The Mamas & The Papas

Released: February 28, 1966

Songwriter: John Lennon Paul McCartney

Producer: Lou Adler

I call your name
But you're not there
Was I to blame
For being unfair?

Don't you know I can't sleep at night
Since you've been gone?
I never weep at night
I can't go on

Don't you know I can't take it?
I don't know who can
I'm not gonna make it
I'm not that kind of man

Don't you know I can't sleep at night?
But just the same
I never weep at night
I call your name

"John... John..."

Don't you know I can't take it?
I don't know who can
I'm not gonna make it
I'm not that kind of man

Don't you know I can't sleep at night?
But just the same, yeah
I never weep at night
I call your name (I call your name)
I never weep at night
I call your name, yeah

The Mamas and the Papas were a folk rock and psychedelic pop vocal group who recorded and performed on 1965–1968. They’re a defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the ‘60s—the hippie movement.

Their sound was based on vocal harmonies arranged by John Phillips, the songwriter, musician, and leader of the group who adapted folk to the new beat style of the early sixties.

The Mamas & The Papas released a total of five studio albums and seventeen singles over a four-year period, six of which made the Billboard top ten, and have sold close to 40 million records worldwide. These hit singles were:

From the albums

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966)
The Best of the Mamas and the Papas: Farewell to the First Golden Era (1967)
16 of Their Greatest Hits (1969)
20 Golden Hits (1973)
The Best of the Mamas and the Papas (1982)
The Mamas & The Papas Greatest Hits (1998)
The Mamas & The Papas : Complete Anthology (2005)

The Mamas & The Papas popular songs

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