Monday, Monday

This article is about the song recorded by The Mamas & the Papas. For the album by Paul Horn, see Monday, Monday (album). For the British television series, see Monday Monday.
"Monday, Monday"
Single by The Mamas & the Papas
from the album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
B-side "Got a Feelin'"
Released March 1966
Format 7" single
Genre Sunshine pop, folk rock
Length 3:00
Label Dunhill
Writer(s) John Phillips
Producer(s) Lou Adler
Certification Gold (RIAA)
The Mamas & the Papas singles chronology
"California Dreamin'"
(1965)
"Monday, Monday"
(1966)
"I Saw Her Again"
(1966)

"Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by the Mamas & the Papas using background instruments played by members of The Wrecking Crew[1] for their 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. It was the group's only number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Phillips said that he wrote the song quickly, in about 20 minutes.[3] The song includes a false ending, when there is a pause before the coda of the song, and goes up a half note for the bridges and refrains of the song. It was the second consecutive number-one hit song in the U.S. to contain a false ending, succeeding "Good Lovin'" by the Young Rascals, and the first time this novelty had occurred between consecutive number one hits.

On March 2, 1967, The Mamas & the Papas won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for this song.

Arguably the best live or studio version of the song was performed at the Monterey Rock Festival (California) in 1967.[4] The performance was recorded for film at the time but not in a solo album.[5]

The song appears on the soundtrack of Michael Apted's film Stardust.

Track listing

7-inch vinyl
  1. "Monday, Monday" (Phillips) – 3:27
  2. "Got a Feelin'" (Doherty, Phillips) – 2:44

Cover versions

References in popular culture

References

  1. Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin’s Griffin. pp. 261–263. ISBN 978-1-250-03046-7.
  2. The Mamas and the Papas
  3. John Phillips interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  4. City Paper, DC 1996
  5. Hammond Times Music Reviews

External links

Preceded by
"Good Lovin'" by The Young Rascals
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
May 7, 1966 (three weeks)
Succeeded by
"When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge
Preceded by
"Good Lovin'" by The Young Rascals
Canadian RPM Top Singles number-one single
May 16, 1966 (two weeks)
Succeeded by
"When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge
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