| "Porpoise Song" | ||||
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 US single cover | ||||
| Single by the Monkees | ||||
| from the album Head | ||||
| B-side | "As We Go Along" | |||
| Released | 5 October 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 26 and 28 February 1968 California Recorders Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:56 (LP) 4:00 (single) | |||
| Label | Colgems #1031 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Gerry Goffin | |||
| The Monkees singles chronology | ||||
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"Porpoise Song" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and performed by the Monkees as the theme song for their 1968 film Head and its accompanying soundtrack album.[4] The single version contains an extended instrumental outro not included on the album version or in either of the song's appearances in Head. The song also appears on several Monkees greatest-hits albums.
- ^ 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. 208.
- ^ Masley, Ed (January 7, 2024). "Best Monkees songs of all time: 30 classics, from their biggest hits to album tracks". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 5, 1968. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Sandoval, Andrew, Liner Notes Head Handmade, Rhino Records