Tear Drop City

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"Tear Drop City"
The Monkees single 09 Tear Drop City.jpg
US picture sleeve
Single by the Monkees
from the album Instant Replay
B-side "A Man Without a Dream"
Released8 February 1969
Recorded26 October 1966
RCA Victor Studios
Hollywood, CA
Genre Rock [1]
Length2:01
Label Colgems #5000
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Tommy Boyce
  • Bobby Hart
The Monkees singles chronology
"Porpoise Song"
(1968)		"Tear Drop City"
(1969)		"Listen to the Band"
(1969)

"Tear Drop City" is a single by the Monkees released on February 8, 1969 on Colgems #5000 recorded on October 26, 1966. The song reached number 56 on the Billboard chart, and number 37 on Cash Box. The lyrics are about a man who feels low because his girlfriend has left him. Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, it was the first single The Monkees released as a trio (Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Davy Jones; Peter Tork departed December 1968). Micky Dolenz performed the lead vocal. Boyce and Hart produced and arranged the song.

The flip-side was "A Man Without a Dream", with Davy Jones doing the lead vocal, and it hit no.127 on the Cash Box chart. Both single sides were from the album Instant Replay .

Personnel

Credits adapted from Rhino Handmade 2011 "Deluxe Edition" box set. [2]

The Monkees

Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ Masley, Ed (January 7, 2024). "Best Monkees songs of all time: 30 classics, from their biggest hits to album tracks". The Arizona Republic . Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ Sandoval, Andrew (2011). Instant Replay (Deluxe Edition) (CD box set liner notes). The Monkees. Los Angeles, California: Rhino Handmade. RHM2 528791.
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