who sings shock the monkey
Shock the Monkey. Shock the Monkey is a 1982 song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released as a single and peaked at No. 29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart. The song was Gabriel's first Top 40 hit in the U.S. In the UK, the song charted at No. 58.