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“Star Collector” is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King in 1967 and recorded by The Monkees (with lead vocals by Davy Jones). The song is included on their fourth album, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. It was also featured in five second-season episodes of their television series: “The Wild Monkees”, “Hitting the High Seas”, “Monkees Watch Their Feet”, “Monkees in Paris” and “Monkees Mind Their Manor”. “The Wild Monkees” uses an early mix of the song (without Moog synthesizer) while the other episodes use the released mix. The song is about the phenomenon of groupies, and takes a dismissive attitude toward them (“Think I’ll let her keep on going, wherever it is she’s going to / Give her an autograph and tell her ‘It’s been nice... Read on...