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Good Clean Fun (The Monkees song)

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"Good Clean Fun"
US single cover
Single by The Monkees
from the album The Monkees Present
B-side"Mommy and Daddy"
Released6 September 1969
RecordedRCA Victor Studios, Nashville, June 1, 1968
Genre
Length2:19
LabelColgems #5005
Songwriter(s)Michael Nesmith
Producer(s)Michael Nesmith
The Monkees singles chronology
"Listen to the Band"
(1969)
"Good Clean Fun"
(1969)
"Oh My My"
(1970)

"Good Clean Fun" is a song by The Monkees from their 1969 album The Monkees Present. Recorded on June 1, 1968, it was released on Colgems single #5005 on September 6, 1969.[citation needed] Written and sung by Michael Nesmith, the song's title is never heard in the lyrics.

Background

At the time of release, The Monkees were a trio consisting of Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Davy Jones, Peter Tork having departed in December 1968.

Chart performance

"Good Clean Fun" reached No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and No. 29 on the Easy Listening chart.[2] In Canada it reached No. 80[3] The flip-side, "Mommy and Daddy", is sung by its writer Micky Dolenz.

References

  1. ^ Greenwald, Matthew. "Good Clean Fun". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 173.
  3. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 18, 1969" (PDF).

Additional sources

  • Joel Whitburn's Billboard Top Pop Hits
  • Rhino's "Present" CD booklet