Mony Mony - wikipedia Mony Mony `` Mony Mony '' Single by Tommy James and the Shondells from the album Mony Mony B - side `` One Two Three and I Fell '' Released March 1968 Genre Rock pop rock Length 2 : 45 Label Roulette Songwriter ( s ) Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, and Bobby Bloom Producer ( s ) Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell Tommy James and the Shondells singles chronology `` Get Out Now '' ( 1968 ) `` Mony Mony '' ( 1968 ) `` Somebody Cares '' ( 1968 ) `` Get Out Now '' ( 1968 ) `` Mony Mony '' ( 1968 ) `` Somebody Cares '' ( 1968 ) `` Mony Mony '' is a 1968 single by American pop rock band Tommy James and the Shondells, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 3 in the U.S. Written by Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, Bo Gentry, and Tommy James, the song has appeared in various film and television works such as the Oliver Stone drama Heaven & Earth. It was also notably covered by English singer - songwriter Billy Idol in 1981. Idol 's version, which took in more of a Rock sound, became an international top 40 hit and additionally revived public interest in the original garage rock single. Contents 1 Tommy James and the Shondells version 1.1 Background and release 1.2 Track listings and format 1.3 Chart performance 2 Billy Idol version 2.1 Background and release 2.2 Uses in popular culture 2.3 Track listings and formats 2.4 Chart performance 3 References 4 External links Tommy James and the Shondells version Background and release `` Mony Mony '' was credited to Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, and Bobby Bloom. The title of the song is said to have been inspired by Tommy James ' view of the M.O.N.Y. sign atop the Mutual of New York Building on the New York City skyline from his Manhattan apartment. As Tommy James says in a 1995 interview in Hitch magazine : True story : I had the track done before I had a title. I wanted something catchy like `` Sloopy '' or `` Bony Maroney, '' but everything sounded so stupid. So Ritchie Cordell and I were writing it in New York City, and we were about to throw in the towel when I went out onto the terrace, looked up and saw the Mutual of New York building ( which has its initials illuminated in red at its top ). I said, `` That 's got ta be it ! Ritchie, come here, you 've got ta see this ! '' It 's almost as if God Himself had said, `` Here 's the title. '' I 've always thought that if I had looked the other way, it might have been called `` Hotel Taft ''. `` Mony Mony '' was the only song by the group to reach the top 20 in the United Kingdom ; it reached No. 1 in the UK, No. 3 on the Hot 100, and No. 1 on WLS, two years to the day after the similarly sounding title `` Monday, Monday '' reached No. 1 there. A music video of it was made at the time featuring the band performing the song amidst psychedelic backgrounds, dated in showing love beads, but a decade and half later would receive some play on MTV. The song `` Mony Mony '' has been covered by many artists, including Billy Idol, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Amazulu, Status Quo, the Scenics, the Wigs, and the Beach Boys who recorded the song on March 15, 1976. In a peculiar twist, in 1987 Billy Idol 's version of the song replaced another Tommy James hit at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 -- `` I Think We 're Alone Now '', covered by Tiffany. Track listings and format vinyl `` Mony Mony '' - 2 : 45 `` One Two Three and I Fell '' - 2 : 32 Chart performance Chart ( 1968 - 1969 ) Peak position Canadian Singles Chart UK Singles Chart U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Preceded by `` I Pretend '' by Des O'Connor UK number - one single ( Tommy James and the Shondells version ) 3 August 1968 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` Fire '' by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown Preceded by `` Fire '' by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown UK number - one single ( Tommy James and the Shondells version re-top ) 21 August 1968 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Do It Again '' * by The Beach Boys Billy Idol version `` Mony Mony '' Live version Single by Billy Idol from the album Do n't Stop and Vital Idol B - side `` 311 Man '' Released 1981 ( original version ) October 2, 1987 ( live version ) Format 7 ``, 12 '' Recorded 1981 ( original version ), 1985 ( live version ) Genre Hard rock, new wave, power pop Length 5 : 01 ( on Do n't Stop ) 5 : 02 ( on Vital Idol ) 4 : 08 ( 45 version ) Label Chrysalis Songwriter ( s ) Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, and Bobby Bloom Producer ( s ) Keith Forsey Billy Idol singles chronology `` Dancing with Myself '' ( 1981 ) `` Mony Mony '' ( 1981 ) `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` Dancing with Myself '' ( 1981 ) `` Mony Mony '' ( 1981 ) `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` Sweet Sixteen '' ( 1987 ) Sweet Sixteen1987 `` Mony Mony ( live version ) '' ( 1987 ) Mony Mony ( live version ) 1987 `` Cradle of Love '' ( 1990 ) Alternative cover 12 '' single for original release Cradle of Love 1990 Background and release British rock artist Billy Idol released a cover version in 1981 ( on the Do n't Stop EP ). Along with the track, `` Baby Talk '', Idol 's version of `` Mony Mony '' went to number seven on the Billboard dance chart. A live recording of the song became a hit for Idol in 1987 as well. Idol 's version of the song gave rise to an interesting custom in the 1980s. When the song was performed live in concert or played at a club or dance, people would shout a certain formulaic ( and usually obscene ) sentence in the two measures following each line. One example is : `` Hey, hey what ? Get laid, get fucked ! '' This custom led to the song being banned at high school dances across North America, although it continues at Idol concerts today. Billy Idol 's version was recorded on two separate occasions. The original 1981 studio recording is the most common version heard on rock radio stations across the globe. However, Idol