Last Train to Clarksville episodes of the band's television series, the most for any Monkees song. The song, written by the songwriting duo Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, has been compared to The Beatles' "Paperback Writer", particularly the "jangly" guitar sound, the chord structure, and the vocal harmonies. The Beatles song had been number one in the US charts three months earlier. The lyrics tell of a man phoning the woman he loves, urging her to meet him at a train station in Clarksville before he must leave, possibly forever. There was no explicit reference to war in the song but its last line,
Last Train (song) Kelly, "I'm in reverence just being in the presence of this man, knowing so many of the songs that have touched my heart have come from him". "Last Train" was nominated for an ARIA Music Award at the 1994 ceremony for 'Best Video', which was directed by Paul Elliot and Sally Bongers. It also provided Anu with a nomination for 'Breakthrough Artist – Single' and a nomination for Cooper as 'Producer of the Year'. On 29 July 1995 Anu promoted her debut album, "Stylin' Up" (June 1995), with a gig at The Metro in Sydney. The performance was recorded and