Monkey Business (Skid Row song)

"Monkey Business"
Single by Skid Row
from the album Slave to the Grind
Released	May 1991
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	4:20
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Rachel Bolan, Dave Sabo
Producer(s)	Michael Wagener
Skid Row singles chronology
"I Remember You" (1989) "Monkey Business" (1991) "Slave to the Grind" (1991)

"Monkey Business" is a song by American heavy metal band Skid Row. It was released in May 1991 as the lead single from their second album, Slave to the Grind, and marked a change from hard-hitting glam metal to overall heavy metal.^{[citation needed]} It was written by bandmates Rachel Bolan and Dave "The Snake" Sabo. The song was the biggest hit on Slave to the Grind and although the song did not make the top 40, it reached number 13 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.^[1] The video got heavy rotation on MTV and catapulted the album to double-platinum status.^{[citation needed]}

The song also charted at number 19 on the UK Singles chart.^[2]

Track listing[]

1. "Monkey Business"
2. "Slave to the Grind"
3. "Riot Act"

Personnel[]

• Sebastian Bach – lead vocals
• Dave Sabo – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Scotti Hill – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Rachel Bolan – bass, backing vocals
• Rob Affuso – drums

Chart performances[]

Weekly charts[]

Covers[]

• Croatian hard rock band Animal Drive covered the song on their EP Back to the Roots (2019).^[8]

References[]

External links[]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics