Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Shock the Monkey

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Shock the Monkey was released on September 6, 1982 by Real World as a part of the album Peter Gabriel 4: Security (Remastered)

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Peter Gabriel

Lead Vocals

David Rhodes

Guitar

Jerry Marotta

Drums

Larry Fast

Synthesizer

Peter Hammill

Background Vocals

Tony Levin

Chapman Stick

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Peter Gabriel

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Peter Gabriel

Producer

David Lord

Producer

Danny Heaps

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Julian Mendelsohn

Julian Mendelsohn

Mixing Engineer

Mike King

Editing Engineer

Neil Perry

Assistant Engineer

Tony Cousins

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Cover me when I run

Cover me through the fire

Something knocked me out the trees

Now I'm on my knees

Cover me, darling please

Hey, hey, hey

Monkey, monkey, monkey

Don't you know you're going to

Shock the monkey?

Hey, hey

Fox the fox, rat on the rat

You can ape the ape, I know about that

There is one thing you must be sure of

I can't take anymore

Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey

Hey, hey, hey

Monkey, monkey, monkey

Don't you know you're going to

Shock the monkey?

Hey, hey

Shock the monkey

Hey, hey, hey, yeah

Monkey

Wheels keep turning

A monkey

Something's burning

(Yeah)

Monkey

Don't like it but I guess I'm learning

(Shock, shock, shock)

Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

(Shock, shock, shock)

Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Cover me when I sleep

Cover me when I breathe

You throw your pearls before the swine

Make the monkey blind

Cover me, darling please

Hey, hey, hey

Monkey, monkey, monkey

Don't you know you're gonna

Shock the monkey?

Hey, hey

Shock the monkey

Hey, hey, hey, yeah

Monkey

Too much at stake

A monkey

Ground beneath me shake

(Yeah)

Monkey

And the news is breaking

(Shock, shock, shock)

Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

(Shock, shock, shock)

Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Shock the monkey

Shock the monkey

Shock the monkey, hey, hey

Shock the monkey

(Shock the monkey to life)

(Shock the monkey to life)

(Shock the monkey to life)

(Shock the monkey to life)

(Shock the monkey to life)

Honk, honk, honk

(Shock the monkey to life)

(Shock the monkey to life)

Shock the monkey, shock the monkey

(Shock the monkey to life)

Shock the monkey, shock the monkey

(Shock the monkey to life)

Shock the monkey, shock the monkey

(Shock the monkey to life)

Shock the monkey, shock the monkey

Shock the monkey, shock the monkey

Shock the monkey, shock the monkey

Shock the monkey

Shock the monkey to life

Written by: Peter Gabriel

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