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That Was Then, This Is Now (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'That Was Then, This Is Now'" is a song written by Vance Brescia for his band the Mosquitos and recorded as the title track of their 1985 EP.Buscareno, Blair and Bill Jones. "[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/themosquitos/ The Mosquitoes]." 'Yahoo! Groups'. Retrieved 27 July 2009. Clive Davis of Arista Records heard it and picked it to be the Monkees' comeback single and theme of their '20th Anniversary Tour' in 1986.Vance Brescia "[http://www.vancebrescia.com/along/along_then.html]."
Background
The Monkees (by this point consisting of Micky Dolenz, David Jones and Peter Tork) covered the song for Arista Records, who released their recording as a single and on the compilation album 'Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees' in June 1986.Wang, Kenneth K. Retrieved 27 July 2009. The compilation album with three newly recorded songs was released by Arista and went platinum during the tour. That Was Then, This Is Now became the band's new single and a video for it was filmed at the Arena at Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey on July 25. The video received heavy airplay on MTV, making the song a Billboard Top 20 hit the summer of 1986.The Monkees Live Almanac The Monkees 20th Anniversary Tour "[https://www.monkeeslivealmanac.com/1986-20th-anniversary-north-american-tour.html]."
Reception
The song was a surprise hit, capitalizing on Monkees nostalgia at the time, reaching No. 20 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100(the band's first Top 40 hit since "D.W. Washburn" in 1968), and No. 24 on the adult contemporary chart. It has since been featured on several compilation albums by the band.
References
Category:American synth-pop songs
Category:1986 singles
Category:The Monkees songs
Category:Arista Records singles
Category:1985 songs
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