The Maytals - Monkey Man
Toots & The Maytals - Monkey Man
Live at the Winterland, San Francisco, CA on November 15, 1975.
The Specials - Monkey man
Live Japan 1980 (4 of 15)
The Specials Monkey Man Something Else 1979
The Specials perform Monkey Man on BBc TV programme 'Something Else' 1979
The Specials - Monkey Man (Glastonbury 2009)
The Specials performing Monkey Man at Glastonbury, June 2009.
Toots & The Maytals-"Monkey Man" (Glastonbury 2010)
Live On The West Holts Stage, Sunday Night
Amy Winehouse - Monkey Man - Live HD
Live in London 2007
"Monkey Man" is a 1969 song by the ska and reggae group the Maytals, reaching number 47 in the UK Singles Chart.
The song is a jab at their producer, Leslie Kong.[1] Toots & the Maytals re-recorded the song on True Love with third wave ska band No Doubt.
The song is frequently covered by other groups, most famously by British ska group The Specials, and British pop/soul/R&B singer Amy Winehouse.
Notable covers
Byron Lee & the Dragonaires (1975)
The Specials (1979)
Special Beat (1992)
General Levy (1993
Jazz Jamaica (1998)
Los Pericos (1999)
The Stimulators (1999)
Reel Big Fish (2002, 2009)
Adam Ant (2003)
No Doubt (2004)
Melt Banana (2006)
Hefner (2006)
Amy Winehouse (2006)
OreSkaBand (2006 JPN release, 2007 US release)
The Wiggles and Kylie Minogue (2009)
Macaco (band) (2010)