Monkey Chop

"Monkey Chop"
Single by Dan-I
from the album Monkey Chop
B-side Rollercide (Part One)
Released 1979
Format 12" single
Genre Disco
Length 3:33
Label Island
Writer(s) S. E. Lewinson ( Dan I )

Monkey Chop is a single by British disco artist Dan-I, and is widely recognized as a "one-hit wonder". The song was produced by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes.[1]

Track listing

The single "Monkey Chop" had two A-side-, and two B-side songs:

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (1979-1980) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[2] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 11
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] 30

Year-end charts

Chart (1980) Position
Italy (FIMI)[2] 28

References

  1. "David Prever at Drivetime", BBC Radio Oxford, 10 December 2013
  2. 2.0 2.1 I singoli più venduti del 1980 (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  3. "Charts.org.nz – Dan-I – Monkey Chop". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  4. "Swedishcharts.com – Dan-I – Monkey Chop". Singles Top 60. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  5. "November 1979/ Archive Chart: 10 November 1979" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 1 November 2013.