The Monkees position in "Billboard" Magazine. The success, however, was not without controversy. Jones had declined to sing on the track, recorded along with two other new songs included in a compilation album, "Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees". Some copies of the single and album credit the new songs to "the Monkees", others as "Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork (of the Monkees)". Reportedly, these recordings were the source of some personal friction between Jones and the others during the 1986 tour; Jones would typically leave the stage when the new songs were performed. The 1980s reunion tours were the
The Monkees (album) (Nesmith wrote or co-wrote these two tracks.) No tracks on the original LP feature participation from all four Monkees. The photos in the "film strip" on the left side of the back cover are from two episodes of "The Monkees" TV series. The first three photos are from "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers"; the other two are from the episode "The Spy Who Came in from the Cool". Also included are brief stats on each band member (height, weight, age). Early pressings of the LP cover as well as side 1 of the label featured the misspelled song "Papa Jean's Blues"