The Main Monkey Business

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"The Main Monkey Business"
Instrumental by Rush
from the album Snakes & Arrows
ReleasedMay 1, 2007
Genre Progressive rock, hard rock, instrumental rock
Length6:01
Label Atlantic Records
Songwriter(s) Lifeson/Lee/Peart
Producer(s) Rush & Nick Raskulinecz

"The Main Monkey Business" is an instrumental from Rush's 2007 album Snakes & Arrows . It clocks in at 6 minutes and 1 second, making it Rush's second longest instrumental, the longest being "La Villa Strangiato". Drummer Neil Peart remarked that it took him three days to learn the song. [1]

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Background

The title of the song comes from a phrase lead singer and bassist Geddy Lee's mother used to describe someone up to no good:

...Long story short is, uh, this person was up to hijinx and my mother was telling me "Well I think there was some monkey business involved", and I said, "What do you mean, monkey business? What kind of monkey business? And she said, "The MAIN monkey business". So I love that phrase and every time I think of her saying "The MAIN monkey business" it makes me laugh. [2]

Geddy Lee, Legends of Classic Rock interview

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