second wave of interest in the band. Dolenz, Tork and Jones, already on tour, went from playing small venues to arenas and stadiums in the following weeks. The B-side of the "Pleasant Valley Sunday" single, "Words", was written by Boyce and Hart. On the Pisces album, the song is introduced by Tork's brief spoken-word track "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky." Personnel Credits from Andrew Sandoval. Micky Dolenz – lead vocals, possible acoustic guitar Michael Nesmith – harmony vocals, electric guitar Peter Tork – piano, backing vocals Davy Jones – backing vocals Session musicians and production staff Bill Chadwick – acoustic guitar Chip Douglas – possible vocals, bass guitar, producer "Fast" Eddie Hoh – drums, percussion Hank Cicalo – engineer Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts In popular culture Grand Funk Railroad's 1970 song "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" opens with a guitar intro played by Mark Farner that borrows directly from "Pleasant Valley Sunday's" guitar hook. The pop punk band The Mr. T Experience covered the song on their 1986 debut album Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion. The Wedding Present covered the song on their 1992 album Hit Parade 1. The Christian band Code of Ethics covered the song on their 1995 album Arms Around the World. Mark Mothersbaugh covered the song for the theme song of the 2002 TV series Hidden Hills. In the 2005 Gilmore Girls season 5 episode "To Live and Let Diorama", the song is heard playing at the music store owned by Sophie Bloom (a character played by Carole King, who co-wrote the song). Neal Morse, lead singer of Transatlantic, and former lead singer of Spock's Beard, covered the song on his 2006 album Cover to Cover. In the 2008 Family Guy season 6 episode "McStroke", this song plays in the background during a classic hallway chase scene. Jazz singer Kurt Elling covered the song on his 2012 album 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project. The song is performed in Act II of the 2013 jukebox musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. References Further reading External links Pleasant Valley Way map 1967 singles The Monkees songs Songs with lyrics by Gerry Goffin West Orange, New Jersey Songs written by Carole King Magnapop songs 1986 in American television MTV original programming 1967 songs Satirical songs Works about suburbs American psychedelic rock songs