The Mamas The Papas Twelve Thirty ( Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) (1967)

The Mamas The Papas Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) (1967) Artist : The Mamas The Papas Song : Twelve Thirty Album : The Papas The Mamas (1967) Twelve Thirty TwelveThirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon), the song s main refrain, is a song by The Mamas the Papas. The song was written by John Phillips shortly after the band had relocated to Southern California in 1965. It is often cited as the band s last great single. In a 1968 interview, Phillips cited this arrangement as an example of well arranged twopart harmony moving in opposite directions. Jim Ward of Rolling Stone, said Twelve Thirty was the last recording of the selfproclaimed Golden Era , he added, It s probably the best realized song the group has