Monday, Monday

This article is about the song recorded by The Mamas & the Papas. For UK TV series, see Monday Monday (TV series).

"Monday, Monday"
Single by The Mamas & the Papas
from the album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
Released	1966
Format	7" single
Genre	Pop rock, folk rock, psychedelic pop
Length	3:00
Label	Dunhill
Writer(s)	John Phillips
Producer	Lou Adler
The Mamas & the Papas singles chronology
"California Dreamin'" (1965) "Monday, Monday" (1966) "I Saw Her Again" (1966)

"Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by The Mamas & the Papas for their 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. It was the group's only number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

This song includes a false ending, when there is a pause before the coda of the song, and goes up a half note for the bridges and refrains of the song. It was the second consecutive number one hit song in the U.S. to contain a false ending, succeeding Good Lovin' by the Young Rascals.

On March 2, 1967, The Mamas & the Papas won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for this song.

The song is in chromatic-minor and features the Neapolitan chord.

Track listing

7" Vinyl

1. "Monday, Monday" (Phillips) — 3:27
2. "Got a Feelin'" (Doherty, Phillips) — 2:44

Cover versions

• Petula Clark on her album I Couldn't Live Without Your Love (1966)
• The Beau Brummels on their album Beau Brummels '66 (1966)
• Neil Diamond on The Feel of Neil Diamond (1966)
• Jay and the Americans on their album Livin Above Your Head (1966)
• Sérgio Mendes on his instrumental album The Great Arrival (1966)
• Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass on their album The Beat of the Brass (1968)
• Ed Ames from the album Who Will Answer? and Other Songs of our Time (1968)
• The Cowsills on The Johnny Cash Show
• The 5th Dimension on their album, The 5th Dimension/Live!! (1971)
• Marianne Faithfull on Faithfull Forever... (1966)
• The Adventures on Lions and Tigers and Bears (1993)
• Hear'Say on Popstars (2001)
• Wilson Phillips on their album, California (2004) and an a cappella single version the same year
• Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs on their album, Under the Covers, Vol. 1 (2006)

References in popular culture

• ESPN announcer Chris Berman referred to Rick Monday as "Monday, Monday."
• The Mamas and the Papas' version of Monday, Monday is heard in a chase scene in the 2010 movie The Other Guys.
• A Dirty Jobs commercial.
• The Daredevil villain, Typhoid Mary, sings this song while fighting Yakuza.

External links

• Monday, Monday at Myspace (streamed copy where licensed)

Preceded by "Good Lovin'" by The Young Rascals	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single May 7, 1966 (three weeks)	Succeeded by "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge
Preceded by "Good Lovin'" by The Young Rascals	Canadian RPM Top Singles number-one single May 16, 1966 (two weeks)	Succeeded by "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge

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