Too Much Monkey Business

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"Too Much Monkey Business"
Universal Recording Corp. (Chicago)[3]
GenreRock and roll, rhythm and blues
Length2:56
LabelChess (1635)[1][2]
Songwriter(s)Chuck Berry
Producer(s)Leonard Chess, Phil Chess[2]
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Roll Over Beethoven"
(1956) 		"Too Much Monkey Business"
(1956) 		"You Can't Catch Me"
(1956)

"Too Much Monkey Business" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry, released by Chess Records in September 1956 as his fifth single. It was also released as the third track on his first solo LP, After School Session, in May 1957; and as an EP.[1] The single reached number four on Billboard magazine's Most Played R&B In Juke Boxes chart, number 11 on the Most Played R&B by Jockeys chart and number seven on the R&B Top Sellers in Stores chart in the fall of 1956.[4][5]

Recording

"Too Much Monkey Business" was recorded at Universal Recording Corporation in Chicago, Illinois on April 16, 1956. The session was produced by Leonard Chess and Phil Chess. Backing Berry were Johnnie Johnson (piano), Willie Dixon (double bass), and Fred Below (drums).[2]

Cover versions

Elvis Presley recorded a cover of the song during a warm-up at the sessions for Stay Away, Joe[6] and later released the song on Elvis Sings Flaming Star in 1969.

Several

Kvällstoppen with their version in mid-1965.[9]

Influences on other songs

"Too Much Monkey Business" was an influence on Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues".[10] The glam rocker Johnny Thunders paid tribute to Berry's song in "Too Much Junkie Business", a mix of "Pills" (by Bo Diddley) and Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business". Berry's song was the basis for KMFDM's song "Too Much", released on their compilation album 84–86. The song influenced Michael Jackson's "Monkey Business" from his album Ultimate Collection (2004), which contains the lyric "too much monkey business".

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955-1966)". Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  2. ^ a b c d Gold (CD liner notes). Chuck Berry. Geffen Records/Chess Records. 2005. pp. 21, 27. 0602498805589.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "The Chuck Berry Database Details For Recording Session: 19. 4. 1956". A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry. Dietmar Rudolph. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Chuck Berry - Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits. New York: Billboard Books.
  6. ^ Jorgensen, Ernst. Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998
  7. ISBN 0-600-60033-5
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  8. ^ The Youngbloods, Earth Music Retrieved May 20, 2015
  9. ISBN 9163021404
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  10. ISBN 978-1-59486-921-1
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