What Does This Mean?
The renewed use in 2026 short videos of "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys", a loopable, light flute-and-pizzicato instrumental by composer Kevin MacLeod that has long been a default backing track for silly clips. The revival is the track returning as a go-to comedic sound rather than a new song.
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""Monkeys Spinning Monkeys is back under every dumb pet video this week.""
LORE & ORIGIN
Wikipedia says MacLeod released the track on February 3, 2014 under a Creative Commons Attribution licence and that it had more than 31.6 billion plays on TikTok from January to June 2021. NPR reported on September 25, 2024 that the composer encourages free use of his music. Recent term for the 2026 resurgence; no dated source found yet.
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