"Brass Monkey" is a song by the American

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group

Beastie Boys Beastie Boys were an American rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1978. The group was composed of Mike D, Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam Yauch, Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), and Ad-Rock, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (voca ...

. It was a single released from their first album ''

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''. It is also on the Beastie Boys' compilation album ''

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''.

Background

It samples "Bring It Here" by Wild Sugar. The song features the Roland TR-808 drum machine. The song is named after an alcoholic drink of the same name, which is mentioned several times throughout the song. ''

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'' called it a "scratchy rap send up."

Covers

The Dave Matthews Band covered this song at Jones Beach, New York in 2013. It was strung in with " Too Much" and "

Ants Marching "Ants Marching" is a song by American rock group Dave Matthews Band. It was released in September 1995 as the second single from their debut studio album ''Under the Table and Dreaming''. It reached #18 on the ''Billboard'' Alternative chart and ...

Richard Cheese Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine (or simply Richard Cheese) is a cover band and comedy music, comedy act, performing popular songs in a lounge music, lounge/swing style. Lounge singer Richard Cheese is a character created and portraye ...

covered the song on his studio album ''

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'', as well as on his live album ''

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'' as a medley, interpolated with lyrics from "Intergalactic", "

Ch-Check It Out "Ch-Check It Out" is a song by alternative hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released as the first single off their sixth studio album, ''To the 5 Boroughs'' (2004), on May 3, 2004. The song heavily samples "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Peggy ...

", "Sabotage" and "Three MC's and One DJ".

Charts

References

External links

* 1986 songs 1987 singles Beastie Boys songs Songs about alcohol Songs about primates Songs written by Rick Rubin Songs written by Ad-Rock Songs written by Mike D Songs written by Adam Yauch {{hiphop-song-stub