This article is about the song written by Michael Nesmith. For the Linda Ronstadt album, see Different Drum (album). For the record label, see A Different Drum.
1967 single by The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt
"Different Drum"
Single by The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt
from the album Evergreen, Volume 2
B-side
"I've Got to Know"
Released
September 1967
Genre
Baroque pop[1]
folk rock[2]
country[3]
Length
2:45
Label
Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Mike Nesmith
Producer(s)
Nick Venet
The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt singles chronology
"One for One" (1967)
"Different Drum" (1967)
"Up to My Neck in High Muddy Water" (1968)
"Different Drum" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith in 1964. It was first recorded by the northern bluegrass band The Greenbriar Boys and included on their 1966 album Better Late than Never! Nesmith offered it to his group the Monkees, but the producers of the TV show turned it down, though he did perform a short comic version of the song in one episode.[4]
The song became popular in 1967 when it was recorded by the Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt, who took their version of "Different Drum" to No. 12 on the Cash Box Top 100, No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and No. 16 in Record World magazine. "Different Drum" did best in New Zealand, where it reached No. 5.[5] In 1972, Nesmith recorded his own version. "Different Drum" has since been covered by other artists.
^Gendron, Bernard (2002). Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club: Popular Music and the Avant-Garde. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-28737-9.
^Coleman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud (November 2, 2004). "Linda Ronstadt". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 701–702.
^Stanley, Bob (September 13, 2013). "Beyond the Blue Horizon: Country and Western". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 402. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
^"Different Drum by Linda Ronstadt". Songfacts.com. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
^"flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
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