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"California Dreamin'" was written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips and was first recorded by Barry McGuire. However, the best known version is by The Mamas & the Papas, who sang backup on the original version and released as a single in 1965. The song is #89 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The lyrics of the song express the narrator's longing for the warmth of Los Angeles during a cold winter in New York City.

"California Dreamin' " was certified as a Gold Record (single) by the RIAA in June 1966[8] and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.
The song was written in 1963 while John Phillips and Michelle Phillips were living in New York. He dreamed about the song and woke her up to help him write it. At the time, John and Michelle Phillips were members of the folk group The New Journeymen, which evolved into The Mamas & the Papas.

Michelle Phillips is the only surviving member of the band, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Elliot, otherwise known as Mama Cass, died in 1974 and Doherty in 2007.