Last Train to Clarksville "Clarkesville", which is a much more rare spelling, now used only for a town in Georgia. Hart got the idea for the lyrics when he turned on the radio and heard the end of The Beatles' "Paperback Writer". He thought Paul McCartney was singing "Take the last train", and decided to use the line when he found out McCartney was actually singing "Paperback Writer". Hart knew that "The Monkees" TV series was being pitched as a music/comedy series in the spirit of The Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night", so he was hoping that by emulating The Beatles, this song
Single Mothers (band) Single Mothers (band) Single Mothers is a Canadian punk rock band based in London, Ontario that formed in 2008. The band released its debut studio album "Negative Qualities" in 2014. Canadian Andrew Thomson formed Single Mothers in 2008 after a break up. The band released two EPs in its early years, "Wild Party" in 2010 and "Single Mothers" in 2011, the latter of which was released though Secret Voice — an imprint of Jacob Bannon's Deathwish Inc. founded by Jeremy Bolm of Touché Amoré. Its self-titled EP was promoted with music videos for "Christian Girls" and "Baby". Single Mothers headlined