Good Clean Fun (The Monkees song)

"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. At the time of the release, The Monkees were a trio consisting of (Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Davy Jones, Peter Tork having left the group in December 1968.

"Good Clean Fun"
US single cover
Single by The Monkees
from the album The Monkees Present
B-side"Mommy and Daddy"
Released6 September 1969
RecordedRCA Victor Studios, Nashville, June 1, 1968
Genre
Length2:19
LabelColgems #5005
Songwriter(s)Michael Nesmith
Producer(s)Michael Nesmith
The Monkees singles chronology
"Listen to the Band"
(1969)
"Good Clean Fun"
(1969)
"Oh My My"
(1970)

Written and sung by Nesmith, the song's title is never heard in the lyrics.

"Good Clean Fun" reached No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and No. 29 on the Easy Listening chart. The flip-side, "Mommy and Daddy", is sung by its writer Micky Dolenz.

Nesmith & Dolenz opened their 2018-2019 Tour The Mike & Micky Show with the song.

Notes

  1. Greenwald, Matthew. "Good Clean Fun". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.

References

  • Joel Whitburn's Billboard Top Pop Hits
  • Rhino's "Present" CD booklet


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