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Welcome to the Monkey House by The Dandy Warhols
Welcome to the Monkey House is an album by The Dandy Warhols, released in 2003. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 24 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “We Used To Be Friends”, on 23 lists with a best position of #13.
Welcome to the Monkey House, the Dandy Warhols' fourth album, arrived on Capitol on May 5, 2003, following Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia and the Vodafone advert that made "Bohemian Like You" a household tune in 2001. The Portland band worked on it from September 2001 to December 2002, with Tony Visconti credited as producer, and then the label stepped in. Capitol didn't care for the first mix, by Grammy-winning soul engineer Russell Elevado, and went instead with a slicker, synth-pop-leaning version from Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes. The Elevado mix finally surfaced in 2009 as The Dandy Warhols Are Sound.
What made the cut puts Courtney Taylor-Taylor's cool drawl over glossy keyboards from Zia McCabe, with Peter Holmström on guitar and Brent DeBoer on drums, the whole band leaning toward the dance floor. "We Used to Be Friends" led the singles and found a long second life as the theme to Veronica Mars and its movie; "You Were the Last High" and "Plan A" followed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Welcome to the Monkey House on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Used To Be Friends | 23 | #13 | – | 2003–2025 | |
| 2 | You Were The Last High | 1 | #32 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.