Creeque Alley

"Creeque Alley"
West German picture sleeve
Single by the Mamas & the Papas
from the album The Mamas & The Papas Deliver
B-side"Did You Ever Want to Cry"
ReleasedApril 1967
RecordedLate 1966
StudioWestern Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length3:45
LabelDunhill
Songwriter(s)John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
Producer(s)Lou Adler
The Mamas & the Papas singles chronology
"Dedicated to the One I Love"
(1967)
"Creeque Alley"
(1967)
"Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)"
(1967)

"Creeque Alley" is an autobiographical hit single written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas in late 1966, narrating the story of how the group was formed, and its early years. The third song on the album Deliver, it peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard pop singles chart the week of Memorial Day 1967, becoming their last Top 10 hit.[1] It made number 9 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] and number 4 on the Australian and number 1 on the Canadian charts.[3]

  1. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 22. Nielsen Company. 1967. p. 20. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1967-08-01. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-05-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)