Released 8 February 1969 Genre Pop rock | Format 7" Length 2:01 | |
B-side "A Man Without a Dream" Recorded 26 October 1966
RCA Victor Studios
Hollywood, CA | ||
Tear Drop City is a single by The Monkees released on February 8, 1969 on Colgems #5000 recorded on October 26, 1966. The song reached No. 56 on the Billboard chart. The lyrics are about a man who feels low because his girlfriend has left him. Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, it was the first single The Monkees released as a trio (Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Davy Jones; Peter Tork departed December 1968). Micky Dolenz performed the lead vocal. Boyce and Hart produced and arranged the song.
The flip-side was "A Man Without a Dream", with Davy Jones doing the lead vocal. Notably, it was the first Monkees b-side since "Take a Giant Step" (off their debut single) not to chart, a sign of the group's waning popularity.
Both single sides were from the album Instant Replay.