Headquarters is the third studio album by the American pop rock band The Monkees, released on May 22, 1967, by Colgems Records. It was the first Monkees album on which the four band members played instruments and wrote much of the material themselves, following a struggle for creative control over their music with supervisor Don Kirshner. After winning the right to produce their own recordings, the group recorded Headquarters with producer Chip Douglas, and largely dispensed with session musicians. The album was a commercial success: it became the Monkees' third consecutive Billboard 200 number-one album in the United States, selling over two million copies within the first two months of release (earning a double platinum certification). It also reached No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart. Headquarters has since been included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.