猴子把戲（Monkey Majik）是一組日本的流行搖滾樂團，由負責擔任主唱兼吉他手的梅納德（Maynard）和布萊斯·普藍特（Blaise Plant）兄弟、鼓手 tax（菊池拓哉），以及貝斯手 DICK 組成。其中普藍特兄弟來自加拿大，因此樂團的歌詞除了日文之外，也有大量的英文。

雖然大部分知名的日本歌手和樂團都居住在東京，但猴子把戲的團員目前仍然住在距離東京三百多公里遠的仙台市。

他們發行的第一份作品是自費發行的 EP《TIRED》，限量一千張，只在仙台的淘兒唱片（Tower Records）販售。樂團的第一張單曲是在2006年發行的《Fly》，推出之後獲得不錯的成績。不久後他們接著發行第二張單曲《Around the World》，在日本的 Oricon 單曲榜上位居第四名，同時也成為富士電視台連續劇《西遊記》的主題曲。

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YOU HAD YOUR WISHES BUT YOU THREW THEM AWAY
IT MADE YOU HAPPY YEAH FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY
BUT NOW YOU’RE LOST AND CANNOT FIGURE AWAY
TO GET OUT OF THIS LIE THAT COMFORTS YOU
AND YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD LIE TO COMFORT YOU
RENEW YOUR WISHES GET ON OUT OF THIS FRAY
YOU’LL NEVER CHANGE IF YOU KEEP RUNNING AWAY
A LITTLE TIME， YOU NEED TO FIGURE AWAY
’CAUSE YOU KNOW IT DOESN’T LIE IN FRONT OF YOU
AND YOU KNOW IT DOESN’T LIE IN FRONT OF YOU
I NEED A CHANGE ’CAUSE IT’S ALL GONE WRONG FOR ME
（ I WANT） SOMEBODY ELSE TO LEAD ME NOW
I NEED A CHANGE’CAUSE IT’S ALL GONE WRONG FOR ME
（I WANT） SOMEBODY ELSE TO LEAD ME NOW
（I SAID） SOMEBODY ELSE TO LEAD ME NOW
BROTHERS ON TOP PRESSING
ALL THE MELODIES NEVER CAN STOP ’CAUSE A NENSSITY
YOU LIKE THE WAY THE NORTHERN BROTHERS THEY MAKE YA DANCE
I THINK WERE CHANGING THE SOUND OF SWEET ROMANCE.
TIME TO PARTY
12本の腕　EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET STARTED
TAKATANTAN!!! SWEET SOUND OF THE SHAMISEN TSUGARU
STYLE IF YOU KNOW WHERE THEY’RE COMING FROM WOULDN’T IT BE NICE
IF THE WHOLE WORLD GOT ALONG EVEN ON A SMALL SCALE CHANGE IS POSSIBLE
WE KEEP SAYING THESE THINGS DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN AS IF WE HAD NEVER SEEN
THE OTHER END OF THE STREET START TRAVELLING，
COMMUNICATING EDUCATING SING THEM YOUR SONG YOU’D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE WANNA
（I WANT）SOMEBODY ELSE TO LEAD ME NOW
SOMEBODY ELSE TO LEAD ME NOW
（I WANT） SOMEBODY ELSE TO LEAD ME NOW
（I SAID） SOMEBOY ELSE TO LEAD ME NOW

樂團的名稱是來自日本另一個樂團 GODIEGO（ゴダイゴ）的歌曲「Monkey Magic」。梅納德的日語十分流利，在自加拿大皇后大學畢業後來到日本教英文。布萊斯在搬來日本前是一名以個人身分活動的音樂家。

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Monkey Majik