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"Mellow Yellow" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. [6] Released in the US in 1966, it reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 . [ 7 ] Outside the US, "Mellow Yellow" peaked at No. 8 in the UK in early 1967.
Mellow Yellow is the fourth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.It was released in the US in February 1967 (Epic Records LN 24239 (monaural) / BN 26239 (rechanneled stereo), [3] but not released in the UK because of a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented Sunshine Superman from a UK release.
In his autobiography Donovan explained "electrical banana" was a reference to a "yellow-coloured vibrator". [28] The song became Donovan's signature tune in the US and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 3 on the Cash Box chart, and earned a gold record award for sales of more than one million in the US. [25]
The album was Donovan's most successful, peaking at number 11 in the US and remaining on the Billboard Top LPs chart for six months. The 1967 UK edition peaked at number 25. The tracks from Sunshine Superman and Mellow Yellow were not mixed into stereo, with the exception of "Season of the Witch", until the 2011 2-CD deluxe edition issued by UK ...
All tracks by Donovan Leitch. "Sunshine Superman" – 4:33 "Mellow Yellow" – 3:39 "Catch the Wind" – 2:55 "There Is a Mountain" – 2:35 "Colours" – 2:45 "Jennifer Juniper" – 2:42 "The Trip" – 4:34 "Sunny Goodge Street" – 2:55 "Happiness Runs" – 3:25 "Poor Cow" – 2:57 "Preachin' Love" – 2:40 "Hurdy Gurdy Man" – 3:13
Songs that were unreleased at the time of the concert are noted with an asterisk (*): Side one All tracks by Donovan Leitch. "Intro" – 3:25 "Isle of Islay"* – 4:21 (from A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, released December 1967) "Young Girl Blues" – 6:09 (from Mellow Yellow, released March 1967)
In 1970 a Czech version of the song was issued, as the B-side to "Motejl Modrejl (Mellow Yellow)", by Czech singer and actor Václav Neckář on the Supraphon label. [10] The song was covered in 1991 by "The Love-in" on Scream Records, UK. (Scream Records, or possibly "From A Whisper to a Scream", were an early 90s UK hip-hop label.) [11]
"Sunshine Superman" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released as a single in the United States through Epic Records (Epic 5–10045) in July 1966, but due to a contractual dispute the United Kingdom release was delayed until December 1966, where it appeared on Donovan's previous label, Pye Records (Pye 7N 17241).