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Shock the Monkey
1982 single by Peter Gabriel
Shock the Monkey
"Shock the Monkey" is a song by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released in September 1982 by Charisma Records as the first single from his fourth self-titled studio album, issued in the US under the title Security. The song peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was Gabriel's first Top 40 hit in the US. In the UK, the song charted at number 58. According to AllMusic, the song has a "relentlessly repeated hook" that "sounded nothing like anything else on the radio at the time".
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