"Mellow Yellow" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer/songwriter Donovan. It reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 and No. 8 in the UK in early 1967.
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The song was rumoured to be about smoking dried banana skins, which was believed to be a hallucinogenic drug in the 1960s, though this aspect of bananas has since been debunked. According to Donovan's notes accompanying the album Donovan's Greatest Hits, the rumour that one could get high from smoking dried banana skins was started by Country Joe McDonald in 1966, and Donovan heard the rumour three weeks before "Mellow Yellow" was released as a single. According to The Rolling Stone Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, he admitted later the song made reference to a vibrator; an "electrical banana" as mentioned in the lyrics. This definition was re-affirmed in an interview with NME magazine: "it's about being cool, laid-back, and also the electrical bananas that were appearing on the scene - which were ladies' vibrators."
Mellow Yellow is the fourth album from Britishsinger-songwriterDonovan. It was released in the US in March 1967 (Epic Records LN 24239 (monaural) / BN 26239 (rechanneled stereo), but not released in the UK because of a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented Sunshine Superman from a UK release. In June 1967, a cross-section of both albums was released as Sunshine Superman (Pye Records NPL 18181) in the UK. "Mellow Yellow" was the name of Donovan's hit single released the previous November.
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The songs on Mellow Yellow represent a transition in Donovan's writing. Donovan's songs had previously illustrated his infatuation with an ability to define the mid-sixties pop music scene. On Mellow Yellow this is still evident in "Sunny South Kensington", "Museum" (originally recorded for the Sunshine Superman album and rerecorded for Mellow Yellow) and the title track, but is also tempered with world-weary observations of that scene ("Young Girl Blues"). The contractual problems that prevented the release of Donovan's music in the UK led him to write such songs as the resigned "Writer in the Sun", where he contemplates the possibility of his own forced retirement from the music industry at the age of 20.
Music video by Donovan performing Mellow Yellow (audio). (C) 2016 Sony Music Entertainment
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Donovan Mellow Yellow {Stereo) Remastered
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Donovan - Mellow Yellow
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Mellow Yellow Single Version] By Donovan With Lyrics
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Odell Brown & The Organ-Izers "Mellow Yellow" (Full LP)
Odell Brown and the Organ-Izers - Mellow Yellow
Cadet Lp LPS-788 / 1967
Songs:
1. Mellow Yellow
2. Quiet Village
3. Tommy's Thing
4. Que Son Uno
5. Mas Que Nada
6. Baby, You Just Don't Know
7. Ain't That A Groove
Musicans:
Odell Brown - Organ
Tommy Purvis - Tenor sax
Artee "Duke" Payne - Tenor Sax
Louis Satterfield - Electric Bass
Curtis Prince - Drums
Master Henry Gibson - Conga Drums
published: 27 Jun 2021
Donovan - Mellow Yellow
Smoke Your Pipe...and enjoy....Hail Atlantis
published: 04 May 2007
mellow yellow & young ranks 1982
A1 Herpes Take Over
A2 Brown Girl
A3 Rain
A4 Run Run
A5 We Hard
B1 Back Off
B2 Pickney Connection
B3 Rub A Dub Style
B4 Proud A We
B5 I'm Leaving
published: 19 Dec 2019
MELLOW YELLOW BABY
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MELLOW YELLOW BABY
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Released on: 1995-07-21
Composer: COOL SPOON
Lyricist: KIN
Lyricist: KOHEI JAPAN
Lyricist: TAMA
Lyricist: PES
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Odell Brown and the Organ-Izers - Mellow Yellow
Cadet Lp LPS-788 / 1967
Songs:
