It's a Jungle Out There (song)

"It's a Jungle Out There" is a song written by Randy Newman, and used as the theme song for the TV series Monk starting in its second season. In 2004, it won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music.

The lyrics allude to Monk's plethora of fears and warn that some degree of cautiousness and attention is necessary to stay alive, given everyday life's many dangers.

Snoop Dogg covered this song for the season 6 episode "Mr. Monk and the Rapper," in which he also played a guest role as a rapper accused of murder, Murderuss.

Although the track remained consistent, the clips used in the title sequence changed over the course of the series. There are hence three different versions of "It's a Jungle Out There":

The first version, used from "Mr. Monk Goes Back to School" at the start of season 2 through "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine" halfway through season 3. This version was used in approximately 25 episodes.
The shorter second version, used in the second half of season 3 and all of season 4, from "Mr. Monk and the Red Herring" (season 3) through "Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty" (season 4). This version was introduced because Bitty Schram quit her role as Sharona Fleming and was replaced by Traylor Howard as Natalie Teeger, necessitating the removal of the title sequence's clips featuring Sharona. This version was used in approximately 23 episodes and replaced several season 1 and season 2 clips with clips from other season 2 and season 3 episodes.
The third and final version was used starting in season 5 with the episode "Mr. Monk and the Actor" and through the series finale. This version was used for approximately 64 episodes, and brought in clips from season 4 and season 5 episodes.

Randy Newman also wrote a new song for the final episode, "Mr. Monk and the End", entitled "When I'm Gone". The song won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.

The song has yet to be released on CD or to download.

References

Randy Newman

Studio albums	Randy Newman (1968) 12 Songs (1970) Sail Away (1972) Good Old Boys (1974) Little Criminals (1977) Born Again (1979) Trouble in Paradise (1983) Land of Dreams (1988) Bad Love (1999) Harps and Angels (2008)

Live albums	Randy Newman Live (1971)

Compilations	Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman (1987) Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman (1998) The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 (2003) The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 (2011)

Musicals	Randy Newman's Faust (1995)

Films scored	Cold Turkey (1971) Ragtime (1981) The Natural (1984) Parenthood (1989) Awakenings (1990) Avalon (1990) Yakety Yak, Take it Back (1991) Trash Talk (1992) The Paper (1994) Maverick (1994) Toy Story (1995) James and the Giant Peach (1996) Michael (1996) Cats Don't Dance (1997) A Bug's Life (1998) Pleasantville (1998) Toy Story 2 (1999) Meet the Parents (2000) Monsters, Inc. (2001) Seabiscuit (2003) Meet the Fockers (2004) Cars (2006) Leatherheads (2008) The Princess and the Frog (2009) Toy Story 3 (2010) Monsters University (2013) Cars 3 (2017) Toy Story 4 (2018)

Soundtrack albums	Avalon (1990) Meet the Parents (2000) Cars (2006) The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Songs	"Mama Told Me Not to Come" "Sail Away" "He Gives Us All His Love" "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" "Political Science" "You Can Leave Your Hat On" "Louisiana 1927" "Rednecks" "Short People" "I Love L.A." "You've Got a Friend in Me" "When She Loved Me" "We Belong Together" "It's a Jungle Out There"

Related	Discography Brill Building Nilsson Sings Newman Raising the Bar

Family	Alfred Newman David Newman Emil Newman Joey Newman Lionel Newman Thomas Newman

Monk

Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Episodes	"Mr. Monk and the Candidate" "Mr. Monk and the Airplane" "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies" "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan" "Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty" "Mr. Monk and the Actor" "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink" "Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa Claus" "Mr. Monk and the End"

Characters	Adrian Monk Sharona Fleming Natalie Teeger Leland Stottlemeyer Randy Disher Trudy Monk

Novels	Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants Mr. Monk in Outer Space Mr. Monk Goes to Germany Mr. Monk is Miserable Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop Mr. Monk in Trouble Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out Mr. Monk on the Road Mr. Monk on the Couch Mr. Monk on Patrol Mr. Monk is a Mess Mr. Monk Gets Even Mr. Monk Helps Himself Mr. Monk Gets on Board Mr. Monk Is Open for Business

Other	Awards and nominations Cast list Soundtrack "It's a Jungle Out There"

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