The Mamas & the Papas’ “Monday, Monday”: The #1 Hit Recorded in the Wrong Key

What is it about Mondays that gets us all down? It’s as if that day casts a shadow over us all, shifting the mood of the universe for a full 24 hours. With that in mind, one of the most talented yet volatile bands of the Rock Era, the Mamas and the Papas, created Monday Monday, a song that unintentionally summed up their brief but brilliant run and gifted us with a breathtaking classic. Monday Monday was written in 20 minutes, and nobody in the band liked it. Especially singer Denny Doherty... Some even hated it with a passion, so imagine their surprise when it hit #1. Then everyone wanted to know what the song was really about. Well, as it was not even the writer, John Phillips had a freaking clue what it was about…decades later it turns out the song was an eerie prediction for what would happen to the band. When Michelle Phillips and Mama Cass Elliot, Denny and John fractured. The story is NEXT… on Professor of Rock.

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