For Pete's Sake (The Monkees song)

"For Pete's Sake" is a song written by Peter Tork and Joseph Richards, and recorded by The Monkees, with Micky Dolenz on lead vocals. It appeared on The Monkees' third album, Headquarters, and was used as the closing theme for the second season of their TV series.

The song is often mistakenly thought to be titled "In This Generation" or "This Generation," because that phrase is prominent in the song. The phrase "For Pete's Sake" does not appear anywhere in its lyrics.

Co-writer Peter Tork later said of the song "It was basically me playing these chords at my house, and my then-roommate, Joey Richards, was with me, and he threw in a couple of odds and ends of lines as I was going along. It just fell right into place", adding that "[it was] my first song on a Monkees' record and the first song that I had written".^{[citation needed]}