Monday, Monday

"Monday, Monday"
"Monday, Monday"
Song
B-side	"Got a Feelin'"

"Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by the Mamas & the Papas using background instruments played by members of The Wrecking Crew^[1] for their 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. It was the group's only #1 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.^[2]

Phillips said that he wrote the song quickly, in about 20 minutes.^[3] The 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 #1 hit song in the U.S. to contain a false ending, succeeding "Good Lovin'" by the Young Rascals, and the first time this novelty had occurred between consecutive #1 hits.

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 was performed at the Monterey Pop Festival (California) in 1967. The performance was filmed for the movie of the festival but not included in the final print.

The song appears on the soundtrack of Michael Apted's film Stardust.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1966)	Peak position
Australia	4
Canada RPM Top Singles^[4]	1
Ireland (IRMA)^[5]	4
New Zealand (Listener)	4
South Africa (Springbok Radio)^[6]	1
UK (The Official Charts Company)^[7]	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[8]	1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 ^[9]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1966)	Rank
UK	35
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[10]	7
U.S. Cash Box ^[11]	31

Track listing

7-inch vinyl

"Monday, Monday" (Phillips) – 3:27
"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)
Marianne Faithfull on Faithfull Forever (1966)
Lenny Breau on his debut album Guitar Sounds from Lenny Breau (1968)
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)
Dionne Warwick on Only Love Can Break A Heart (previously unreleased recording)(1977)
Galenskaparna och After Shave, Swedish parodic text Bandy, Bandy about bandy (1988)
The Adventures on Lions and Tigers and Bears (1993)
Hear'Say on Popstars (2001)
Wilson Phillips three times: a modern rock take on their album California (2004) and an a cappella single version the same year, and a straightforward take paying tribute to the original on the album Dedicated (2012)
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs on their album Under the Covers, Vol. 1 (2006)
Rick Price and Jack Jones covered the song on their album California Dreaming (2017).

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.
The song is used in one of the Discovery Channel's promos for the reality TV series Dirty Jobs, which ran for eight seasons.
The Daredevil villain, Typhoid Mary, sings this song when in her "Typhoid" personality.
ESPN uses the Mamas and the Papas' version in a 2017 TV commercial to promote Monday Night Football.

References

^ Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin’s Griffin. pp. 261–263. ISBN 978-1-250-03046-7.
^ The Mamas and the Papas
^ John Phillips interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1966-05-30. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Monday Monday". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
^ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (M)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 21, 1966
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1966/Top 100 Songs of 1966". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1966YESP.html Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 24, 1966

External links

Monday, Monday at Myspace (streamed copy where licensed)
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[1] Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin’s Griffin. pp. 261–263. ISBN 978-1-250-03046-7.

[2] The Mamas and the Papas

[pc36-3] John Phillips interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)

[4] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1966-05-30. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

[sc_Ireland2_-5] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Monday Monday". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

[6] "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (M)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[7] "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

[8] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[9] Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 21, 1966

[10] "Top 100 Hits of 1966/Top 100 Songs of 1966". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[11] ttp://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1966YESP.html Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 24, 1966

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v t e The Mamas & the Papas
Denny Doherty Cass Elliot John Phillips Michelle Phillips Lisa Brescia Jill Gibson Laurie Beebe Lewis Deb Lyons Spanky McFarlane Barry McGuire Scott McKenzie Mackenzie Phillips
Studio albums	If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966) The Mamas & the Papas (1966) Deliver (1967) The Papas & the Mamas (1968) People Like Us (1971)
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1998) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Mamas & the Papas (1999) All the Leaves Are Brown (2001)
Singles	"Go Where You Wanna Go" (1965) "California Dreamin'" (1965) "Monday, Monday" (1966) "I Saw Her Again" (1966) "Words of Love" (1966) "Dancing in the Street" (1966) "Look Through My Window" (1966) "Dedicated to the One I Love" (1967) "Creeque Alley" (1967) "My Girl" (1967) "Glad to Be Unhappy" (1967) "Twelve Thirty" (1967) "Safe in My Garden" (1968) "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (1968) "Do You Wanna Dance" (1968)
Related	Discography Chynna Phillips Bijou Phillips Wilson Phillips The Beach Boys Geneviève Waïte The Journeymen The Halifax Three The Big 3 The Mugwumps

v t e Jay and the Americans
Sandy Deanne Howie Kane Jay Reincke Marty Sanders Jay Traynor Kenny Vance Jay Black
Studio albums	She Cried Come a Little Bit Closer Blockbusters Sunday and Me Livin' Above Your Head Try Some of This! Sands of Time Wax Museum Capture the Moment
Singles	"She Cried" "Come a Little Bit Closer" "Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)" "Cara Mia" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Sunday and Me" "Crying" "No Other Love" "This Magic Moment" "Walkin' in the Rain" "There Goes My Baby"
Cover songs	"Here, There and Everywhere" "Hushabye" "It's a Big Wide Wonderful World" "Maria" "Monday, Monday" "Nature Boy" "Since I Don't Have You" "Solitary Man" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" "Tonight"