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Genres: Alternative, Folk Rock

Release Date: Nov 30, 1999

Listens: 2,317

Recs: 35

Format: MP3, 192 kbps Contextual Help marker

Length: 3:09

Track 3: Code Monkey

on the album Thing a Week Three
Latest Price: $0.98 Contextual Help marker

35 RECs for this Track

33 with a review

VodkaMartinez Rec'd this on Apr 21, 2008:
Street Cred: 35 Rec's: 2
“utterly awesome and catchy , i originally heard to short version of this song that serves as the opening theme to the 8-bit animated sreies on G4TV " Code Mokneys " and loved it , then heard this full version and couldn't be happier , this guy should be making albums with wierd al”
jparness Rec'd this on Mar 18, 2008:
Street Cred: 6 Rec's: 2
“Great song - reminds me of They Might Be Giants!”
matthewgair Rec'd this on Jan 30, 2008:
Street Cred: 526 Rec's: 33
“tip top turkish!”
jelisagr Rec'd this on Dec 4, 2007:
Street Cred: 886 Rec's: 79
“What's not to like about this song?”
todd Rec'd this on Nov 21, 2007:
Street Cred: 118 Rec's: 11
“Hilarious! Thank god working at Amie Street isn't like this :)”
PhoeniX42 Rec'd this on Nov 7, 2007:
Street Cred: 81 Rec's: 7
“The geek classic”
partialinfinity Rec'd this on Nov 7, 2007:
Street Cred: 635 Rec's: 47
“A lot of parallels with my own life. Sigh.”
mcangeli Rec'd this on Nov 7, 2007:
Street Cred: 797 Rec's: 48
“Man, this song really hits home for so many programmers out there. It kicks ass. Are you a code monkey? Do you like Mountain Dew? The you'll love this song!!”
mblack22 Rec'd this on Nov 7, 2007:
Street Cred: 192 Rec's: 9
“Hilarious.. but has a good tune too.”
aranea.spencer Rec'd this on Nov 6, 2007:
Street Cred: 21 Rec's: 2
“If you love They Might Be Giants and funny nonsense songs you'll probably love Jonathan Coulton!”
fenrith Rec'd this on Nov 5, 2007:
Street Cred: 1163 Rec's: 44
“Awesome nerd anthem. Highly listenable - it's on my drive selection already.”
fellster Rec'd this on Nov 4, 2007:
Street Cred: 214 Rec's: 7
“I heard this on Net@Nite and I am glad that I finally found it to purchase. ”
bheeger Rec'd this on Nov 4, 2007:
Street Cred: 25 Rec's: 2
“Hilarious and catchy”
kkennedy Rec'd this on Nov 2, 2007:
Street Cred: 626 Rec's: 41
“Code Monkey on Amie St! My happiness is complete!!”
afroninja Rec'd this on Nov 1, 2007:
Street Cred: 702 Rec's: 52
“a nerd anthem!”
gpels Rec'd this on Oct 25, 2007:
Street Cred: 107 Rec's: 7
“Funny and upbeat; great song to drive to.”
meatgel Rec'd this on Oct 23, 2007:
Street Cred: 210 Rec's: 14
“Funny, well put-together song. I love it.”
dannyboyex Rec'd this on Oct 23, 2007:
Street Cred: 33 Rec's: 2
“HIlarious”
kmullins Rec'd this on Oct 18, 2007:
Street Cred: 74 Rec's: 5
“If you dig tech this song is for you”
AndyBo Rec'd this on Oct 11, 2007:
Street Cred: 178 Rec's: 11
“You don't have to be a Code Monkey to appreciate this song, but it might help :-) Funny because it's true, and very, very listenable because it's quality music.”
moron Rec'd this on Oct 7, 2007:
Street Cred: 216 Rec's: 10
“Excellent song. brilliant melody and great lyrics.. any geek would fall in love with this song”
CraigH Rec'd this on Oct 5, 2007:
Street Cred: 11096 Rec's: 500
“Code Monkey very simple man--big warm fuzzy secret heart--Code Monkey like you. And you like Code Monkey, promise.”
mcbarron Rec'd this on Oct 4, 2007:
Street Cred: 1307 Rec's: 57
“Being a code monkey myself, I feel confident that you too will enjoy this funny and fun song.”
dorsey Rec'd this on Oct 2, 2007:
Street Cred: 14688 Rec's: 525
“How much fun is this!! Two versions with whacky lyrics and a great beat that bubble along to the sound of your own laughter. Something new and different on the street.”
jbree Rec'd this on Oct 2, 2007:
Street Cred: 164 Rec's: 8
“For all you techies out there, a light hearted yet very cool tune to grin to.”
cclancy Rec'd this on Oct 2, 2007:
Street Cred: 1706 Rec's: 62
“this song is fantastic. office space in music form.”
icanfixit Rec'd this on Oct 2, 2007:
Street Cred: 399 Rec's: 14
“Funny, true, and just good music. ”
Elias Rec'd this on Oct 2, 2007:
Street Cred: 14356 Rec's: 508
“hahaha, NICE. You could replace "code monkey" with "intern" and this rings just as true.”
rock.nerdy Rec'd this on Oct 2, 2007:
Street Cred: 450 Rec's: 17
“hehehe. *applause*”
slikkerdee Rec'd this on Oct 2, 2007:
Street Cred: 348 Rec's: 9
“Like "Office Space"? You'll dig this tune. Funny lyrics, Catchy Tune!”
caritz Rec'd this on Oct 2, 2007:
Street Cred: 45 Rec's: 1
“great recording and truly funny”
roguepuppet Rec'd this on Oct 2, 2007:
Street Cred: 19288 Rec's: 735
“OMG >> please tell me that this is just the first in an experiment and Jonathan is planning on uploading the rest of his library to AmieSt.. please please. Go, buy this song fast, maybe he will upload all the rest. Code Monkeys are so much better than Cavemen..”
Sshomi Rec'd this on Oct 2, 2007:
Street Cred: 18859 Rec's: 560
“Ha-ha...Jonathan Coulton has arrived on Amie Street. I was grinning before I even hit “listen.” Folksy, folk-rocky with funny, satirical, off-the-wall lyrics. ☺ ”

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