NPR

A decade-old wordless song shows how music and social media are shaping each other

Ten years ago, Kevin MacLeod released "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" — now in tens of millions of TikToks, Instagram reels and YouTube videos. Its path shows how music and social media shape one another.
KPBS

How a catchy tune became the soundtrack to TikTok's silliest videos

You'll have to turn up the volume to hear what all these posts have in common: a song created ten years ago called "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" by Kevin MacLeod. The song's story illustrates one of the ...
WUNC

A decade-old wordless song shows how music and social media are shaping each other

CHANG: It's the background music for millions of videos, played billions of times. But few people know the name of the song or the person who composed it. On the year of its 10th anniversary, Deena ...
WUWM

A decade-old wordless song shows how music and social media are shaping each other

If you spend any time on social media, you probably have heard this song. (SOUNDBITE OF KEVIN MCLEOD'S "MONKEYS SPINNING MONKEYS") CHANG: It's the background music for millions of videos, played ...