released a live version as a single in 1987, while promoting his then - forthcoming compilation work Vital Idol. It was the live version that went to No. 1, coincidentally displacing Tiffany 's cover of another Tommy James song, `` I Think We 're Alone Now '', from the top spot. As stated before, Idol revived interest in the original garage rock song. His original studio version can be found on Idol 's Greatest Hits compilation album, a 2001 Capitol Records release. That album has received positive critical reviews, with Idol 's cover of the Tommy James tune specifically praised. The 1987 version was released as a vinyl 45, and it was not available in a digital format until 2009 as a download in the iTunes store although it was available on the 11 of the Best compilation CD issued in the UK. Uses in popular culture The song appears in the 2011 video game NHL 12. It appears in a 2014 TV commercial for the Nissan Sentra, advertising the Bose sound system. The song was sampled by Australian TV network, the Seven Network to promote their 1992 `` Yeah ! '' campaign. This sample was also used by the Seven - affiliated regional TV network, Prime Television ( now Prime7 ). `` Weird Al '' Yankovic wrote a parody of this song from his album Even Worse, entitled `` Alimony '' ( based on the Billy Idol version ). It was about a recently divorced man complaining about his ex-wife taking everything he owns away from him in alimony payments. Track listings and formats ( 1981 ) UK 7 '' vinyl ( 331⁄3 rpm ) & 12 '' vinyl ( 45rpm ) `` Mony Mony '' `` Baby Talk '' `` Untouchables '' `` Dancing With Myself '' ( 1987 ) UK 7 '' vinyl `` Mony Mony ( Live ) '' `` Shakin ' All Over ( Live ) '' ( 1987 ) US 12 '' vinyl `` Mony Mony ( Hung Like a Pony Remix ) '' 6 : 59 `` Mony Mony ( Steel - Toe Cat Dub ) '' 6 : 50 `` Mony Mony ( Live ) 4 : 00 '' `` Mony Mony ( Single Edit ) '' 5 : 01 ( 1987 ) UK 12 '' vinyl `` Mony Mony ( Hung Like a Pony Remix ♰ ) '' `` Shakin ' All Over ( Live ) '' `` Mony Mony ( Live ) '' ♰ Mixed by -- Tom Lord - Alge Chart performance Chart ( 1981 - 1982 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 7 U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 107 Chart ( 1987 - 1988 ) Peak position Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart German Singles Chart 38 Swiss Singles Chart 13 UK Singles Chart 7 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks 27 Preceded by `` I Think We 're Alone Now '' by Tiffany Billboard Hot 100 number one single ( Billy Idol version ) November 21, 1987 Succeeded by `` ( I 've Had ) The Time of My Life '' by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes References ^ Jump up to : Rice, Jo ( 1982 ). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits ( 1st ed. ). Enfield, Middlesex : Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 118 -- 9. ISBN 0 - 85112 - 250 - 7. Jump up ^ Tommy James & The Shondells : Mony Mony at Discogs ( list of releases ) Jump up ^ Heaven & Earth Soundtrack Retrieved February 7, 2015 ^ Jump up to : Lott, Rod. `` Crystal Blue Conversation '' on Angelfire ) Jump up ^ Steve Kurutz ( 2004 - 04 - 13 ). `` Ritchie Cordell Biography ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 07. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Hot Dance / Disco : 1974 - 2003. Record Research. p. 126. Jump up ^ Cross, Alan. `` MAJOR UPDATE ! Where Did the Special Lyrics in Billy Idol 's Version of `` Mony Mony '' Come From ? ``. A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 17. Jump up ^ Greene, Bob ( 1989 - 05 - 08 ). `` The dirty ' Mony ' mystery is solved ''. Chicago Tribune. p. B1. Jump up ^ `` Metroactive Music The Rock Show ''. Metroactive.com. Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 16. Jump up ^ `` 7 Network 1992 line up promo ''. YouTube. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` Prime Television 1991 `` Yeah '' promo & Olympic Games ident ``. YouTube. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2017. ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 266. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Tommy James and the Shondells 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 '' `` Ya ! Ya ! '' `` I Think We 're Alone Now '' `` Mirage '' `` Gettin ' Together '' `` Mony Mony '' `` Do Something to Me '' `` Crimson and Clover '' `` Sweet Cherry Wine '' `` Crystal Blue Persuasion '' `` 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 '' Book Billy Idol Discography Studio albums Billy Idol Rebel Yell Whiplash Smile Charmed Life Cyberpunk Devil 's Playground Happy Holidays Kings & Queens of the Underground Live albums VH1 Storytellers Singles & EPs Do n't Stop ( EP ) `` Dancing with Myself '' `` Mony Mony '' `` Hot in the City '' `` White Wedding '' `` Rebel Yell '' `` Eyes Without a Face '' `` Mony Mony ( Live ) '' `` To Be a Lover '' `` Sweet Sixteen '' `` Cradle of Love '' `` L.A. Woman '' `` Heroin '' `` Shock to the System '' `` Adam in Chains '' `` Speed '' Compilations Vital Idol Idol Songs : 11 of the Best Greatest Hits The Very Best of Billy Idol : Idolize Yourself Video albums The Very Best of Billy Idol : Idolize Yourself Related articles Generation X Steve Stevens Book : Billy Idol Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mony_Mony&oldid=802454965 '' Categories : 1968 singles Tommy James and the Shondells songs The Beach Boys songs UK Singles Chart number - one singles 1987 singles Billy Idol songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Songs written by Tommy James RPM Top Singles number - one singles Songs written by Ritchie Cordell Songs written by Bobby Bloom Roulette Records singles 1968 songs Chrysalis Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Music infoboxes with malformed table placement All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February 2013 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Magyar Nederlands Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 26 September 2017, at 06 : 58. 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Question: when did the song mony mony come out
Answer: 1968