Monkey (song)

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"Monkey" is a song by the English singer and songwriter George Michael. It was released as a single in 1988 and reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on the UK singles chart. "Monkey" debuted at number 42 on 9 July 1988, reaching number-one for two weeks, beginning on 27 August 1988. "Monkey" became Michael's sixth solo single reaching number-one in the US, and the fourth single to do so from the Faith album. Michael joined Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston as three artists who all had four or more consecutive number one singles during 1987–88 (Jackson scored five number-one hits from a single album (Bad) while Houston scored seven consecutive number-one hits from two albums). "Monkey" also reached number-one in the US Hot Dance Club Play chart for two weeks and became his first dance number-one. When the song was released as a single, the single version was remixed by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

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