Australian singles chart:
(Theme from) The Monkees is on the EP The Monkees Volume 1 which entered the Kent charts on 8 July 1967 and peaked at #3. The song/EP was #22 on the Top 100 of 1967.
Album:
The song is on The Monkees which entered the Kent album charts on 1 July 1967 and peaked at #3.
Songwriters:
Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
Producers:
Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Jack Keller
Record label of Australian release:
RCA
Bonus clip below: The Monkees television show opening
Wikipedia:
(Theme from) The Monkees was written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart as the signature tune for the TV series The Monkees. Two versions were recorded – one for commercial release and a second shorter rendition designed to open the television show. Both feature vocals by Micky Dolenz. It is based loosely on the Dave Clark Five song (including finger snap intro) Catch Us If You Can.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Theme_From)_The_Monkees
Songfacts:
Songwriter/producers Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were hired to write three songs for the show’s pilot, including the theme. When they wrote it, the cast had not been chosen, and Boyce and Hart had very little direction – the show was pitched as “an American version of The Beatles” and loosely based on the Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night.
The Monkees didn’t play on their early albums, so very often the only band member to appear on a song would be its lead vocalist, which in this case was Micky Dolenz.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-monkees/theme-from-the-monkees
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BONUS CLIP
The Monkees opening and closing theme
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