While the band members chose the songs that they would record, Kirshner tended to favor his writing stable for singles.

B-sides to singles, which paid the same royalty rates as did A-sides, were reserved as a kind of bonus for the Brill Building writers.

Michael Nesmith led the band through a struggle for more creative control and the chance to play their own instruments on their records.

Early in 1967, the band recorded two songs for selection as their next single: "All of Your Toys" and a remake of "The Girl I Knew Somewhere," both with Micky Dolenz on lead vocals.

He also pressed a number of promo copies bearing the label "My Favorite Monkee – Davy Jones Sings."

A new stereo remix, more closely matching the mono mix, was issued as a bonus track on Rhino's 2007 double-CD deluxe version of Headquarters.

Source: Headquarters: Super-Deluxe Edition 4CD set liner notes, p.16 In March 1967 Billboard predicted that the single was "destined to become [the Monkees'] third million seller in a row.