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“Monkey Gone to Heaven” is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies and is the seventh track on their 1989 album Doolittle. The song was written and sung by frontman Black Francis and was produced by Gil Norton. Referencing environmentalism and biblical numerology, the song’s lyrics mirrored themes that were explored in Doolittle. “Monkey Gone to Heaven” was the first Pixies song to feature guest musicians: two cellists, Arthur Fiacco and Ann Rorich, and two violinists, Karen Karlsrud and Corine Metter.
“Monkey Gone to Heaven” was released as the first single from Doolittle in the United States and United Kingdom. As the band had signed to Elektra Records shortly before, the single also marked their first American and major label release. It was critically well-received; Rolling Stone’s David Fricke said “Monkey Gone to Heaven” was “a corrosive, compelling meditation on God and garbage”. In the years since its release, the song has received several accolades from music publications.
“Monkey Gone to Heaven“‘s main theme is environmentalism. The song mainly deals with man’s destruction of the ocean and “confusion of man’s place in the universe”. “On one hand, it’s this big organic toilet. Things get flushed and repurified or decomposed and it’s this big, dark, mysterious place”, Black Francis later said, “It’s also a very mythological place where there are octopus’s gardens, the Bermuda Triangle, Atlantis, and mermaids.
“Monkey Gone to Heaven” was released as the first single from Doolittle in the United States and United Kingdom. As the band had signed to Elektra Records shortly before, the single also marked their first American and major label release. It was critically well-received; Rolling Stone’s David Fricke said “Monkey Gone to Heaven” was “a corrosive, compelling meditation on God and garbage”. In the years since its release, the song has received several accolades from music publications.
“Monkey Gone to Heaven“‘s main theme is environmentalism. The song mainly deals with man’s destruction of the ocean and “confusion of man’s place in the universe”. “On one hand, it’s this big organic toilet. Things get flushed and repurified or decomposed and it’s this big, dark, mysterious place”, Black Francis later said, “It’s also a very mythological place where there are octopus’s gardens, the Bermuda Triangle, Atlantis, and mermaids.
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dcmctunes wrote:
The only Pixie song i like......
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goodbadkitty wrote:
the creature in the sky got sucked in a hole now there's a hole in the sky...
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fraguellrock wrote:
Esta canción me deja sin palabras!!
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JohnnyFaceLeg wrote:
Such an epic song.
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xXxjaninexXx wrote:
I'm so glad I finally have this song now and their albums! my life is officially complete and way more awesome than before. :D
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poopshipdstryr wrote:
bum bumbum bum bumbum
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languag3s wrote:
then god is 7
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Sl0wmation wrote:
@sanluck, how then exactly do they look like placebo(which is odd since it could sound a like, which i disagree with) and the main thing is placebo started after they broke up and i think about 5ish years after this song was released
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Soap25 wrote:
pixies year
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sanluck wrote:
looks like placebo...
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CRUDOZZ wrote:
DELO BUENO POCO?
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zwartezon wrote:
And the Devil is six....
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xXPyrophorusXx wrote:
Love, love, love this song
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debcn wrote:
m'enKnta
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Grayfader wrote:
слова выносят мозг
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captain_great wrote:
Quality
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docktertim wrote:
Hot 4 Kim...4 ever....something happened between her and Francis though...
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Nkisi_Nkondi wrote:
There was a guy................
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zwartezon wrote:
if man is 5.....
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Rachsmells wrote:
Absolutely amazing.
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