A folk singer named John Stewart wrote this song. Stewart was a member of The Kingston Trio from 1961 to 1967, and he wrote this shortly after leaving the group and teaming up with a pre-famous John Denver. To appease their record label, the Monkees had to make one small change to Stewart's lyrics. The group's drummer Micky Dolenz explains: "As we sing it, there's a line 'Now, you know how happy I can be.' John wrote 'Now, you know how funky I can be.' But the music department said, 'The Monkees are not singing the word 'funky.'' [Laughs] Funky meant oily, and greasy, and sexy - and they weren't going to have us say it."
A folk singer named John Stewart wrote this song. Stewart was a member of The Kingston Trio from 1961 to 1967, and he wrote this shortly after leaving the group and teaming up with a pre-famous John Denver. To appease their record label, the Monkees had to make one small change to Stewart's lyrics. The group's drummer Micky Dolenz explains: "As we sing it, there's a line 'Now, you know how happy I can be.' John wrote 'Now, you know how funky I can be.' But the music department said, 'The Monkees are not singing the word 'funky.'' [Laughs] Funky meant oily, and greasy, and sexy - and they weren't going to have us say it."
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