Musical Geek Friday #3: Code Monkey

This week on Musical Geek Friday we have the Code Monkey song!

This song was written by Jonathan Coulton as a part of his "Thing a Week" musical project, where he would write a new song every week and put it on his website. With this song Jonathan instantly became an Internet Hero. He made it to Slashdot and even New York Times (includes video interview with him)!

This song is about a type of programmers called "Code Monkeys". These programmers do coding without passion, just for money. A person can also be called a code monkey if he's a newbie or he's only able to produce low quality code.

Here it is, the Code Monkey song:

Download this song: catonmat.net/ftp/code_monkey.mp3

Download lyrics: catonmat.net/ftp/code_monkey-lyrics.txt

Lyrics of the "Code Monkey" song:

Code Monkey get up get coffee Code Monkey go to job Code Monkey have boring meeting With boring manager Rob Rob say Code Monkey very dilligent But his output stink His code not functional or elegant What do Code Monkey think? Code Monkey think maybe manager want to write god damned login page himself Code Monkey not say it out loud Code Monkey not crazy, just proud Code Monkey like Fritos Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew Code Monkey very simple man With big warm fuzzy secret heart: Code Monkey like you Code Monkey like you, youuuuuuuuuuu Code Monkey hang around at front desk Tell you sweater look nice Code Monkey offer buy you soda Bring you cup, bring you ice You say no thank you for the soda cause Soda make you fat Anyway you busy with the telephone No time for chat Code Monkey have long walk back to cubicle he sit down pretend to work Code Monkey not thinking so straight Code Monkey not feeling so great Code Monkey like Fritos Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew Code Monkey very simple man With big warm fuzzy secret heart: Code Monkey like you Code Monkey like you a lot Code Monkey have every reason To get out this place Code Monkey just keep on working See your soft pretty face Much rather wake up, eat a coffee cake Take bath, take nap This job fulfilling in creative way Such a load of crap Code Monkey think someday he have everything even pretty girl like you Code Monkey just waiting for now Code Monkey say someday, somehow Code Monkey like Fritos Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew Code Monkey very simple man With big warm fuzzy secret heart: Code Monkey like you Code Monkey like youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

If you liked it, people on YouTube have posted their videos dancing to this music and even made computer animations for this song. See Code Monkey Videos on YouTube.

Musical Geek Friday #3: Code Monkey

Download "Code Monkey" Song