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Monkey Gone to Heaven

Pixies

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LIST YEAR

1989

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release/version source checked.

Genre

Alternative rockIndie rock

Theme

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1989

Release: 1989Source checked

Original Pixies single released in March 1989; not the later Frank Black re-recording.

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Monkey Gone to Heaven - release / recording history
Original Pixies single released in March 1989; not the later Frank Black re-recording. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Researched recording background

Monkey Gone to Heaven is listed on Pixies's Doolittle. This is recording/album context, not a claimed personal songwriting inspiration.

Evidence scope: Scope-limited factual background from linked source

Sources for this information

Pixies: Doolittle
Album track membership; original-album association where stated. The linked edition may be a remaster; it does not establish the user audio mix.

Other appearances and versions

Recording identity based on title and credited artist; no audio fingerprint.

Release metadata and original source status are shown on the entry.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

Chronology-screened editorial addition; dated source reviewed; popularity rank not assigned.

Editorial listening-collection classification; not independently established for each recording.

Monkey Gone to Heaven - date and recording source
Original Pixies single released in March 1989; not the later Frank Black re-recording. Selected as a contemporary editorial supplement, not assigned an invented chart rank.

Pixies: Doolittle
Album track membership; original-album association where stated. The linked edition may be a remaster; it does not establish the user audio mix.

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