Too Much Monkey Business

~ Recording by Chuck Berry

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck Berry and His ComboToo Much Monkey Business / Brown Eyed Handsome Man
  • 1956-09 US
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryAfter School Session
  • 1957-05-01 US
3.2Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryTwist
  • 1962 -
1.9Too Much Monkey Business?:??Chuck BerryMore Chuck Berry
  • 1963-12 GB
2.2Too Much Monkey Business2:53Chuck BerryChuck Berry's Golden Decade: The Original Two Albums
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:53Chuck BerryLe Roi du rock
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Great Twenty-Eight
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryGreatest Hits
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Great Twenty-Eight
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Great Twenty‐Eight
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Great Twenty‐Eight
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryAfter School Session (Repress)
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryVintage Music Collectors Series, Volume 15 & 16
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • 1987-10-09 US
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
1.6Too Much Monkey Business3:01Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1.27Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryHis 30 Greatest Hits
1.10Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Best Of
  • 1987 -
1.12Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryGreatest Hits
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll
1.10Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Best Off
1.10Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Chess Box
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:53Chuck Berry16 Greatest Hits
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryAfter School Session
3.27Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryRock ’n’ Roll «Black»
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:59Chuck BerryRoll Over Beethoven
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryBlues Revival
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryHeroes of Rock ’n’ Roll
1.27Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryHis 30 Greatest Hits
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:52Chuck BerryStory 1955–1958
1.16Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Best... Chuck Berry
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Chess Years
2.17Too Much Monkey Business2:59Chuck Berry100 Rock ’n’ Roll Hits
1.10Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryChuck Berry
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryRock 'n' Roll Music
  • 1992 -
1.12Too Much Monkey Business2:53Chuck BerryThe World of Chuck Berry – Reelin’ and Rockin’
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryChuck Berry Singles Collection, Volume 1
  • 1993-05-21 JP
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck Berry28 Great Rock & Roll Songs
1.5Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryFrom Ripley to Chicago
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll
1.8Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryMr. Rock 'n' Roll
1.8Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Blues Collection: Chuck Berry, Blues Berry
2.5Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryChess Rhythm & Roll
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryPoet of Rock ’n’ Roll
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryPoet of Rock 'n' Roll
3.2Too Much Monkey Business2:54Chuck Berry36 All-Time Greatest Hits
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryRock and Roll Music
  • 1996 -
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Best of Chuck Berry
1.14Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryThe Golden Age of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1956
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryAfter School Session
  • 1997-02-21 JP
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryHis Best, Volume 1
  • 1997-03-25 CA
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryHis Best, Volume 1
  • 1997-03-25 US
1.19Too Much Monkey Business2:53Chuck BerryChuck Berry
  • 1998-08-01 DE
6.14Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryThe Chess Story
  • 1999-10-04 XE
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryThe Anthology
  • 2000-06-27 US
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryClassic Chuck Berry
  • 2000-09-12 XE
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:54Chuck BerryAfter School Session
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryAfter School Session
1.18Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryMojo Chess Originals
  • 2005-08-29 US
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryGold
2.8Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryReelin' and Rockin': The Very Best of Chuck Berry
  • 2006-03-13 GB
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Definitive Collection
  • 2006-04-18 US
1.17Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryRock 'n' Roll Music
  • 2006-06-19 -
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Ultimate Collection
  • 2007-05-07 GB
2.23Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryRock ’n’ Roll Originals
  • 2007-07-09 XE
1.5Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryKeb Darge and Cut Chemist Present Lost and Found: Rockabilly and Jump Blues
  • 2007-09-18 GB
1.14Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryJohnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings
  • 2007-12-21 US
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryColour Collection
  • 2008-03-25 GB
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:52Chuck Berry and His ComboChuck Berry
4.13Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryRock’n’Roll Jukebox
1.12Too Much Monkey Business3:01Chuck BerrySweet Little Sixteen
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Best Of
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryRoll Over Beethoven
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:54Chuck BerryGreatest Hits
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryRockin’
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:59Chuck BerryRoll Over Beethoven
1.13Too Much Monkey Business?:??Chuck BerryThe Very Best of Chuck Berry
  • 2010 -
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryChuck Berry Rocks
  • 2011-11-15 US
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryEric Clapton's Jukebox: The Songs That Inspired the Man
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryRocks
2.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Best of Chuck Berry
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:54Chuck Berry5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles and Rare Tracks
  • 2012-12-03 XW
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryBest of the Chess Years
1.12Too Much Monkey Business2:54Chuck BerryLipstick, Powder & Paint! The New York Dolls Heard Them Here First
  • 2013-09-03 GB
1.8Too much monkey business2:56Chuck BerryGreatest Hits
  • 2013-11-14 XE
1.3Too Much Monkey Business?:??Chuck BerryAfter School Session
  • 2013-12-11 JP
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryChuck Berry: The Indispensable 1954–1961
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Absolutely Essential Collection
  • 2014-11-17 XW
1.14Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryRock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Crucial Collection
  • 2015-04-20 AU
10.3Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck Berry20 Original Debut Albums by 20 Rock & Roll Stars
Promotion
1.8Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryBlues Berry (Les Génies du Blues)
  • 1992-03-06 FR
1.8Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Blues Collection 3: Blues Berry
1.8Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Blues Collection 3: Blues Berry
1.14Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryGreetings From the Boss! 15 Tracks Handpicked by Bruce Springsteen
  • 2009-06 GB
Bootleg
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:52Chuck BerryReelin' and A Rockin'
(unknown)
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryTwo Dozen Berrys
1.17Too Much Monkey Business2:59Chuck Berry25 Rock ’n’ Roll Hits, Volume 2
1.16Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryChuck Berry Twist (Japanese SHM CD)

Relationships

recorded in:Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1956-02)
producer:Leonard & Phil Chess
bass:Willie Dixon (in 1956-02)
double bass:Willie Dixon (on 1956-04-19)
drums (drum set):Fred Below (in 1956-02)
Melvin Billups (on 1956-04-19)
guitar:Chuck Berry (in 1956-02, on 1956-04-19)
piano:Johnnie Johnson (in 1956-02, on 1956-04-19)
tenor saxophone:Leroy C. Davis (in 1956-02, on 1956-04-19)
trumpet:Vincent Pitts (on 1956-04-19)
lead vocals:Chuck Berry (on 1956-04-19)
vocals:Chuck Berry (in 1956-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Geffen Records (in 2003)
recorded at:Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1956-04-19)
recording of:Too Much Monkey Business (in 1956-02, on 1956-04-19)

Too Much Monkey Business

lyricist and composer:Chuck Berry
publisher:Arc Music
Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd.