Ten years ago, Kevin MacLeod released "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" — now in tens of millions of TikToks, Instagram reels and YouTube videos. Its path shows how music and social media shape one another.

The song "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" was released ten years ago and has since become the soundtrack to millions of viral videos. Its story shows... How a catchy tune became the soundtrack to TikTok's ...

CHANG: It's the background music for millions of videos, played billions of times. But few people know the name of the song or the person who composed it. On the year of its 10th anniversary, Deena ...

You’ll have to turn up the volume to hear what all these posts have in common: a song created ten years ago called “Monkeys Spinning Monkeys” by Kevin MacLeod. Although few people know the name of the ...

If you spend any time on social media, you probably have heard this song. (SOUNDBITE OF KEVIN MCLEOD'S "MONKEYS SPINNING MONKEYS") CHANG: It's the background music for millions of videos, played ...

You'll have to turn up the volume to hear what all these posts have in common: a song created ten years ago called "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" by Kevin MacLeod. Although few people know the name of the ...

Turn to TikTok for some amusement, and you’ll find short videos of a fluffy cat cuddling a fluffy dog, a toddler clutching a bag of Doritos as though it were a teddy bear, or a penguin creating ...