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PJ Harvey – The Orange Monkey (2016) | Track profile | Dork

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PJ Harvey
The Hope Six Demolition Project
The Orange Monkey

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The Orange Monkey

Release date: 14th April 2016

From The Hope Six Demolition Project

Track 7

2:47

Alternative Music Rock Adult Alternative

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About This Track

"The Orange Monkey" is a track by PJ Harvey, from the album The Hope Six Demolition Project, released 14th April 2016. The track is 2:47 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about PJ Harvey.

About the Artist

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

Lyrics

The Orange Monkey

A restlessness took hold my brain
And questions I could not hold back
An orange monkey on a chain
On a bleak, uneven track

Told me that to understand
You must travel back in time
I took a plane to a foreign land
And said I'll write down what I find

Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh

Beneath a mountain's jagged shelves
Cloaked with snow and shadows sheer
Plates tipped up upon themselves
The pain of 50 million years

And mules and goats were running wild
A happy chaos carried on
And old men and the young boys smiled
And worked until the day was gone

Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh

Packs of sandy-coloured dogs
Walked streets that looked like building sites
But piles of rocks and dust and smog
Could not block out a different light

When I returned, I ran to meet
The monkey, but his face had changed
He stood before me on two feet
The track was now a motorway

Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh

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Track details

From The Hope Six Demolition Project

2:472016

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Album

The Hope Six Demolition Project

15th April 2016

Track number

7

Release year

2016

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3A Line in the Sand
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4Chain of Keys

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PJ Harvey — The Orange Monkey

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: PJ Harvey
Producer: Flood, John Parish
Guitar: Alain Johannes, John Parish
Keyboards: Mick Harvey, Mike Smith, Mike Smith (3)
Vocals: PJ Harvey
Alto Saxophone: PJ Harvey
Background Vocals: Alain Johannes, Jean-Marc Butty, John Parish, Mick Harvey, Mike Smith, Mike Smith (3)
Baritone Saxophone: Mike Smith
EWI: John Parish
Mixing Engineer: Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett, Caesar Edmunds, Drew Smith, Flood
Pedalboard: Mick Harvey
Percussion: Alain Johannes, Jean-Marc Butty, John Parish, Mick Harvey, Mike Smith, Mike Smith (3)
Recording Engineer: Rob Kirwan
Saxophone: Mike Smith (3), PJ Harvey