero"

13)  Sam Tsui  ~  "Unexpectedly"

14)  Michelle Williams  ~  "Unexpected"

15)  Riverside  ~  "Found (The Unexpected Flaw Of Searching)"

16)  Sprung Monkey  ~  "Unexpected"

17)  Jason Crabb  ~  "Expect The Unexpected"

18)  Blythe Schulte  ~  "Unexpected"

19)  Lime  ~  "Unexpected Lovers"

20)  Flying Lotus ft. Laura Darlington  ~  "Unexpected Delight"

21)  Liv Warfield  ~  "The Unexpected"

22)  Jonah Platt  ~  "Unexpected"

23)  Bernadette Peters  ~  "Unexpected Song"

24)  Seth Bunting  ~  "Unexpected"

25)  David Bulla  ~  "Unexpected"

26)  Erika Luckett  ~  "Unexpected"

27)  Southbrook Worship  ~  "Unexpected One"

28)  Rooster  ~  "Unexpectedly"

29)  Sandy Mölling ft. Manuell  ~  "Unexpected"

30)  Libby Dietrix  ~  "Unexpected (Paradox)"  (The "unexpected" element of this song is the random ramen restaurant recommendation she makes in the middle of the song. And the follow-up verse detailing how she thinks her imagined date at said ramen restaurant will go. So...yeah.)