Tear Drop City Explained

Tear Drop City
Cover:The_Monkees_single_09_Tear_Drop_City.jpg
Caption:US single cover
Type:single
Artist:the Monkees
Album:Instant Replay
B-Side:A Man Without a Dream
Released:8 February 1969
Recorded:26 October 1966
RCA Victor Studios
Hollywood, CA
Genre:Rock[1]
Length:2:01
Label:Colgems #5000
Prev Title:Porpoise Song
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:Listen to the Band
Next Year:1969

Tear Drop City is a single by the Monkees released on February 8, 1969 on Colgems #5000 recorded on October 26, 1966. The song reached No.56 on the Billboard chart, no.37 on cash box. The lyrics are about a man who feels low because his girlfriend has left him. Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, it was the first single The Monkees released as a trio (Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Davy Jones; Peter Tork departed December 1968). Micky Dolenz performed the lead vocal. Boyce and Hart produced and arranged the song.

The flip-side was "A Man Without a Dream", with Davy Jones doing the lead vocal, and it hit no.127 on the Cash Box chart.Both single sides were from the album Instant Replay.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ed. Masley. Best Monkees songs of all time: 30 classics, from their biggest hits to album tracks. The Arizona Republic. January 7, 2024. January 12, 2024.