[3] The song is about a computer programmer who thinks in ape-like terms, and has been described as a "rocking anthem about dead-end programming jobs.
Jonathan Coulton later released the song in stereo for his compilation album JoCo Looks Back.
[5] Although it does not have an official music video, it is still Coulton's most popular original song[citation needed], having developed a small-yet-devoted cult following.
[7] In 2008, the song was featured in an animated video presented at a free ASIFA event, written by Tom Weiser and IdleAmbition.
In 2012, Chicago-based performance troupe VStheUNIVERSE released a short film based on Coulton's work entitled "Code Monkey."