Last Train to Clarksville might lead to a successful single, which it did. To help ensure that, he decided to include a distinctive guitar riff and wrote in the "Oh No-No-No, Oh No-No-No" lyrics as a response to The Beatles' famous "Yeah Yeah Yeah". Although LA's "Wrecking Crew" provided the instrumental backing for many of the early Monkees' songs, Boyce and Hart's band Candy Store Prophets did the session work for this song. The lead guitar part was written and played by Hollywood session musician Louie Shelton who would eventually become a mainstay on Monkees recordings. "Zadnji voz za Čačak" (trans. "Last train to
Last Train (song) Mushroom Records "[t]hey were really helpful in giving me my first song to record (Paul Kelly's 'Last Train'), and there was always the idea of we're going to get together and write songs — collaborate with other people for experience sake". On 20 September 1993 the single was released on White Label (an alternative Mushroom Records label), which peaked at No. 93 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in the following month. It was listed at No. 61 on national radio station, Triple J's Hottest 100 for 1993. In an interview with "The Sunday Telegraph" Anu reflected on working with