Monkey (song)

"Monkey"
Single by George Michael
from the album Faith
Released	4 July 1988 (1988-07-04)
Recorded	1987
Genre	Dance-rock synth-funk[1]
Length	5:02 (album version) 4:47 (single version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	George Michael
Producer(s)	George Michael Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
George Michael singles chronology
"One More Try" (1988) "Monkey" (1988) "Kissing a Fool" (1988)
Music video
"Monkey" on YouTube

"Monkey" is a US number-one hit song by 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. George Michael joined Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston as three artists who all had four or more consecutive number one singles during the 1987–88 era, from one album (Michael Jackson scored five number-one hits from a single album (Bad) while Whitney 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.