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) 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