"Code Monkey" is a song by

Jonathan Coulton Jonathan William Coulton (born December 1, 1970), often called "JoCo" by fans, is an American folk/comedy singer-songwriter, known for his songs about geek culture and his use of the Internet to draw fans. Among his most popular songs are " Co ...

, released on 14 April 2006 and part of his album ''

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'' released in December 2006. It is one of his most popular songs and has since been downloaded over one million times.(No author.) "Pop songs based on office life are missing from musical history," ''The Times'' (United Kingdom), Section: Features, What else happened, pg. 2 – Career, June 7, 2007. The song is about a computer programmer who thinks in ape-like terms, and has been described as a "rocking anthem about dead-end programming jobs." The song was accidentally mastered and released in mono on the album ''Thing a Week Three''. Jonathan Coulton later released the song in stereo for his compilation album ''

JoCo Looks Back ''JoCo Looks Back'' is a compilation album by American internet comedy musician Jonathan Coulton. The title comes from Coulton's nickname, ''JoCo''. It is his first 'greatest hits' compilation and his first of three compilation albums, the other ...

''. Although it does not have an official music video, it is still Coulton's most popular original song, having developed a small-yet-devoted cult following.

In other media

A music video for the song was created by Mike Spiff Booth using imagery from the

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video game series and uploaded to

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on September 23, 2006.Mike Spiff Booth
"Code Monkey Music Video"
/ref> The song has appeared in television commercials, and is the theme song for the G4 television network show ''

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''. In 2008, the song was featured in an animated video presented at a free

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event, written by Tom Weiser and IdleAmbition. In 2012, Chicago-based performance troupe VStheUNIVERSE released a short film based on Coulton's work entitled "Code Monkey."

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