50+ Music<p>"Daydream Believer" is a song composed by American songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnStewart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnStewart</span></a> shortly before he left <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theKingstonTrio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theKingstonTrio</span></a>. It was recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theMonkees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theMonkees</span></a>, with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DavyJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavyJones</span></a> singing the lead. The single reached No. 1 on the U.S. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 chart in December 1967, remaining there for four weeks, and peaked at No. 5 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UKSinglesChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKSinglesChart</span></a>. It was the Monkees' third and last No. 1 hit in the U.S. In 1979, "Daydream Believer" was recorded by Canadian singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AnneMurray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnneMurray</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_SMJ-Uwmkg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=9_SMJ-Uwmkg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>