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"'Code Monkey'" is a song by Jonathan Coulton, released on 14 April 2006[http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/04/14/thing-a-week-29-code-monkey/ "Thing a Week 29 Code Monkey"] and part of his album 'Thing a Week Three' released in December 2006. It is one of his most popular songs[http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/05/30/1429253/Jonathan-Coulton-Answers-Your-Questions "Jonathan Coulton Answers Your Questions".] 'Slashdot', 5/31/2011. 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."Clive Thompson. "Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog". 'The New York Times', 5/13/2011.

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'. 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.

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A music video for the song was created by Mike Spiff Booth using imagery from the World of Warcraft video game series and uploaded to YouTube on September 23, 2006.Mike Spiff Booth. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wy7gRGgeA "Code Monkey Music Video"]

The song has appeared in television commercials, and is the theme song for the G4 television network show 'Code Monkeys'.

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