I think Mike Nesmith, may have written a couple of songs for the Monkees, near the end of their run of hits.
Yes, the Specials had a moderate smash hit thanks to their reggae/rap-inflenced emphasis track, the Neil Diamond-scripted single cut of a Little Bit Me, a Little But You that was first recorded circa 1966 from the Monkees, in fact. Cheers to that, folks!