Too Much Monkey Business

~ Recording by Chuck Berry

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck Berry and His ComboToo Much Monkey Business / Brown Eyed Handsome ManChuck Berry and His ComboSingle
Chess (US label)1635
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryAfter School SessionChuck BerryAlbum
  • US1957-05-01
Chess (US label)LP 1426
3.2Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryTwistChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • -1962
1.9Too Much Monkey Business?:??Chuck BerryMore Chuck BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Pye InternationalNPL 28028
2.2Too Much Monkey Business2:53Chuck BerryChuck Berry's Golden Decade: The Original Two AlbumsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Chess (UK subsidiary of Chess Records)CH-50 024
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:53Chuck BerryLe Roi du rockChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Musidisc (French record label, at times styled as MUSIDISC with logo of its sibling label Accord)30 CV 1292
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Great Twenty-EightChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Chess (US label)CH-8201
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryGreatest HitsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)CHD-92500
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Great Twenty-EightChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Chess (US label), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)CHD-92500
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Great Twenty‐EightChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)CHD-92500
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Great Twenty‐EightChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)CHD-92500, D 264137
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryAfter School Session (Repress)Chuck BerryAlbum
Chess (US label)LP 112
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryVintage Music Collectors Series, Volume 15 & 16Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-5938
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackChuck BerryAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1987-10-09
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-6217
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock 'n' RollChuck BerryAlbum + Soundtrack
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD 6217, MCD 06217
1.6Too Much Monkey Business3:01Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll Original Motion Picture SoundtrackChuck BerryAlbum + Soundtrack
MCA-6217
1.27Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryHis 30 Greatest HitsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
The Entertainers (Italian)CD 0263
1.10Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Best OfChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • -1987
Cédé InternationalCD 660 37, CD 66037
1.12Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryGreatest HitsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Double Play (UK budget compilation label owned by Tring International PLC)GRF034
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock ’n’ RollChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Chess (US label)CD Chess 1003
1.10Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Best OffChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Take OffCD 80135
1.10Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Chess BoxChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Chess (US label), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)CHD3-80001
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:53Chuck Berry16 Greatest HitsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryAfter School SessionChuck BerryAlbum
Chess (UK subsidiary of Chess Records), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)CHD-9284
3.27Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryRock ’n’ Roll «Black»Fats Domino / Little Richard / Chuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
The Entertainers (Italian)CDB 1408
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:59Chuck BerryRoll Over BeethovenChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Success (European budget label)2103 CD
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Best of Chuck BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • AU1990-05-14
Axis (Australian budget label dealing with EMI reissues), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDAX 701564
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryBlues RevivalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Charly Records
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryHeroes of Rock ’n’ RollChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Heroes of Rock’n RollHR 301
1.27Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryHis 30 Greatest HitsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
The Entertainers (Italian)CD 0263
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:52Chuck BerryStory 1955–1958Chuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Vogue (since 1973; for earlier releases please use their former imprint Disques Vogue)VG 660 660501
1.16Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Best... Chuck BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Sound (80s/90s Dutch)CD 914
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Chess YearsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Chess (US label)CD RED BOX 2
2.17Too Much Monkey Business2:59Chuck Berry100 Rock ’n’ Roll HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Tring (imprint with only the word “Tring” on a CD graphic)TFP002, VAR005, VAR006, VAR007, VAR008
1.10Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryChuck BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
PerfilCD 3018
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryRock 'n' Roll MusicChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • -1992
Charly RecordsCDCD1018
1.12Too Much Monkey Business2:53Chuck BerryThe World of Chuck Berry: Reelin’ and Rockin’Chuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Trace0400692
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryChuck Berry Singles Collection, Volume 1Chuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1993-05-21
Overseas Records (Teichiku sub-label)TECX-25502
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck Berry28 Great Rock & Roll SongsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Charly RecordsBXCL256
1.5Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryFrom Ripley to ChicagoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Charly RecordsCd INS 5071
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock ’n’ RollChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Charly RecordsCPCD 8006
1.8Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryMr. Rock 'n' RollChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
LaserLight Digital12 190
1.8Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Blues Collection: Chuck Berry, Blues BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Orbis (UK subsidiary publishing imprint of De Agostini Group)BLU NC 003
2.5Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryChess Rhythm & RollVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), Chess (US label)CHD4-9352
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryPoet of Rock ’n’ RollChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Charly RecordsCDDIG 1
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryPoet of Rock 'n' RollChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
3.2Too Much Monkey Business2:54Chuck Berry36 All-Time Greatest HitsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
GSC Music15269
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryRock and Roll MusicChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • -1996
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Best of Chuck BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCD 11560
1.14Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryThe Golden Age of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1956Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s DigestRDCD 2151-3
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryAfter School SessionChuck BerryAlbum
  • JP1997-02-21
Chess (US label), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)CHD-9284, MVCM-22102
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryHis Best, Volume 1Chuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-03-25
Chess (US label), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)CHD-9371
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryHis Best, Volume 1Chuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1997-03-25
Chess (US label), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)CHSD-9371
1.19Too Much Monkey Business2:53Chuck BerryChuck BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1998-08-01
