Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells
The biggest hit for Tommy James and The Shondells, reaching No. 1 in the UK (No. 3 in the US) in 1968, and the title song for their most successful album.
Unlike many of the songs from the late 60s, Mony Mony did not deal explicitly with drugs, sex, or war (though sex was implied).
The song’s musi...
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Here she come down, says 'Mony, Mony'
Well, shoot 'em down, turn around, come home, honey
Hey! She gimme love an' I feel alright now
Everybody!
You got me tossin' turnin' in the night, and I feel alright
Let me feel alright
[Refrain]
I say yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah)
Yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah)
[Chorus]
Well you make me feel (Mony, Mony)
So! (Mony, Mony)
Good! (Mony, Mony)
Yeah! (Mony, Mony)
So good! (Mony, Mony)
Oh, yeah! (Mony, Mony)
Come on! (Mony, Mony)
All right, baby! (Mony, Mony)
[Refrain]
Say yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah)
Yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah)
[Verse 2]
Break 'dis, shake it, Mony, Mony
Shot gun, get it done, come on, Mony
Don't stop cookin', it feels so good, yeah
Hey! Well don't stop now, hey, come on Mony
Well come on, Mony
[Refrain]
Yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah)
Yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah)
[Chorus]
Well you make me feel (Mony, Mony)
So! (Mony, Mony)
Good! (Mony, Mony)
Yeah! (Mony, Mony)
Alright! (Mony, Mony)
Come on! (Mony, Mony)
So good! (Mony, Mony)
All right (Mony, Mony)
[Refrain]
I say yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah)
Yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah)
AAAAAHH!!
[Interlude]
Oo, I love ya Mony, Mo, Mo, Mony
(Said I do)
Oo, I love ya Mony, Mo, Mo, Mony
(Said I do)
Oo, I love ya Mony, Mo, Mo, Mony
(Said I do)
Oo, I love ya Mony, Mo, Mo, Mony
Mony, Mony
[Refrain]
Yeah, (yeah)
Everybody! (Yeah)
Yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah)
[Outro]
Come on!
Come on!
Come on!
Everybody
Alright, alright
Come on!
Mony Mony was written by Bo Gentry & Ritchie Cordell.
Mony Mony was produced by Ritchie Cordell & Tommy James & Bobby Bloom & Bo Gentry.
Tommy James and the Shondells released Mony Mony on Mon Jan 01 1968.
Tommy James, in an interview with Hitch magazine, explained how he wanted the song to have a catchy onomatopoeia:
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 Y...