The song was originally written and performed by Dolly Parton in 1974. She wrote it for her mentor and partner Porter Wagoner after leaving their band.

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    The Mamas & The Papas’ ‘California Dreamin’’ was written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips in 1963 and first recorded by Barry McGuire. The Mamas & the Papas sang backup on the original version.

    John Philips and Michelle Phillips were in The Mamas & The Papas tho

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      John and Michelle Phillips were in The Mamas & The Papas tho.

      True, the thing is that Barry McGuire wasn’t.

      This is called “sampling,” and if you’re going to list those, then pretty much every hip hop track ever is going to be here and that would be silly.

      Sampling is when one takes a ‘sample’ from another composition, not the whole thing. Pray tell how many hiphop tracks have an entire other song as the instrumental.