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Code Monkey

song written by Jonathan Coulton
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5140026
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Code Monkey

Summary

Code Monkey is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Code Monkey's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Code Monkey's instance of is recorded as single[4].
  • Code Monkey's composer is recorded as Jonathan Coulton[5].
  • Code Monkey's genre is indie rock[6].
  • Code Monkey was performed by Jonathan Coulton[7].
  • Code Monkey's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported[8].
  • Code Monkey was released on April 14, 2006[9].
  • Code Monkey's official website is recorded as https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jonathan_Coulton/JoCo_Looks_Back/Code_Monkey/[10].
  • Code Monkey's described at URL is recorded as https://music.apple.com/gb/song/code-monkey/211036269[11].
  • Code Monkey's described at URL is recorded as https://music.amazon.co.uk/tracks/B002FWC2OS[12].
  • Code Monkey's described at URL is recorded as https://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/04/14/thing-a-week-29-code-monkey/[13].
  • Code Monkey's date of first performance is recorded as December 15, 2006[14].
  • Code Monkey's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11574', 'amount': '+190'}[15].
  • Code Monkey's download URL is recorded as https://freemusicarchive.org/register/[16].
  • Code Monkey's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[17].
  • Code Monkey's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].
  • Code Monkey's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Thing a Week[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7d8229b9-96db-4eb5-baee-7fd3ef3bba20[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Code Monkey was Jonathan Coulton[7].

Publication

Code Monkey was published on April 14, 2006[9]. Its genre is indie rock[6].

Why It Matters

Code Monkey ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . music.apple.com. Retrieved . music.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . music.apple.com. Retrieved . music.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . music.apple.com. Retrieved . music.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . deezer.com. Retrieved . deezer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 12d ago · TangoAF · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2006-04-14T00:00:00Z
    Genius id → Jonathan-coulton-code-monkey-lyrics
    Bmi work id → 8569429
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/1q5jc10vm
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q105543609]]"
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