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The Monkees' 10 Biggest Hot 100 Hits

by Keith Caulfield, L.A.  |   February 29, 2012 4:35 EST
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The Monkees were one of the biggest acts on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the late 1960s, as proven by this recap of the pop quartet's biggest hits. Comprising the late Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, the pop act notched a total of 20 singles on the Hot 100 in its career.

Billboard has compiled the Monkees' top 10 biggest Hot 100 hits, which includes all six of their top 10 singles and the group's three No. 1s: "Last Train to Clarksville," "I'm a Believer" and "Daydream Believer."

 


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All of the act's hits -- save for two -- came between Sept. 10, 1966 and June 13, 1970. They staged a mini-comeback in 1986, with "That Was Then, This Is Now" (a No. 20 hit). It was followed the next year by their final Hot 100 entry, "Heart and Soul," which topped out at No. 87.

The Monkees' Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 Hits

Rank, Title - (Year) - Hot 100 Peak Position (weeks spent at No. 1)

1, "I'm a Believer" - (1966) - No. 1 (seven weeks at No. 1)

2, "Daydream Believer" - (1967) - No. 1 (four weeks at No. 1)

3, "Last Train to Clarksville" - (1966) - No. 1

4, "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" - (1967) - No. 2

5, "Pleasant Valley Sunday" - (1967) - No. 3

6, "Valleri" - (1968) - No. 3

7, "That Was Then, This Is Now" - (1986) - No. 20

8, "Words" - (1967) - No. 11

9, "D.W. Washburn" - (1968) - No. 19

10, "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" - (1967) - No. 20


This ranking is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. To ensure equitable representation of the biggest hits from each era, certain time frames were weighted to account for the difference between turnover rates from those years.

 

 

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