| "Daydream Believer" | ||||
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| Single by the Monkees | ||||
| from the album The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees | ||||
| B-side | "Goin' Down" | |||
| Released | October 25, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | June 14, 1967 August 9, 1967 | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor (Hollywood, California) | |||
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| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Colgems #1012 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Stewart | |||
| Producer(s) | Chip Douglas | |||
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| "Daydream Believer" on YouTube | ||||
"Daydream Believer" is a song composed by American songwriter John Stewart shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. It was recorded by the Monkees, with Davy Jones singing the lead. The single reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1967, remaining there for four weeks, and peaked at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. It was the Monkees' third and last No. 1 hit in the U.S.
In 1979, "Daydream Believer" was recorded by Canadian singer Anne Murray, whose version reached No. 3 on the U.S. country singles chart and No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been recorded by others, including a 1971 version by Stewart.
The song title was featured in the name of the 2000 biopic about the band, Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story.[3][4]
The 2022 American drama Women Talking and The Quarry feature this song.[5]
- ^ Lanza, Joesph (November 10, 2020). "Strobe Lights and Sweet Music". Easy-Listening Acid Trip - An Elevator Ride Through '60s Psychedelic Pop. Port Townsend: Feral House. p. 29.
- ^ a b Breihan, Tom (October 24, 2018). "The Number Ones: The Monkees' "Daydream Believer"". Stereogum. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
...Douglas effortlessly pulls in the strings and horns of that first baroque pop period...adapting the Monkees' starry-eyed pop to the psychedelic moment.
- ^ Dewitt, David (June 28, 2000). "Television Review; Fakers Who Realize That They're the Real Thing". The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- ^ Boedeker, Hal (June 28, 2000). "Hey, Hey These Are the Monkees?". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- ^ IMDb.com, An Amazon Company (February 24, 2023). "Women Talking Soundtrack". IMDb.com. Retrieved February 24, 2023.