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"That Was Then, This Is Now" | ||||
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Single by The Monkees | ||||
from the album Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees | ||||
B-side |
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Released | June 27, 1986[1] | |||
Recorded | May 30, 1986[2] | |||
Genre | New wave, synthpop | |||
Length | 4:02 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) | Vance Brescia | |||
Producer(s) | Michael Lloyd | |||
The Monkees singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
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"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.[3] 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.[4]