Brass Monkey (song)

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“Brass Monkey”
“Brass Monkey” cover
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album Licensed to Ill
Released 1987
Format Single
Recorded Spring 1986
Genre Hip-hop
Length 2:37
Label Def Jam/Columbia Records
Writer(s) Beastie Boys, Rick Rubin
Producer Rick Rubin
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"Paul Revere"
(1986)
"Brass Monkey"
(1987)
"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)"
(1987)

Brass Monkey is a song by the New York hip hop group Beastie Boys. It was a single released from their first album Licensed to Ill. It is also on the Solid Gold Hits album. The song features the Roland TR-808 drum machine.[citation needed] It is covered by Richard Cheese on his Aperitif for Destruction album.

The song refers to an alcoholic drink, the Brass Monkey, a name attributed to various recipes.