"Monkey Man" is a Toots & The Maytals song covered by The Wiggles on The Wiggles Go Bananas! album and video, featuring famous Australian singer Kylie Minogue. All the profits of this song and its digital single went to UNICEF Australia, which The Wiggles and Kylie Minogue are both ambassadors for.
Lyrics[]
English (original)[]
Ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah
Me a monkey man!
Me want banana!
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ah, ah
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Banana baby, huggin' up the big monkey man
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Banana baby, huggin' up the big monkey man
I never saw you, I only heard of you
Huggin' up the big monkey man
I never saw you, I only heard of you
Huggin' up the big monkey man
It's no lie, it's no lie
Banana baby, huggin' up the big monkey man
It's no lie, it's no lie
Banana baby, huggin' up the big monkey man
Now I know that, now I understand
Huggin' up the big monkey man
Now I know that, now I understand
Huggin' up the big monkey man
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Banana baby, huggin' up the big monkey man
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Banana baby, huggin' up the big monkey man
Ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Me want banana!
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ah, oh, ah, oh, ah-ee
Me want banana!
Ba-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Ba-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
I was on my way to Banbury Cross,
When I saw a monkey upon a white horse
With rings on his fingers and bells on his toes
He sings a little song wherever he goes
He's a monkey
He's a monkey
He's a really, really, really, really big monkey man!
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Banana baby, huggin' up the big monkey man
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Banana baby, huggin' up the big monkey man
Ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah
Ooh me love banana!
Ooh me no hungry no more!
Español[]
Ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah
Soy un hombre mono!
Quiero una banana!
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Banana quiero, abrazando al grande hombre mono.
Aye aye aye, aye aye ay-
Banana quiero, huggin' up the big monkey man
Nunca yo te vi, oía hablar de ti
Abrazando al grande hombre mono.
I never saw you, I only heard of you
Huggin' up the big monkey man
No es mentira, no es mentira
Banana quiero, abrazando al grande hombre mono
It's no lie, it's no li-
Banana quiero, huggin' up the big monkey man
Ahora ya lo se, ahora entiendo bien
Abrazando al grande hombre mono
Now I know that, now I understand
Huggin' up the big monkey man
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Banana quiero, abrazando al grande hombre mono
Aye aye aye, aye aye ay-
Banana quiero, huggin' up the big monkey man
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah
Quiero comer banana!
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah, ah-ah
Quiero comer banana!
Ba-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Ba-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
I was on my way to Banbury Cross,
When I saw a monkey upon a white horse
With rings on his fingers and bells on his toes
He sings a little song wherever he goes
He's a monkey
He's a monkey
He's a really, really, really, really big monkey man!
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Banana quiero, abrazando al grande hombre mono
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Banana quiero, huggin' up the big monkey man
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah
Ooh, que ricas bananas!
Ooh, ya no tengo mas hambre!
Song Credits[]
Frederick Hibbert (Beverley's Records Ltd. Administered by Universal Music Publishing Pty. Ltd.)
Duets[]
Vocals: Lachlan Gillespie, Kylie Minogue, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins
Backing Vocals: Paul Paddick, Emma Watkins
Dialogue: Antonio Field
Electric Guitar: Anthony Field
Bass Guitar: Alex Keller
Keyboard & Piano: Lachlan Gillespie
Banjo: Anthony Field
Drums: Steve Pace
Steel Drum: Lachlan Gillespie
Drum Programming: Alex Keller
Trivia[]
- The Wiggles' version is based on The Specials' cover of the song. This is further evidenced by the group wearing the suits that The Specials would often sport in the original 2009 music video.
- The song was uploaded to The Wiggles' YouTube Page on January 31st, 2019, until it was eventually deleted.
- The Wiggles and The Specials version plays in G whereas the Toot and the Maytals and Amy Winehouse version plays in B Flat.
- In the 2017 version, The Wiggles re-edited Kylie Minogue in with her choreography from The Wiggles Go Bananas! instead of re-recording new footage with her.