Take a Giant Step (song) Take a Giant Step (song) "Take a Giant Step" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and released by the American band The Monkees in 1966. It was also covered in 1969 by singer Taj Mahal. The song was released as the B-side to the band's single "Last Train to Clarksville" and also as the closing track on side 1 of their debut album "The Monkees". Micky Dolenz sang the lead vocal. The song is presented as a plea to a heartbroken girl to move on from her past romantic disappointments, and to "learn to live again
Midnight Train to Georgia would leave LA on the midnight plane - which brought the idea of a "superstar, but he didn't get far." Gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston recorded the song as "Midnite Train to Georgia" (spelled "Midnight ..." on the UK single) released in 1973. Her version can also be found on her albums "Midnight Train to Georgia: The Janus Years" (1995), and the reissue of her 1970 debut album, "Presenting Cissy Houston" originally released on Janus Records. Weatherly's publisher forwarded the song to Gladys Knight and the Pips, who followed Houston's lead and kept the title "Midnight Train to Georgia." The single