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"Mony Mony" was a 1968 single by the American rock band Tommy James & The Shondells from their 1968 album of the same name. A cover version of the song became a hit for Billy Idol in 1987.

"Mony Mony" was credited to Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Richie Cordell, and Bobby Bloom. The hook in the song is said to have been inspired by James' view of a MONY sign atop the Mutual of New York Building in the New York City skyline from his Manhattan apartment.

"Mony Mony" was the only song by the group to reach the top twenty in the United Kingdom; it reached #1 in the UK, and #3 in the USA music video of it was made at the time, dated in showing love beads, but a decade and half later would receive some play on MTV.

The song "Mony Mony" has been covered by many artists, including Billy Idol, Amazulu, Status Quo and The Beach Boys. Notably, Billy Idol's version replaced another Tommy James hit as the #1 Billboard Hot 100 single, "I Think We're Alone Now", covered by Tiffany.

"Weird Al" Yankovic wrote a parody of this song from his album, Even Worse, entitled "Alimony" (based on the Billy Idol version). It was about a recently divorced man complaining about his ex-wife taking everything he owns away from him in alimony payments. Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the Billy Idol version for their 1988 album The Chipmunks and The Chipettes: Born to Rock.




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