Bell Records (Bell Musik GmbH, Germany)BLR 89 429
6.14Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryThe Chess StoryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1999-10-04
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)3805962
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryThe AnthologyChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-06-27
Chess (US label)112 304-2
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryClassic Chuck BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2000-09-12
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)112 172-2
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:54Chuck BerryAfter School SessionChuck BerryAlbum
Geffen Records
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryAfter School SessionChuck BerryAlbum
Chess (UK subsidiary of Chess Records)B0001685-2
1.18Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryMojo Chess OriginalsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-08-29
9630156
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryGoldChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Geffen Records0602498805589
2.8Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryReelin' and Rockin': The Very Best of Chuck BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-03-13
Chess (US label)9832354
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Definitive CollectionChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-04-18
Chess (US label)B0004417-02
1.17Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryRock 'n' Roll MusicChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • -2006-06-19
Pinnacle (UK-based distributor & label)428
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Ultimate CollectionChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-05-07
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)982 8919
2.23Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryRock ’n’ Roll OriginalsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2007-07-09
Green Umbrella EntertainmentSIG3CDB3030
1.5Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryKeb Darge and Cut Chemist Present Lost and Found: Rockabilly and Jump BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-09-18
BBE (Barely Breaking Even)BBECD086
1.14Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryJohnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess RecordingsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-12-21
Hip‐O SelectB0009473-02
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryColour CollectionChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-03-25
Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)060075301269 (7)
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:52Chuck Berry and His ComboChuck BerryChuck Berry and His ComboAlbum
Forever Gold (compilations, either marketed, distributed and/or copyrighted by Weton Wesgram B.V.)
4.13Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryRock’n’Roll JukeboxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Prism Leisure (budget UK-based compilation label)PLX 868
1.12Too Much Monkey Business3:01Chuck BerrySweet Little SixteenChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
LATA257
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Best OfChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD279-1, NOT2CD279-2
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:58Chuck BerryRoll Over BeethovenChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Le Chant du Monde
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:54Chuck BerryGreatest HitsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Silver Star (German sublabel of ZYX Music)SIS 1093-2
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryRockin’Chuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Remember (reissues)RMB 75149
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:59Chuck BerryRoll Over BeethovenChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
harmonia mundi, Le Chant du Monde274 1761.62
1.13Too Much Monkey Business?:??Chuck BerryThe Very Best of Chuck BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • -2010
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryChuck Berry RocksChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-11-15
Bear Family Records
1.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryEric Clapton's Jukebox: The Songs That Inspired the ManVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Chrome Dreams (“Maximum” bootleg biography series)CDCD5060
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryRocksChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBCD 17139 AR
2.3Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Best of Chuck BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD279
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:54Chuck Berry5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles and Rare TracksChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2012-12-03
Real GoneRGMCD011
1.6Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryBest of the Chess YearsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT3CD086
1.12Too Much Monkey Business2:54Chuck BerryLipstick, Powder & Paint! The New York Dolls Heard Them Here FirstVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2013-09-03
Ace (UK, started in 1978, cat# "CH" "CHD" "CDCHD")CDCHD 1377
1.8Too much monkey business2:56Chuck BerryGreatest HitsChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2013-11-14
Disconforme S.L. (Andorra Label)CDX7726
1.3Too Much Monkey Business?:??Chuck BerryAfter School SessionChuck BerryAlbum
  • JP2013-12-11
Chess (US label)UICY 75941, UICY-75941
1.13Too Much Monkey Business2:57Chuck BerryChuck Berry: The Indispensable 1954–1961Chuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 5409
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Absolutely Essential CollectionChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2014-11-17
1.14Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryRock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose ItChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBCD 17273 PL
1.7Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Absolutely Essential 3 CD CollectionChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Big3 (UK, budget compilations)BT3084
1.9Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryThe Crucial CollectionChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2015-04-20
Fable (1970s~1980s Australian label)
Promotion
1.8Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryBlues Berry (Les Génies du Blues)Chuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1992-03-06
Guilde Internationale du DisqueBLU-CD 3009
1.8Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Blues Collection 3: Blues BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Orbis (UK subsidiary publishing imprint of De Agostini Group)BLU NC 003G
1.8Too Much Monkey Business2:55Chuck BerryThe Blues Collection 3: Blues BerryChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
De AgostiniBLUES N005
1.14Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryGreetings From the Boss! 15 Tracks Handpicked by Bruce SpringsteenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Uncut (magazine)UNCUT 2009 06
Bootleg
1.11Too Much Monkey Business2:52Chuck BerryReelin' and A Rockin'Chuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Object EnterprisesOR0016
(unknown)
1.4Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryTwo Dozen BerrysChuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Vogue (since 1973; for earlier releases please use their former imprint Disques Vogue)6000085
1.17Too Much Monkey Business2:59Chuck Berry25 Rock ’n’ Roll Hits, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Tring (imprint with only the word “Tring” on a CD graphic)VAR006
1.16Too Much Monkey Business2:56Chuck BerryChuck Berry Twist (Japanese SHM CD)Chuck BerryAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)UICY-94629

Relationships

recorded in:Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1956-02)
producer:Leonard & Phil Chess (legendary US production duo)
bass:Willie Dixon (in 1956-02)
double bass:Willie Dixon (on 1956-04-19)
drums (drum set):Fred Below (in 1956-02)
Melvin Billups (on 1956-04-19)
guitar:Chuck Berry (in 1956-02, on 1956-04-19)
piano:Johnnie Johnson (US jazz/blues/rock’n’roll pianist) (in 1956-02, on 1956-04-19)
tenor saxophone:Leroy C. Davis (in 1956-02, on 1956-04-19)
trumpet:Vincent Pitts (on 1956-04-19)
lead vocals:Chuck Berry (on 1956-04-19)
vocals:Chuck Berry (in 1956-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Geffen Records (in 2003)
recorded at:Universal Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1956-04-19)
recording of:Too Much Monkey Business (in 1956-02, on 1956-04-19)

Related works

Too Much Monkey Business

lyricist and composer:Chuck Berry
publisher:Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)