The Monkey That Became President
"The Monkey That Became President" | ||||
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Single by Tom T. Hall | ||||
from the album We All Got Together and... | ||||
B-side | "Pamela Brown" | |||
Released | June 19, 1972 | |||
Recorded | December 21, 1971 Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | Mercury 73297 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tom T. Hall | |||
Producer(s) | Jerry Kennedy | |||
Tom T. Hall singles chronology | ||||
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"The Monkey That Became President" is a song written and recorded by the American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in June 1972 as the second and final single from the album, We All Got Together and.... The song peaked at number 11 on the U.S. country singles chart and at number 9 on the Canadian country singles chart.[1]
Content
The narrator pokes fun at government by showing that a monkey can perform duties better than politicians.
Chart performance
Chart (1972) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 11 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 9 |
References
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Tom T. Hall
- In Search of a Song (1971)
- Places I've Done Time (1978)
- Song in a Seashell (1985)
- Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1975)
- "Ballad of Forty Dollars"
- "A Week in a Country Jail"
- "Shoeshine Man"
- "Salute to a Switchblade"
- "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died"
- "The Monkey That Became President"
- "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine"
- "Ravishing Ruby"
- "I Love"
- "That Song Is Driving Me Crazy"
- "Country Is"
- "I Care"
- "Deal"
- "I Like Beer"
- "Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)"
- "Fox on the Run"
- "Your Man Loves You Honey"
- "It's All in the Game"
- "May the Force Be with You Always"
- "What Have You Got to Lose"
- "The Old Side of Town"
- "Song of the South"
- "A Bar with No Beer"
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