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"Brass Monkey" is a song by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys. It was a single released from their first album Licensed to Ill . It is also on the Beastie Boys' compilation album Solid Gold Hits .
The single "Brass Monkey" was certified Gold for shipment of 500,000+ sales. [38] In 2012, in the week following Adam Yauch's death, which subsequently resulted in a surge in sales of Beastie Boys albums, Licensed to Ill reached number 1 on Billboard ' s Catalog Albums chart. [39] The album also re-entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 18. [40]
Mario Caldato Jr. co-wrote and produced many songs with Beastie Boys throughout the 1990s. Beastie Boys' cover of "Bennie and the Jets", composed by Bernie Taupin (left) and Elton John (right), was released on Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science.
The song, written by Adam Yauch and band friend Tom "Tommy Triphammer" Cushman (who appears in the video), was initially written for their side band called Brooklyn, but then Yauch proposed to use the song for the Beastie Boys. The song was meant as an insignificant portrayal of "party" and "attitude"-themed songs, such as "Smokin' in the Boys ...
"Sabotage" is a song by American rap rock group Beastie Boys, released by Grand Royal Records in January 1994 as the first single from their fourth studio album, Ill Communication (1994). The song features traditional rock instrumentation ( Ad-Rock on guitar , MCA on bass , and Mike D on drums ), turntable scratches , heavily distorted bass ...
A "brass monkey" is one of any number of citrus-flavored alcoholic drinks. [citation needed] In 1986, the hip hop band the Beastie Boys released a single called "Brass Monkey" from their album Licensed to Ill, although the song's lyrics are focused on the cocktail of the same name.
In a different tuning, the song interprets "TNT" by AC/DC. [8] More metal commentary and adaptation is added by the video, directed by Ric Menello, [9] as a parody of glam metal. [10] Later in their career, the Beastie Boys continued to perform the song live, although with altered lyrics to downplay their early party-boy reputation.
"The New Style" (also known as "It's the New Style") is a song by American rap rock group the Beastie Boys, released as the third single from their debut album Licensed to Ill, released on November 6, 1986.