Comments on: Thing a Week 29 – Code Monkey

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:31:35 +0000

This song is amazing. A friend of mine pulled out his iTouch while I was coding the robot for our FTC team, and started playing this song. It’s become my theme song; they insist on playing it whenever I’m writing code. One of them came back with some food, and said, “Don’t let the code monkey eat his hamburger until the robot moves!”

Awesome song!

By: MonkeCode

MonkeCode — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:51:53 +0000

This song about ME!
ha-ha
)

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:23:36 +0000

That’s great!!! I’m in planning and we are Planning Chimps!

By: four20film

four20film — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:01:28 +0000

Very nice. Great song. Great concept. Great marketing strategy (give away for free). The future of music belongs to the masses. I wish you continued success, and look forward to hearing more!

By: Unbennes

Unbennes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:43:53 +0000

Mine is lucky. He got me before he was Code Monkey, and still has me now he’s Software Architect/DB god. Poor love can’t have Mt Dew any more because of medication conflict. The Tab is for me, and I know it won’t make me fat (has no sugar).

I only code monkeyed a few months myself, then got downsized and off-shored. Sigh.

So, love your song, love the Dark Heaven AMV version, love my sweet code monkey.

By: KnowNoLaw

KnowNoLaw — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:13:13 +0000

I really identify with this song, but unfortunately only with the character Rob.

By: Akama

Akama — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:33:50 +0000

So good, this is my life in a song

By: random guy

random guy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:15:31 +0000

…… i meant to put a m there….

By: ramdom guy

ramdom guy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:14:26 +0000

WOW a lotta people post stuff here!

By: Isik Baris Fidaner

Isik Baris Fidaner — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:18:49 +0000

I’ve been singing Code Monkey in my head, but I could not understand some of the lyrics (about fritos etc) and I made them up. Here’s my more culture-independent version:

Code Monkey like riddles
Code Monkey like paper aeroplanes
Code Monkey very simple man
…

Cheers from Istanbul, Turkey…

Baris

By: Jairus-in-a-tie

Jairus-in-a-tie — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:20:41 +0000

Great song! Been playing it all afternoon after a programmer friend sent me the link.

I’m not a code monkey, but I used to be a “boring manager” with an even more boring manager to report to.
(Why don’t you do the g**-damned financial reports yourself?)

And the song describes me perfectly, aside from the programming part. (and from the comments here, the song describes a thousand other guys too.)

Great rhyme, nice tune, very insightful lyrics. Maybe you can write a song for the abused middle-manager? =p

More power!

By: Baragon

Baragon — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:10:08 +0000

Oh geez. I listened to this for a while. It describes me. Like, PERFECTLY. Which scares me. And it makes me wonder. Jonathan, you wouldn’t happen to be Physic, would you?

Anyway, I’m gonna spit it out. Out of the “thing of the week” this is the best in my opinion. Of course, opinion is opinion.

By: Chrys

Chrys — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:36:50 +0000

Hi!

Love your music!! I love this song, is it available as cell ringer? It would be perfect for my fiance’s ringer.

Thanks for all the music, I hope you can come to the Kansas City area and play soon.

~Chrys~

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:55:35 +0000

Saw JC on a IFC interview a couple of months ago for some geek convention they were covering. Really kewl to see The Man on TV. You know you’ve made it. Now if we could just find him a barber….

By: Tom findjobs

Tom findjobs — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:39:01 +0000

After spending a couple of hours tracking down “Code Monkey” stuff, I hereby declare that many many people have wayyyy too much time on their hands…enjoy!

By: SirDregan

SirDregan — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:52:50 +0000

Hey there! I just got to your site through the tv series code monkeys. I just wanted to say i love your song, it’s sooo awesome!

By: isabel

isabel — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:09:08 +0000

sorry but theres this one song called code monkey!{code monkey get up get cofee code money go to job! Code mnkey go to boring meeting with boring maneger bob!}

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Yahoo! Flash(R) Blog » Blog Archive » Have We Got a Job For You — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:17:00 +0000

[...] people are quite happy being code monkeys (there’s even a song written about them), but that’s not who we are looking for. “Nice” words like [...]

By: Eric Mesa

Eric Mesa — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:58:25 +0000

Just heard this on the latest Linux Outlaws – awesome song! It’s gonna get scrobbled real soon now when I listen to it in Rhythmbox

By: Curse You Code Monkey | Creeva's World 2.0

Curse You Code Monkey | Creeva's World 2.0 — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:17:21 +0000

[...] in, I just listened to a TWIT episode 133 which featured Jonathan Coulton the musician who released the song “Code Monkey” back in 2006. I happened to have it on my N810 and I was just going to get up for a smoke break. I started [...]

By: I’m Not Allowed On The Couch » Blog Archive » Code Monkey

I’m Not Allowed On The Couch » Blog Archive » Code Monkey — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:21:30 +0000

[...] On the subject of Code Monkeys, I’ve also included the song “Code Monkey” from Jonathan Coulton’s website sent to me by Mike R. Very funny stuff guys. Thanks for [...]

By: Sean’s Mental Walkabout » Blog Archive » It’s the First of May!

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:49:49 +0000

[...] those that don’t know Jonathan Coulton (the man that brought use Code Monkey, Re: Your Brains, and The Portal Song) wrote a quite awesome song by that name. Listen to it here, [...]

By: Code Monkey: La canción de los monos del código | Picando Código

Code Monkey: La canción de los monos del código | Picando Código — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:55:31 +0000

[...] escrita Jonathan Coulton como parte de un proyecto musical “Thing a Week”, donde escribía una canción nueva cada semana para subir a su sitio [...]

By: Musical Geek Friday #3: Code Monkey - good coders code, great reuse

Musical Geek Friday #3: Code Monkey - good coders code, great reuse — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:51:09 +0000

[...] song was written by Jonathan Coulton as a part of his “Thing a Week” musical project, where he would write a new song every week and put it on his website. With [...]

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[...] design of Blogrize is overall very functional and elegant. Very few tasks take more than a click to perform, yet the interface doesn’t seem [...]

By: SHG

SHG — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:07:08 +0000

Dear JC, I’m just listening to Code Monkey at work and writing it out for a friend (long story) and one chord in the bridge is throwing me. Is that a Cdim7 or a G#7 under “login page”?

By: Stock Monkey (former Code Monkey)

Stock Monkey (former Code Monkey) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:50:17 +0000

Heard Jonathon being interviewed on a podcast for the BBC at the SXSW festival. As soon as I heard Code Monkey I fell in love.

Will now spend weeks/months listening to Code Monkey while exploring Jonathon’s blog and other works.

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Monkeys are awesome! - MacNN Forums — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:27:12 +0000

[...] Code Monkey! -Owl [...]

By: billy jean

billy jean — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:03:59 +0000

what the flibib is a monkey

By: July

July — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:19:37 +0000

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We Like Stuff - Episode 2 at We Like Stuff — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:27:26 +0000

[...] credits: Code Monkey and Tom Cruise Crazy are both by Jonathan Coulton, and released under a Creative Commons [...]

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Career Hacking: How to Get a Raise | One Caveman's Financial Journey — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:24:02 +0000

[...] with my employer and I realized how much has changed since I arrived. I came in as an entry-level code monkey and was bumped up to the next level after one year after a few key departures which gave me the [...]

By: Lyle Wiedeman

Lyle Wiedeman — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:35:05 +0000

Wow. This is my first exposure to JC and I am instantly charmed.

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Galactica Watercooler » Blog Archive » DIY Mixtape: GWC Playlist #1 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:23:55 +0000

[...] a Week 29 – Code Monkey, by Jonathan Coulton: Available from his Thing A Week feed. If you’ve been on the internets lately, you’ve probably heard this. His year of [...]

By: triclinic.org » Blog Archive » I (heart) Jonathan Coulton

triclinic.org » Blog Archive » I (heart) Jonathan Coulton — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:20:35 +0000

[...] have subsequently battered geek culture like a series of class 5 hurricanes of humor, including an ode to lovelorn IT workers everywhere, the finest song about zombies ever written, and a cover of an 80’s [...]

