| "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" | ||||
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 US single label | ||||
| Single by the Monkees | ||||
| B-side | "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" | |||
| Released | March 8, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | January 21 and 24; February 4 and 6, 1967 | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor Studios, Studio B New York City | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:51 | |||
| Label | Colgems #1004 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Diamond | |||
| Producer(s) | Jeff Barry | |||
| The Monkees singles chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Japanese picture sleeve | ||||
| Official audio | ||||
| "A Little Bit Me,a Little Bit You" on YouTube | ||||
"A Little Bit Me,a Little Bit You" is a song written by Neil Diamond,recorded by the Monkees,and released as a single on March 8,1967. The lead vocal was Davy Jones' first on a Monkees single. [1] The single reached No. 1 on the Cashbox Top 100 chart; [2] on the Billboard Hot 100 it reached No. 2,with "Somethin' Stupid" by Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra keeping it from the top spot. [3]
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The record's B-side was Michael Nesmith's "The Girl I Knew Somewhere," which also charted on the Hot 100,peaking at No. 39. [4]
Diamond never recorded the song,as he had done with "I'm a Believer," but he did perform it during his live shows of 1967. A recording exists of one such performance at New York's Bitter End club. [5]
