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| has gloss | eng: "Shock the Monkey" is a 1982 song by Peter Gabriel. It was released as a single and peaked at number 29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart. The song was Gabriels first Top 40 hit in the US. In the UK, the song charted at number 58. It was included on Gabriels fourth self-titled album, issued in the U.S. as Security. As well as its "relentlessly repeated hook" that "sounded nothing like anything else on the radio at the time", the track is known for its popular and somewhat disturbing music video featuring Gabriel (in white face paint) and a frightened-looking macaque. |
| lexicalization | eng: Shock the monkey |
| instance of | c/Peter Gabriel songs |
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| Georgian | |
| has gloss | kat: "Shock the Monkey" არის პიტერ გებრიელის სიმღერა, რომლითაც მუსიკოსი აკრიტიკებს მაიმუნებზე ჩატარებულ ექსპერიმენტებს. სიმღერა შეტანილია მუსიკოსის 1982 წლის ალბომში Peter Gabriel. სინგლის მეორე მხარეს ჩაწერილია ინსტრუმენტული ნომერი Soft Dog. |
| lexicalization | kat: Shock the Monkey |
| Polish | |
| has gloss | pol: "Shock the Monkey" - singel, wydany w 1982 przez Petera Gabriela. Znalazł się na jego czwartej solowej płycie - Peter Gabriel (IV). |
| lexicalization | pol: Shock The Monkey |
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