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Happy Gorilla Suit Day! 5 Music Videos for Celebrating.

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Jamey Johnson, "Playing the Part"

We're convinced that Jamey Johnson is an alternate dimension version of Jim Morrison that never shaved and went country. It's possible that "Playing the Part" is a deep analogy of artifice within the seething personalities in the entertainment industry. It's also possible that the video is just an excuse to put Matthew McConaughey in a gorilla suit and get drunk. Embedding is disabled, but you can see the proof of that last sentence here .

Queen, "I'm Going Slightly Mad'

It's always weird to see Freddie Mercury without his mustache. We're comforted by the fact that a gorilla is comforting him through the loss of it in the video Anyone else ever think how unfortunate it is that Queen never got to make a video with David Lynch?.

Cadbury/Phil Collins, "In the Air Tonight"

Because of Cadbury using a man in a gorilla suit playing the song in an advertisement for a chocolate bar, "In the Air Tonight" actually beat its original chart position as a single in some 2007 markets. Thus is our faith in chocolate and gorilla suits reaffirmed. The original commercial was only 1:30 of gorilla drumming... thank your lucky stars someone did an extended mix that encompasses the whole song.

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