'Daydream Believer': The Real Story Behind The Monkees Song Featured in 'WandaVision'
Cheer up, Sleepy Jean, because it's time to share the story of 'Daydream Believer.' The classic [...]
Excellent use of The Monkees. #WandaVision
— Tankboy (@tankboy) January 22, 2021
Stewart recorded his own version in 1971. The song also became a hit for country singer Anne Murray in December 1979. Her version topped the Adult Contemporary chart, reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chat and third place on Billboard's country chart. Murray sang "happy" instead of "funky," too. It will "always be 'happy,'" Stewart said in 1991.
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#SpoilerFree review of #WandaVision Ep. 3. They used my favorite song from The Monkees. I’m happy. I missed the MCU so much, glad it’s back. 😄
— Damon (@DamonTweet) January 22, 2021
Although Stewart wrote hundreds of songs during his life, "Daydream Believer" became the best known. "I lived off the song totally for more than a year. And then Anne Murray recorded it and it came up again. It was just a song I wrote in a few minutes," Stewart said in 1991. "I've written other songs like 'Runaway Train' just as fast."
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#WandaVision I expect some younger folk to be listening Daydream Believer by the Monkees now and that's not a bad thing pic.twitter.com/KSoa2GmabF
— Jeff (@JRivers1984) January 22, 2021
The Monkees' version has been included on just about every Monkees greatest hits album, although it first appeared on The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees. The album version opens with funny banter between Jones, who died in 2012, and producer Chip Douglas, who yells the take number at the singer. "Okay, I don't mean to get you excited, man," Jones replied. "It's 'cause I'm short, I know." "You can tell from the vocal that I was pissed off," Jones later wrote in the Monkees' biography.
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prevnextFor all the #WandaVision fans out there with “Daydream Believer” stuck in their heads... this song was originally performed by The Monkees, a “fake” band, and I find that hilarious.
— Sara Katz-Scher (@ThatPrincessGrl) January 22, 2021
prevnext#Wandavision 3 is ramping up the Truman show unease brilliantly, also everything is infinitely better with The Monkees.
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) January 22, 2021
prevOh man #WandaVision just keeps getting better, episode 3 was amazing! And daydream believer at the end!
— Lily (@lily_flew) January 22, 2021