"Code Monkey" is a song by Jonathan Coulton, released on 14 April 2006"Thing a Week 29 – Code Monkey" and part of his album Thing a Week Three released in December 2006.
Composition "Code Monkey" is about a computer programmer who thinks in ape-like terms, and has been described as a "rocking anthem about dead-end programming jobs."Clive Thompson. "Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog". The New York Times, 5/13/2011. The song was accidentally mastered and released in mono on the album Thing a Week Three. Jonathan Coulton later released the song in stereo for his compilation album JoCo Looks Back.
Reception The song is one of Coulton's most popular songs"Jonathan Coulton Answers Your Questions". Slashdot, 5/31/2011. and has since been downloaded over one million times.(No author.) "Pop songs based on office life are missing from musical history," The Times (United Kingdom), Section: Features, What else happened, pg. 2 – Career, June 7, 2007. It was the theme song for the animated sitcom Code Monkeys from 2007-2008."Code Monkey's Intro"., 2/22/2015.
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