Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey (HQ music video)

Official promo music video for "Shock the Monkey" performed by Peter Gabriel from the 1982 album Peter Gabriel 4 (Security) released on Geffen Records. This video is posted courtesy of UMG. It's presented in high quality audio and video.

Credits:
Drums: Jerry Marotto
Guitar: David Rhodes
Stick: Tony Levin
Prophet: Larry Fast
Backing Vocals: Peter Hammill

Produced by Scott Millaney and Directed by Brian Grant

The lyrics are posted below:

Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life

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 gonna 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 any more
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey
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)
Wheels keep turning
(Monkey--AHHHHHHHHH!)
Something's burning
(Monkey)
Don't like it but I guess I'm learning

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, yeah

(Monkey)
Too much at stake
(Monkey--AHHHHHHHHHHH!)
Ground beneath me shake
(Monkey)
And the news is breaking

Shock!
Shock!
Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey

Shock the monkey to life (repeat 6 times)

Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey to life

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[shane blankenship]

lol south park.

[hungfao]

This song is listed in a few places as containing one of the worst lyrics ever. I think it is brilliant and obviously some folks can't deal in metaphors. Peter is a bizarre dude but his comparing love won/love lost to a monkey being rewarded or shocked as punishment is entirely genius. 'I don't like it but I guess I'm learning'. I am awed by this song.

[Cindy N]

Still LOVE this song!

[C. Spruill]

It doesn't look it,but he put a lot of hard work and creativity into his videos to bring his music to life visually,even though it is already alive.

[ashtestes]

what is your interpretation of this song's meaning?

[DeadRaymanWalking .]

When I was younger, I thought the song was called "Spank The Monkey".

[Andrew Bledsoe]

Catchiest Bleach filler EVER.

[Anime Natters]

the key of awesome brought me here :P

[hungfao]

Truly - It is what it is. It is very likely much more that my simple explanation. It means this to me because I saw this as a metaphor for my own dealings with the cruelty of women. Billy Joel's 'She's Always A Woman' is another interesting example. The woman he talks about in this song is psycho and yet - he worships her.

[Christian Corona]

Summer of 1982

[Dan Gar Men]

um dos maiores artistas da história do rock... pouco lembrado ou valorizado

[Alexandernero666]

The brilliance of this song never ceases to amaze me.It's all about human evolution.We were monkeys,until "something knocked me out the tree,now I'm on my knees".We went from being wild animals to worshiping gods.Even as we develop,the "monkey" part of us remains,pulling us down,like the midgets in the video.We must "shock the monkey" to evolve further.