"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" is a rock song written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.
It was first recorded by the English band the Liverpool Five in early 1966 but remained unreleased before summer of that same year.
In the meantime, the American band Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded the song which appeared on their album Midnight Ride, released in May 1966.
[4] Musicians featured on the recording are Micky Dolenz (lead vocal), Tommy Boyce (backing vocal), Wayne Erwin and Gerry McGee (rhythm guitar), Louis Shelton (lead guitar), Bobby Hart (Vox Continental organ), Larry Taylor (bass), Billy Lewis (drums) and Henry Lewy (percussion).
The punk bands the Sex Pistols, State of Alert, the Queers, and Minor Threat have also recorded versions of the song.