Mony Mony (album)

Mony Mony
Mony Mony
Studio album by Tommy James and the Shondells
Released	July 1968
Genre	Pop; garage rock;
Length	27:34
Label	Roulette
Tommy James and the Shondells chronology
Singles from Mony Mony
	"Get Out Now"; Released: 1968; "Mony Mony"; Released: March 1968; "Somebody Cares"; Released: 1968;

ReleasedJuly 1968

Length27:34

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Allmusic	^[1]

Mony Mony is the fifth studio album by American rock band Tommy James and the Shondells. It was released in 1968. The record includes the band's hit single, the title track, which reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] It reached #193 on the Billboard 200.^[4] While trying to come up with lyrics for the music they had already recorded, James spotted a sign for Mutual of New York, sing their acronym MONY.

No.	Title	Writer	Length
1.	"Mony Mony"	Bobby Bloom, Bo Gentry, Tommy James, Ritchie Cordell	2:52
2.	"Do Unto Me"	Gary Illingsworth, Morris Levy, Richie Grasso	2:30
3.	"(I'm) Taken"	Peter Andreoli, Tommy James	2:28
4.	"Nighttime (I'm a Lover)"	Myrna March, Gary Illingworth, Richard Grasso	2:39
5.	"Run Away With Me"	T.H. Kidd (Paul Anka), Bobby Gosh	2:45
6.	"Somebody Cares"	Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, Harvey Weisenfeld	2:41
7.	"Get Out Now"	Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell	2:08
8.	"I Can't Go Back to Denver"	Gary Illingworth, Richard Grasso, Daniel Cohen, Morris Levy	2:12
9.	"Some Kind of Love"	Peter Lucia, Tommy James	2:02
10.	"Gingerbread Man"	Mike Vale, Tommy James	2:56
11.	"One Two Three and I Fell"	James Calvert, Ritchie Cordell, Bo Gentry	2:21

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Tommy James John Golden Bobby Guy Glenn Wyka
Studio albums	Hanky Panky It's Only Love I Think We're Alone Now Gettin' Together Mony Mony Crimson & Clover Cellophane Symphony The Best of Tommy James and The Shondells Travelin'
Singles	"Hanky Panky" "Say I Am (What I Am)" "It's Only Love" "I Think We're Alone Now" "Mirage" "Gettin' Together" "Mony Mony" "Do Something to Me" "Crimson and Clover" "Sweet Cherry Wine" "Crystal Blue Persuasion"/"I'm Alive" "Ball of Fire" "She" "Gotta Get Back to You"
Cover songs	"California Sun" "Good Lovin'" "I'll Go Crazy" "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" "Shake a Tail Feather" "Shout"
Hog Heaven	"Happy"
Tommy James solo singles	"Draggin' the Line" "I'm Comin' Home" "Three Times in Love"

Charts

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1968	"Get Out Now"	Billboard Hot 100	48
	"Mony Mony"	Billboard Hot 100	3
	"Mony Mony"	UK Singles Chart	1
	"Somebody Cares"	Billboard Hot 100	53