(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
Song by Paul Revere & the Raiders
from the album Midnight Ride
GenreRock
Songwriter(s)Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
Producer(s)Terry Melcher

"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" is a rock song written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. It was first recorded by the English band the Liverpool Five in early 1966 but remained unreleased before summer of that same year. In the meantime, the American band Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded the song which appeared on their album Midnight Ride, released in May 1966.

The song is simple musically, with a repeating verse chord progression of E major, G major, A major, and C major, and a repeating bridge in cut time of E major, G major, A major, and G major.