3:44
single, 1969
Written by Toots Hibbert
I know this song from the Specials cover. According to Toots himself, "Well Monkey Man is all about a girl, a very good looking girl! I fell in love with her and then a monkey-looking man took her away from me but I thought she was in love with me. The guy was ugly and not good looking like me, ha ha!" The line "See you, baby, you huggin' up the big monkey man" seems to support this. However, the Genius website claims that the song is an affectionate dig aimed at The Maytal’s producer, Leslie Kong. I suppose both could be true.
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