Good Clean Fun (The Monkees song)
| "Good Clean Fun" | ||||
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 US single cover | ||||
| Single by The Monkees | ||||
| from the album The Monkees Present | ||||
| B-side | "Mommy and Daddy" | |||
| Released | 6 September 1969 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | RCA Victor Studios, Nashville, June 1, 1968 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:19 | |||
| Label | Colgems #5005 | |||
| Writer(s) | Michael Nesmith | |||
| Producer(s) | Michael Nesmith | |||
| The Monkees singles chronology | ||||
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"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. The Monkees were now a trio (Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Davy Jones -- Peter Tork had left the group in December 1968).
Written and sung by Nesmith, the song's title is never heard. It is about a man waiting for the arrival of a plane with his girlfriend on it.
According to "Monkee Tales" #31 (1981), page 7, in the article entitled "Review of Present", author John Conners states that the song has a surprise ending. The last line, "I told you I'd come back, here I am" is sung by Nesmith in a menacing tone. This gives the tune a sadistic touch; the man is waiting to harm his girlfriend. Nesmith confirms this in the article.[1]
"Good Clean Fun" reached No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100[2] and No. 29 on the Easy Listening chart. The flip-side, "Mommy and Daddy", is sung by Micky Dolenz, who wrote it.
Notes
- ↑ Monkee Tale #31, 1981, "Review of Present", John Conners, pages 6-12
- ↑ Greenwald, Matthew. "Good Clean Fun". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
References
- Joel Whitburn's Billboard Top Pop Hits
- Rhino's "Present" CD booklet
