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說到The Mamas & The Papas這個成立於1965年的美國民謠搖滾合唱團，人們首先會想到的應該是他們的招牌代表作《California Dreamin'》，該曲入榜的最高名次為第4名。而這首1966年的《Monday Monday》才是他們真正第一名的冠軍曲，也是唯一的一首。

據說當時他們還在等《California Dreamin'》發行時，團員之一的Denny Doherty故意激戳會寫歌的John Phillips，問能否弄出一些新的東東來？Phillips回說等他明天早上回來，將會帶來一首未來會出現在全世界的歌。果然當晚大約只花了20分鐘就完成了這首《Monday Monday》，但其他三人都不喜歡，經過他的堅持，最後才一起灌唱。

這首歌除了合聲優美，特別處是有個「假結尾 ( false ending )」，即歌曲像似結束了，幾秒之後又再進行。這也是繼The Young Rascals樂隊的《Good Lovin'》之後，第二首有假結尾而獲得排行榜冠軍的歌曲。

這首《Monday Monday》替The Mamas & The Papas在1967獲得了一座葛萊美「最佳流行歌曲二重唱或團體演唱獎」。許多人認為，這首歌曲最佳的版本，是他們在Monterey Rock Festival上的現場演唱版，但或由於現場收音的問題，整體聽來，我覺得並不怎麼樣。

這首歌詞，好似講的是才和情人渡過了個不錯的週末假期，至於這個禮拜能否依舊繼續，則也不敢預期。但說來好笑，對於歌曲的含意，連寫歌者John自己都說不上來。




Monday, Monday, so good to me;
Monday morning, it was all I hoped it would be.
Oh, Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me.
Monday, Monday, can't trust that day;
Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way.
Oh, Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be.
Oh, Monday, Monday, how could you leave and not take me?
Every other day, every other day
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah.
But whenever Monday comes - but whenever Monday comes
You can find me crying all of the time.
Monday, Monday, so good to me;
Monday morning, it was all I hoped it would be.
But Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me.
Every other day, every other day
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah.
But whenever Monday comes - but whenever Monday comes
You can find me crying all of the time.
Monday, Monday, can't trust that day;
Monday, Monday, it just turns out that way.
Oh, Monday, Monday, won't go away;
Monday, Monday, it's here to stay.
Oh Monday, Monday
Oh Monday, Monday