<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Get Out Now" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Mony Mony" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Somebody Cares" (1968) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Get Out Now" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Mony Mony" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Somebody Cares" (1968) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Mony Mony" is a 1968 single by American pop rock band Tommy James and the Shondells, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 3 in the U.S. Written by Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, Bo Gentry, and Tommy James, the song has appeared in various film and television works such as the Oliver Stone drama Heaven & Earth . It was also notably covered by English singer - songwriter Billy Idol in 1981 . Idol's version, which took in more of a Rock sound, became an international top 40 hit and additionally revived public interest in the original garage rock single . </P> <P> "Mony Mony" was credited to Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, and Bobby Bloom . The title of the song is said to have been inspired by Tommy James' view of the M.O.N.Y. sign atop the Mutual of New York Building on the New York City skyline from his Manhattan apartment . As Tommy James says in a 1995 interview in Hitch magazine: </P>

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