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The Mamas & the Papas (credited as The Mama's and the Papa's on the debut album cover) were a leading vocal group of the 1960s. The group recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968 with a short reunion in 1971, releasing five albums and achieving ten hit singles.
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Singles
| Year | Title | Label & number (U.S.) | Chart positions | Album (Both sides from the same album except B-side titles where indicated) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard Hot 100 | Cashbox | UK | ||||
| 1965 | "Go Where You Wanna Go" B-side: "Somebody Groovy" | | <center> - | <center> - | <center> - | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears |
| "California Dreamin'" B-side: "Somebody Groovy" | <center> Dunhill 4020 | <center> 4 | <center> 4 | <center> 23; 9 (1997 re-release) | ||
| 1966 | "Monday, Monday" B-side: "Got A Feeling" | <center> Dunhill 4026 | <center> 1 | <center> 1 | <center> 3 | |
| "I Saw Her Again" B-side: "Even If I Could" | <center> Dunhill 4031 | <center> 5 | <center> 6 | <center> 11 | The Mamas and the Papas | |
| "Words of Love" / | <center> Dunhill 4057 | <center> 5 | <center> 6 | <center> - | ||
| "Dancing in the Street" | <center> 73 | <center> 75 | <center> - | |||
| "Look Through My Window" B-side: "Once Was A Time I Thought" (from The Mamas and the Papas album) | <center> Dunhill 4050 | <center> 24 | <center> 14 | <center> - | Deliver | |
| 1967 | "Dedicated to the One I Love" B-side: "Free Advice" | <center> Dunhill 4077 | <center> 2 | <center> 2 | <center> 2 | |
| "Creeque Alley" B-side: "Did You Ever Want To Cry" | <center> Dunhill 4083 | <center> 5 | <center> 5 | <center> 9 | ||
| "Glad to Be Unhappy" B-side: "Hey Girl" (Billboard Bubbled Under charts #134) | <center> Dunhill 4107 | <center> 26 | <center> 23 | <center> - | non-album single | |
| "Dancing Bear" B-side: "John's Music Box" (from the Deliver album) | <center> Dunhill 4113 | <center> 51 | <center> 36 | <center> - | The Mamas and the Papas | |
| "Twelve Thirty" B-side: "Straight Shooter" (Billboard Bubbled Under charts #130) | <center> Dunhill 4099 | <center> 20 | <center> 15 | <center> - | Papas & The Mamas | |
| 1968 | "Safe In My Garden" B-side: "Too Late" | <center> Dunhill 4125 | <center> 43 | <center> | <center> - | |
| "Dream a Little Dream of Me" B-side: "Midnight Voyage" | <center> Dunhill 4145 | <center> 12 | <center> 10 | <center> 11 | ||
| "For The Love Of Ivy" B-side: "Strange Young Girls" (from The Mamas and the Papas album) | <center> Dunhill 4150 | <center> 81 | <center> 59 | <center> - | ||
| "Do You Wanna Dance" B-side: "My Girl" (from the Deliver album) | <center> Dunhill 4171 | <center> 76 | <center> 43 | <center> - | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | |
| 1972 | "Step Out" B-side: "Shooting Star" | <center> Dunhill 4301 | <center> 81 | <center> - | <center> - | People Like Us |
- 1 "Dancing in the Street" was backed with "Words of Love" in the UK as a double A-side.
- 2 "California Dreamin'" was re-released in the UK in 1997.
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