Last Train to Clarksville

"Last Train to Clarksville"
Single by the Monkees
from the album The Monkees
B-side	"Take a Giant Step"
Released	August 16, 1966
Recorded	July 25, 1966 RCA Victor Studios, Studio A Hollywood, CA
Genre	Country rock[1] folk rock[2] jangle pop[2]
Length	2:46
Label	Colgems 1001
Songwriter(s)	Tommy Boyce Bobby Hart
Producer(s)	Tommy Boyce Bobby Hart
The Monkees singles chronology
"Last Train to Clarksville" (1966) "I'm a Believer" (1966)
Music video
"Last Train To Clarksville" (Official Live Video) on YouTube

"Last Train to Clarksville" is a debut single from The Monkees and is the leading single from their debut studio album The Monkees. It went to number 1 in the United States and Canada, number 23 in the United Kingdom, number 16 in South Africa, number 6 in New Zealand, number 10 in Finland, number 5 in Ireland and number 14 in Australia. It was featured seven times to the television program The Monkees.

References

1. Trigger (December 10, 2021). "More Than a Monkee: Mike Nesmith's Seminal Hand in Country Rock". Saving Country Music. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
2. Stanley, Bob (2014). "Bubblegum Is the Naked Truth: The Monkees". Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 205.