For the July 2012 Monthly Challenge: Melodic Memories
and
for WEEKLY CHALLENGE 119: "Then and Now"
"That Was Then, This Is Now" is a song written by Vance Brescia for his band The Mosquitos
and recorded as the title track of their 1985 EP. Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork of The Monkees
recorded the song for Arista Records, who released the song as a single and on the compilation
album Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees in June 1986. The song was a surprise hit,
capitalizing on Monkees' nostalgia at the time, reaching number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100
and number 24 on the adult contemporary chart. It has since been featured on several compilation
albums by The Monkees. (Source: Wikipedia)