Backing Berry were Johnnie Johnson (piano), Willie Dixon (double bass), and Fred Below (drums).
Several British invasion bands recorded cover versions of "Too Much Monkey Business".
The Youngbloods released a version of the song on their 1967 album, Earth Music.
[9] "Too Much Monkey Business" was an influence on Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues".
[10] The glam rocker Johnny Thunders paid tribute to Berry's song in "Too Much Junkie Business", a mix of "Pills" (by Bo Diddley) and Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business".