1. Mellow Yellow
2. Quiet Village
3. Tommy's Thing
4. Que Son Uno
5. Mas Que Nad...
Odell Brown and the Organ-Izers - Mellow Yellow
Cadet Lp LPS-788 / 1967
Songs:
1. Mellow Yellow
2. Quiet Village
3. Tommy's Thing
4. Que Son Uno
5. Mas Que Nada
6. Baby, You Just Don't Know
7. Ain't That A Groove
Musicans:
Odell Brown - Organ
Tommy Purvis - Tenor sax
Artee "Duke" Payne - Tenor Sax
Louis Satterfield - Electric Bass
Curtis Prince - Drums
Master Henry Gibson - Conga Drums
Odell Brown and the Organ-Izers - Mellow Yellow
Cadet Lp LPS-788 / 1967
Songs:
1. Mellow Yellow
2. Quiet Village
3. Tommy's Thing
4. Que Son Uno
5. Mas Que Nada
6. Baby, You Just Don't Know
7. Ain't That A Groove
Musicans:
Odell Brown - Organ
Tommy Purvis - Tenor sax
Artee "Duke" Payne - Tenor Sax
Louis Satterfield - Electric Bass
Curtis Prince - Drums
Master Henry Gibson - Conga Drums
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MELLOW YELLOW BABY
℗ 1995 FILE RECORDS INC.
Released on: 1995-07-21
Composer: COOL...
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MELLOW YELLOW BABY
℗ 1995 FILE RECORDS INC.
Released on: 1995-07-21
Composer: COOL SPOON
Lyricist: KIN
Lyricist: KOHEI JAPAN
Lyricist: TAMA
Lyricist: PES
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MELLOW YELLOW BABY
℗ 1995 FILE RECORDS INC.
Released on: 1995-07-21
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Lyricist: KIN
Lyricist: KOHEI JAPAN
Lyricist: TAMA
Lyricist: PES
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Odell Brown and the Organ-Izers - Mellow Yellow
Cadet Lp LPS-788 / 1967
Songs:
1. Mellow Yellow
2. Quiet Village
3. Tommy's Thing
4. Que Son Uno
5. Mas Que Nada
6. Baby, You Just Don't Know
7. Ain't That A Groove
Musicans:
Odell Brown - Organ
Tommy Purvis - Tenor sax
Artee "Duke" Payne - Tenor Sax
Louis Satterfield - Electric Bass
Curtis Prince - Drums
Master Henry Gibson - Conga Drums
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MELLOW YELLOW BABY · MELLOW YELLOW
MELLOW YELLOW BABY
℗ 1995 FILE RECORDS INC.
Released on: 1995-07-21
Composer: COOL SPOON
Lyricist: KIN
Lyricist: KOHEI JAPAN
Lyricist: TAMA
Lyricist: PES
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"Mellow Yellow" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer/songwriter Donovan. It reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 and No. 8 in the UK in early 1967.
Content
The song was rumoured to be about smoking dried banana skins, which was believed to be a hallucinogenic drug in the 1960s, though this aspect of bananas has since been debunked. According to Donovan's notes accompanying the album Donovan's Greatest Hits, the rumour that one could get high from smoking dried banana skins was started by Country Joe McDonald in 1966, and Donovan heard the rumour three weeks before "Mellow Yellow" was released as a single. According to The Rolling Stone Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, he admitted later the song made reference to a vibrator; an "electrical banana" as mentioned in the lyrics. This definition was re-affirmed in an interview with NME magazine: "it's about being cool, laid-back, and also the electrical bananas that were appearing on the scene - which were ladies' vibrators."
Donovan Mellow Yellow I'm just mad about Saffron Saffron's mad about me I'm just mad about Saffron She's just mad about me {Refrain} They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow I'm just mad about Fourteen Fourteen's mad about me I'm just mad about Fourteen She's just mad about me {Refrain} Born high forever to fly Wind velocity nil Wanna high forever to fly If you want your cup our fill {Refrain} (So mellow, he's so yellow) Electrical banana Is gonna be a sudden craze Electrical banana Is bound to be the very next phase They call it mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow Saffron -- yeah I'm just mad about her I'm just mad about Saffron She's just mad about me {Refrain}