| 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.
Credits adapted from Rhino Handmade 2011 "Deluxe Edition" box set.[2]
The Monkees
Additional musicians