Code Monkey (song)

"Code Monkey"
Song by Jonathan Coulton
Released 15 December 2006
Recorded 2006
Genre Indie rock
Length 3:09
Writer Jonathan Coulton

"Code Monkey" is a song by Jonathan Coulton from his album Thing a Week Three released December 2006. It is one of his most popular songs.[1] It has been described as "a rocking anthem about dead-end programming jobs".[2]

The song has appeared in television commercials, and is the theme song for the G4 television network show Code Monkeys.[3]

In 2011 pianist Louis Durra recorded an insturmental version of the song for his album Mad World EP.

References

  1. ^ "Jonathan Coulton Answers Your Questions". Slashdot, 5/31/2011.
  2. ^ Clive Thompson. "Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog". New York Times, 5/13/2011.
  3. ^ Coulton, Jonathan (June 11, 2007). "Code Monkeys". JonathanCoulton.com. http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/06/11/code-monkeys/. Retrieved August 22, 2008.