Porpoise Song

"Porpoise Song"
US single cover
Single by the Monkees
from the album Head
B-side"As We Go Along"
Released5 October 1968
Recorded26 and 28 February 1968
California Recorders
Hollywood, CA
Genre
Length2:56 (LP)
4:00 (single)
LabelColgems #1031
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gerry Goffin
The Monkees singles chronology
"D. W. Washburn"
(1968)
"Porpoise Song"
(1968)
"Tear Drop City"
(1969)

"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.

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  3. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 5, 1968. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  4. ^ Sandoval, Andrew, Liner Notes Head Handmade, Rhino Records