Like any parent, Alexa Cayabyab gets sick of hearing the same toy music over and over (and over) again. But the mom says there's one song that stands out. “I catch myself or my partner just cleaning or doing dishes and we’ll be, like, humming the song or singing the song and it just gets in your head, and you’re not really mad that it’s in your head, you know?” the 28-year-old from Lodi, California, says.
“Sometimes, even when we put our son to sleep, me and my partner will just start singing it to each other. We joke, we’re like, ‘Hey, are you my purple monkey?’” Her son, Ace, immediately gravitated to the Fisher Price Deluxe Kick & Play Piano Gym — 'specifically, the purple monkey song' — and she quickly realized that she liked it, too. Cayabyab and her family are far from alone in their fandom. The “purple monkey song,” as it’s often referred to online, is technically named “Maybe” on the “Sooo Wiggly” album from Fisher Price (available on Spotify, Apple Music or wherever you listen to non-toy songs). But whatever you call it, the song is a certified hit, and parents are obsesse