Single:
Monday, Monday entered the Australian singles chart* on 14 May 1966 and peaked at #4. It was #55 on the Top 100 of 1966.
Album:
The song is on the 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears.
Songwriter:
John Phillips
Producer:
Lou Adler
Record label of Australian release:
RCA
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Monday, Monday performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, on 11 December 1966:
Wikipedia:
John Phillips said that he wrote Monday, Monday quickly, in about 20 minutes. Denny Doherty was the lead vocalist, with backing music by members of the Wrecking Crew.
On 2 March 1967, the Mamas & the Papas won a Grammy Award for the song, in the category Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental. In 2008, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
The song was performed at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday,_Monday
Songfacts:
Denny Doherty, who sang lead on this song for The Mamas & the Papas thought very little of Monday, Monday when they recorded it. “Nobody likes Monday, so I thought it was just a song about the working man,” he said. “Nothing about it stood out to me; it was a dumb f–kin’ song about a day of the week.” As you can imagine, he was taken by surprise when the song became a huge hit.
Doherty wasn’t alone in his incredulity: Mama Cass and Michelle Phillips didn’t like the song either, and John Phillips claimed he had no idea what the song meant.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-mamas-the-papas/monday-monday
Lyrics:
Monday, Monday, so good to me
Monday mornin’, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday mornin’, Monday mornin’ couldn’t guarantee
That Monday evenin’ you would still be here with me
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