“Monkey” Lyrics by George Michael, 1987 | Friend and collaborator Elton John called George Michael “the greatest songwriter of his generation.” 🌟 Of his songwriting process, Michael said, “I compose in my head usually. I used to compose that way because I didn’t have a tape machine. I wrote all the melody lines to ‘Careless Whisper’ just sitting on a bus. I always write things in my head, let them go around in my head, then I forget about them. Later, I come back to them, and if the ideas are s

‘Monkey’ was the fourth consecutive No. 1 single in the US from the Faith album 🎶 For the single version of the track, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced this version. They recut the song from scratch and sampled some of George’s vocals from the original album version 🤩 Pre-order Faith on vinyl: GeorgeMichael.lnk.to/faithreissue | George Michael