Fats Domino released "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey" in 1969 as a stand alone single. He had previously covered "Lady Madonna" and "Lovely Rita" on his Fats Is Back LP, however this one is my favorite of the three boogie-woogied Beatles songs.
The song is about the scandal seeking paparazzi sticking their pens, and lens, into the lives of John & Yoko. Metaphorically, that would make Yoko the monkey. Others claim that "my monkey" is a veiled reference to John's heroin habit. If that's the case then "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey" is happiest heroin song that I've ever heard.
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"Lady Madonna" was Fats Domino's last hit.
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