Your Auntie Grizelda
| "Your Auntie Grizelda" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Monkees from the album More of The Monkees | |
| Released | January 10, 1967 |
| Recorded | October 23, 1966, American Studios, Studio City |
| Genre | Psychedelic Pop |
| Label | Colgems Records |
| Writer | Diane Hildebrand |
| Composer | Jack Keller |
| Producer | Jeff Barry and Jack Keller |
"Your Auntie Grizelda" is a psychedelic Pop song whose words were written by Diane Hildebrand and whose music was composed by Jack Keller, and which was made famous by The Monkees. The song appeared on both the TV series as well as the 1967 album More of The Monkees.
Popularization
Although it was never actually released as a single, "Your Auntie Grizelda" has appeared on several of the band's subsequent "Greatest Hits" albums, and the Monkees regularly performed it in their live shows. This was the first released Monkees song to feature Peter Tork on lead vocals.
Content
Lyrically, "Your Auntie Grizelda" is a complaint about how disagreeable a certain Grizelda (aunt of the individual whom the narrator is addressing) is, how strongly that individual takes after his aunt, and how much the aunt hates him(the narrator). "Mother-In-Law," which Ernie K-Doe popularized, is in a lyrically similar vein.
Outside of The Monkees show
An instrumental version of the song can be heard during Major Nelson's bachelor party in I Dream of Jeannie Season 5 Episode 6 and the hippie party in "Never Put A Genie on a Budget" Season 5 Episode 14.