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
Groovy Train on the influential 1990 Madchester compilation album "Happy Daze". The video for the single was filmed at Pleasureland Southport and features a cameo from actor Bill Dean, who at the time was in Liverpool soap opera Brookside. His character, Harry Cross was a retired train driver, and Dean is seen in the video driving a train with the band aboard. Groovy Train "Groovy Train" was the second single released by Liverpool-based group The Farm. It was released in August 1990 as the first single from their debut album "Spartacus" (which would be released in April 1991), having been produced by