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| "Tear Drop City" | ||||
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 US single cover | ||||
| Single by The Monkees | ||||
| from the 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 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
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| The Monkees singles chronology | ||||
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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.
