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Here’s a little something for Christmas Eve....a clip of us singing “Riu Chiu” a cappella from our Christmas episode. I’ve always loved this one. It’s a traditional Spanish song that goes back centuries. The title line sounds like nonsense syllables, but it isn’t. It’s meant to echo the call of a bird. The word riu means “river” in Catalan. In the story of the song, a roaring river keeps a wolf from reaching the sheep. A simple image. A little protection. A quiet bit of poetry that somehow ended

Listen to The Monkees’ rendition of the traditional Spanish carol, “Riu Chiu,” from the “The Monkees’ Christmas Show” episode! In what other languages do you want to hear The Monkees serenade you? | The Monkees