Chart Position: 13
Released Sep 1967
- Originally recorded by Greenbriar Boys (1966)
- Written by Mike Nesmith
- #167 on Pitchfork Medias 200 greatest songs of the Sixties
- Lead vocals: Linda Ronstadt
- Guitar: Bernie Leadon, Al Viola
- Keyboards: Don Randi
- Produced by Nik Venet
- Recorded in Los Angeles CA
- Stone Poneys are from Los Angeles CA
- This is Stone Poney’s only hit single
- Band members Kenny Edwards and Bobby Kimmel did not take part in this recording
- Bernie Leadon later became a founding member of Eagles
- Songwriter Mike Nesmith added an additional verse to his version that was recorded in 1972
- Also recorded by Lennon Sisters (1968), Kenny O’Dell (1968), Mike Nesmith (1972), Pastels (1990), Flying Emus (1989), Lemonheads (1990), Bridget Ball (1993), Ferron (1999), Frog Holler (2001), We Five (2002), Jim Cohen (2003), Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (2001), Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs (2006), Robyn Spangler (2011), Yo La Tengo (2016), Rick White (2020) and many others
The Year in Music 1963 - 1988 