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Monday, Monday

{{About|the song recorded by the Mamas & the Papas|the album by Paul Horn|Monday, Monday (album)|the British television series|Monday Monday }}

{{Infobox song

| name = Monday, Monday

| cover = Monday Monday picture sleeve.jpg

| caption = West German picture sleeve

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = the Mamas & the Papas

| album = If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears

| B-side = "Got a Feelin{{'"}}

| released = March 1966

| recorded = December 16, 1965

| studio = United Western, Los Angeles

| venue =

| genre = Pop,{{cite book |last1=Goldsmith |first1=Melissa Ursula Dawn |title=Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre |date=2019 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, California |isbn=978-1-4408-6579-4 |page=151 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6W-DwAAQBAJ |language=en}} folk rock, sunshine pop{{CN|date=April 2025}}

| length = 3:25 (album version)
3:09 (Single Version)

| label = Dunhill

| writer = John Phillips

| producer = Lou Adler

| prev_title = California Dreamin{{'-}}

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = I Saw Her Again

| next_year = 1966

| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|h81Ojd3d2rY|"Monday, Monday"}}}}

}}

"Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by the Mamas & the Papas, with backing music by members of the Wrecking Crew{{cite book |first=Kent |last=Hartman |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312619749/page/261 261–263] |year=2012 |title=The Wrecking Crew |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312619749 |url-access=registration |publisher=St. Martin’s Griffin |isbn=978-1-250-03046-7}} for their 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. Denny Doherty was the lead vocalist.[https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-mamas-the-papas/monday-monday Songfacts] It was the group's only #1 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/the-mamas-and-the-papas The Mamas and the Papas]

Background

File:Monday, Monday - Billboard ad 1966.png magazine advertisement, April 9, 1966]]

Phillips said that he wrote the song quickly, in about 20 minutes.{{Pop Chronicles |36|5 |John Phillips}} In the lyrics, the singer dislikes Mondays because the person he loved left him on that day. "Oh Monday mornin', you gave me no warnin' of what was to be."[https://www.bing.com/search?q=Lyrics+-+Monday+Monday&form=QBLH&sp=-1&ghc=1&lq=0&pq=lyrics+-+monday+&sc=9-16&qs=n&sk=&cvid=9A836AEE7BE64D07ACBB292106302F14&ghsh=0&ghacc=0&ghpl= Bing.com "Lyrics - Monday, Monday" Retrieved July 12, 2024.]

The song includes a pregnant pause before the coda, which modulates up a semitone. Succeeding "Good Lovin'" by the Young Rascals in the number one position, the event marked the first time in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 two songs with pregnant pauses were consecutive number one hits.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

On March 2, 1967, the Mamas & the Papas won a Grammy Award for this song, in the category Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental.{{Cite web |title=Mamas And The Papas {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/artists/mamas-and-papas/15887 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=grammy.com}} In 2008 the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame {{!}} Hall of Fame Artists {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=grammy.com}}

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.

Chart history

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
align="left"|Chart (1966)

!align="left"|Peak
position

Australia

| style="text-align:center;"|4

Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5753&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5753.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5753 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1966-05-30 |access-date=2018-09-16}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

{{singlechart|Ireland2|4|song=Monday Monday|access-date=June 26, 2018}}
New Zealand (Listener)

| style="text-align:center;"|4

South Africa (Springbok Radio){{cite web|url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(M).html |title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (M) |publisher= Rock.co.za |access-date= 8 September 2018}}

|align="center"|1

Italy (Musica e Dischi)

| style="text-align:center;"|39

UK (The Official Charts Company){{cite web|title=Official Charts Company |url=http://Officialcharts.com |access-date=2018-07-19}}

| style="text-align:center;"|3

U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19660521.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 21, 1966]

| style="text-align:center;"|1

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
align="left"|Chart (1966)

! style="text-align:center;"|Rank

UK

| style="text-align:center;"|35

U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1966.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1966/Top 100 Songs of 1966|publisher=musicoutfitters.com |access-date=1 December 2017}}

| style="text-align:center;"|7

U.S. Cash Box http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1966YESP.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217030153/http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1966YESP.html |date=2017-02-17 }} Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 24, 1966

| style="text-align:center;"|31

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=The Mamas & The Papas|title=Monday, Monday|award=Platinum|relyear=1966|certyear=2024|access-date=December 19, 2024}}

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Cover versions

In popular culture

References

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External links

{{Spoken Wikipedia|date=2024-12-25|En-Monday_Monday-article-v2.ogg}}

  • [https://www.myspace.com/themamasandthepapas/music/songs/monday-monday-14433 Monday, Monday] at Myspace (streamed copy where licensed)
  • {{YouTube|VsIjOKCxRSE|The Mamas & the Papas - Monday, Monday}}

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Category:1966 singles

Category:Songs written by John Phillips (musician)

Category:Song recordings produced by Lou Adler

Category:The Mamas and the Papas songs

Category:Jay and the Americans songs

Category:Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients

Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:Cashbox number-one singles

Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Number-one singles in South Africa

Category:1966 songs

Category:Dunhill Records singles