The Monkey That Became President

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"The Monkey That Became President"
Single by Tom T. Hall
from the album We All Got Together and...
B-side "Pamela Brown"
ReleasedJune 19, 1972
RecordedDecember 21, 1971
Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Length3:00
Label Mercury 73297
Songwriter(s) Tom T. Hall
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Tom T. Hall singles chronology
"Me and Jesus"
(1972)
"The Monkey That Became President"
(1972)
"More About John Henry"
(1972)

"The Monkey That Became President" is a song written and recorded by the American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in June 1972 as the second and final single from the album, We All Got Together and... . The song peaked at number 11 on the U.S. country singles chart and at number 9 on the Canadian country singles chart. [1]

Contents

Content

The narrator pokes fun at government by showing that a monkey can perform duties better than politicians.

Chart performance

Chart (1972)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 11
Canadian RPM Country Tracks9

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.
  2. "Tom T. Hall Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.