discovered this song on swedish tvchannel ztv where the video was hauled as a future hit. i had heard about therese grankvist wanting to strike out on her own away from the drömhus project prior, but i didn't expect this sound at all. the video itself was a nice one featuring visuals of grankvist riding on trainrails and such but it wasn't for that i caught on to "monkey". if i remember correctly i bought the single about a few days after that, a few weeks later i saw the slimcase single and bought that which had the full length version.
it was that bassline and the video even featured stonebridge's remix, which sonically isn't different from the original it self. on a glance it's a case of stoney doing a tightening up on klas b wahls production, but i suspect that he was somehow a part in the making of the song. "monkey" has two distinct elements and the first one is the chunky bassline but the second one is a discoloop that is filtered in and out.
stonebridge does a better job at the filtering during the verses and the drum track feels thicker and cleaner. only thing is that he removed that small twangy guitar lick that appeared in the verses for the original but i can still live with that. especially considering how much i've played this track over the ten years since it's came out, both in sets but also just on it's own. eventually i also did strike up a big fondness over håkan lidbo's remix, which was the 'underground alternative' but because of it's sound i found it awkward to fit in in a mix.
listen here (youtube)
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