Micky Dolenz said the success of The Monkees' "I'm a Believer" could not be explained even though a major star wrote its lyrics.

The Monkees ‘ “ I’m a Believer ” was a huge hit in the 1960s. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 longer than any of The Beatles’ songs except for one. Paul McCartney said he wrote a bad ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.

The Neil Diamond-penned hit I'm a Believer was No. 1 on the charts for the Monkees at this time in 1967.

Hits including I'm a Believer, Last Train to Clarksville and Pleasant Valley Sunday once were the backdrop of weekday afternoons for teens weened on reruns of a show that aired for only two ...