“Everybody’s got somethin’ to hide, ‘cept for me and my monkey.”
from wiki:
Shock the Monkey:
Gabriel has described “Shock the Monkey” as “a love song” that examines how jealousy can release one’s basic instincts; the monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one’s feelings of jealousy.[6] Gabriel has mentioned that the song’s lyrical motif was inspired by King Kong’s lightning powers in the film King Kong vs. Godzilla.[7]