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Congo (1954–1964) was a chimpanzee artist and painter. Zoologist, author and surrealist painter Desmond Morris first observed his abilities when the chimpanzee was offered a pencil and paper at two years of age. By the age of four, Congo had made 400 drawings and paintings. His style has been described as "lyrical abstract impressionism". [1]
"Congo" is a song by the English rock band Genesis, released in September 1997 as the first single from their fifteenth studio album, Calling All Stations (1997). The single marked the debut of Ray Wilson as the lead vocalist for the band.
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. [6] The song has appeared in television commercials, and is the theme song for the G4 television network show Code Monkeys. [7]
In the United Kingdom, "Monkey Gone to Heaven" was released on April 1, 1989, and spent three weeks in the UK chart, debuting at number 60. [ 14 ] The music video , the Pixies' first, features the band playing their instruments on a stage, with the camera alternating to focus on each band member.
In the United States, Monkey Business debuted and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 chart dated June 25, 2005, behind Coldplay's X&Y, with first-week sales of 291,000 units. [97] The Black Eyed Peas' first top-ten album on the chart, it spent its first 23 weeks within the top ten, later spending additional five non-consecutive weeks there.
"Monkey" is a US number-one hit song by English singer and songwriter George Michael. It was released as a single in 1988 and reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. "Monkey" debuted at number 42 on 9 July 1988, reaching number-one for two weeks, beginning on 27 August 1988.
It is probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo. Originally a person who plays tumbadoras is called a "tumbador" but ever since they began using the name "conga", a man who plays conga is called a "conguero" and a woman who plays conga is called "conguera". Other common terms are ...
The singles were released by Sony Music and Ultra Music in the US and Warner Music in some parts of Europe. [8] [9] The album won Best pop album at the 22nd South African Music Awards and was also one of the most nominated albums. [10] He was also nominated at the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards for Best pop/alternative artist. [11]