Shock The Monkey

Name: Shock The Monkey
Uploaded: 1982-01-01
Duration: 4 min 4 s
Description: Released in September 1982 from Peter Gabriel's fourth self-titled album (titled Security in the US), this song became Gabriel's first Top 40 hit in America, reaching number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. According to AllMusic, the song featured a "relentlessly repeated hook" that "sounded nothing like anything else on the radio at the time."

Peter Gabriel Play Mix

1982 80s

Released in September 1982 from Peter Gabriel's fourth self-titled album (titled Security in the US), this song became Gabriel's first Top 40 hit in America, reaching number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. According to AllMusic, the song featured a "relentlessly repeated hook" that "sounded nothing like anything else on the radio at the time."