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A tribute to the corporate software developer… « Technikhil Writing — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:09:17 +0000

[...] February 26, 2007 by technikhil You guys know who you are – hint – if any of this makes sense then you are or were one… Code Monkey The song is the creation of Jonathan Coulton who has blogged about it here. [...]

By: MPAA inflates university piracy numbers | Michael Boman

MPAA inflates university piracy numbers | Michael Boman — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:25:32 +0000

[...] consumed by podcasts, with some CC licensed stuff like Jonathan Coulton’s work (I really like Code Monkey for one, but he has written many other good songs), and I am on a all-you-can-eat DVD rental plan [...]

By: Dopp Juice » Blog Archive » Gigglies

Dopp Juice » Blog Archive » Gigglies — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:38:44 +0000

[...] The “Code Monkey” song by Jonathan Coulton – It’s hillarious, it makes me spontaneously headbang and play air guitar, and it’s so true. (download the MP3) [...]

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[...] the number 42. Inspired by the songs “You’re Pitiful” by Weird Al Yankovic and “Code Monkey” by Jonathan Coulton, which I was listening to in the car on the way to the grocery store when I got the inspiration for [...]

By: Awesome Inc » Blog Archive » Episode 4: Guitar in your Pocket

Awesome Inc » Blog Archive » Episode 4: Guitar in your Pocket — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:10:41 +0000

[...] Played Jonathan Coulton’s Code Monkey [...]

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Podcasting with Drupal « Notes from the Metaverse, the WordPress edition — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:08:42 +0000

[...] posts Jonathan Coulton’s Code Monkey to writelarge.com. Cover art shows up funny, but you can presumably tweak [...]

By: Artik Vuelve » Blog Archive » Code Monkey

Artik Vuelve » Blog Archive » Code Monkey — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:04:16 +0000

[...] Jonathan Coulton – Code Monkey (tiene un .mp3 para descargar) [...]

By: David

David — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:42:29 +0000

Ah. Thanks for clearing that up.

By: JC

JC — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:04:08 +0000

No, it wasn’t meant to be a reference. But the riff is actually quite similar to a few different songs, not the most original thing in the world to be sure…

By: David

David — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:12:01 +0000

Almost two years after the post, I have a question: I noticed that your guitar riff is quite similar to that in the old MTV theme song (a la “MTV ID – Moon Landing”[*]). Was this intentional or just a coincidence (or is the similarity all in my head)?

[*] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8364371213479442185

By: James Li

James Li — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:17:45 +0000

Thanks JC. You’ve started a revolution among the Code Monkeys, so they can overthrow their own Manager Robs. You’ve made life a lot more bearable in the Office.

By: wunderboy.org » “Thing is, Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care”

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:49:44 +0000

[...] In an effort to ease myself back in I’m working part time for a while before I kick into full code monkey [...]

By: Eric Greif

Eric Greif — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:25:56 +0000

Between this and portal… I think I’m going to listen to more of your work, Mr. Coulton.

Furthermore, I wish Code Monkey were a song you could rock out in on Rock Band. Harmonix really loves indie artists, and you already had “HUGE SUCCESS” with the last song of yours that was in a video game. Could this be possible?

By: Cell Phone Companies are Evil « majortk’s humongous waste of bandwidth

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:59:50 +0000

[...] that i have. i also have some creative commons mp3s (for example jonathan coulton’s awesome “code monkey”). yet i’m still being treated like a pirate…arrrgh [...]

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I Pwnd You « Kaliope’s WoW Crafting Blog — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:23:49 +0000

[...] breakfast, when he impishly approached me to show off the final product. Apparently we listened to “Code Monkey” a few too many [...]

By: Mini Code Monkey

Mini Code Monkey — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:56:03 +0000

I need Code Monkey Chords, oh and by the way i LOVE the song ive memorized all the lyrics.

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[...] in iWork ‘08 or OpenOffice), or have simple word processing needs. If you’re a code monkey, the Objective-C source code is available for you to tweak and customize, so you can add new [...]