Monterey (Eric Burdon and the Animals song)

"Monterey"
Single by Eric Burdon & The Animals
from the album The Twain Shall Meet
B-side"Ain't That So" (USA), "Anything" (UK)
Released30 December 1967[1]
Recorded1967
GenrePsychedelic pop[2]
Length4:39
LabelMGM
Songwriter(s)Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch
Producer(s)Tom Wilson
Eric Burdon & The Animals singles chronology
"Anything"
(1967)
"Monterey"
(1967)
"Sky Pilot"
(1968)

"Monterey" is a 1967 song by Eric Burdon & The Animals. The music and lyrics were composed by the group's members, Eric Burdon, John Weider, Vic Briggs, Danny McCulloch, and Barry Jenkins. The song provides an oral account of the June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, at which the Animals performed. Burdon namedrops several of the acts who performed at the festival such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, the Grateful Dead, and Jimi Hendrix. In 1968, two different video clips of the song were aired.

  1. ^ William E Studwell, David Lonergan (2014). "Monterey". The Classic Rock and Roll Reader. Routledge. p. 224. ISBN 978-1317720683. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Various Artists - Psychedelic Pop (1996) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2024.