"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" was written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, and was first recorded by Paul Revere & the Raiders and appeared on their album Midnight Ride, released in May 1966. Various other Sixties garage bands quickly covered it, but it was The Monkees version, the b-side to "I'm A Believer", that became famous - so much so, that it is widely assumed to be their song. The best version was done by The Sex Pistols.
The song has a repeating verse chord progression of E major, G major, A major, and C major, and a repeating bridge in cut time of E major, G major, A major, and G major.
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| Paul Revere and the Raiders (May 1966) |
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| The Choab (1966) |
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| The Flies (1966) |
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| W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band (1966) |
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| The Rebounds (1966) |
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| Liverpool Five (1966) |
The Monkees (Nov 1966)
The Sex Pistols
Modern Rocketry (1983)
Smack (1985)
The Krewmen (1987)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Johnny Thunders, The Merton Parkas, Blutgräfin, Minor Threat, Denny Darrison & the Heavy Bertations, State of Alert, The Farm, The Catalina Scramblers, The Feminine Complex, DS-13, Six Feet Under, The Trashmen, Intruder, The Untouchables, Hi-NRG act Modern Rocketry, Hot Nasties, Per Gessle, Les Thugs, Fang, The Pivots, Deadlok, The Rebounds, Barbi and the Kens, the Argentinian band Massacre, The Flares, and the UK band Scholars. It was also a hit for Modern Rocketry in 1983, #7 on the U.S. Disco/Dance/House Charts as well as PJ & Duncan in 1996
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