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| name = Mellow Yellow | cover = Donovan - Mellow Yellow.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Donovan | album = Mellow Yellow | B-side = {{unbulleted list|"Sunny South Kensington" (USA)|"Preachin' Love" (UK)}} | released = {{unbulleted list|24 October 1966 (USA)|February 1967 (UK)}} | format = 7" single | recorded = October 1966 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Pop[1][2]|psychedelic pop[3][4]}} | length = 3:42 | label = {{unbulleted list|Epic 5-10098|Pye 7N 17267}} | writer = Donovan | producer = Mickie Most | chronology = Donovan UK | prev_title = Sunshine Superman | prev_year = 1966 | next_title = There Is a Mountain | next_year = 1967 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Donovan USA | type = singles | prev_title = Sunny Goodge Street | prev_year = 1966 | title = Mellow Yellow | year = 1966 | next_title = Epistle to Dippy | next_year = 1967 }} }} "Mellow Yellow" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.[5] In the US it reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966, (Both Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys and Winchester Cathedral by The New Vaudeville Band kept it from hitting No. 1).[6] Outside the US, "Mellow Yellow" peaked at No. 8 in the UK in early 1967. ContentThe 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.[7] 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.[8] 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."[9] Paul McCartney can be heard as one of the background revellers on this track, but the "quite rightly" whispering answering lines in the chorus is not McCartney but rather Donovan himself.[10] Donovan had a small part in coming up with the lyrics for "Yellow Submarine", and McCartney played bass guitar (uncredited) on portions of Donovan's Mellow Yellow album.[11]In 2005, the track was remastered by EMI Records for the Mellow Yellow album re-issue.[12] Covers and adaptations"Mellow Yellow" was covered in 1967 by soul singer Big Maybelle on her album Got a Brand New Bag.[13] It was also covered in 1968 by British R&B singer/keyboardist Georgie Fame on his album The Third Face of Fame.[14] In 1970, a Czech version of the song was issued by Czech singer and actor Václav Neckář on the Supraphon label.[15] In 1999, "Mellow Yellow" was sung by a group of young adults, among whom were then-unknowns Alex Greenwald, Rashida Jones and Jason Thompson, in Gap's "Everybody in Cords" commercial directed by Pedro Romhanyi. The music mix was done by the Dust Brothers.[16] In 2015 the song was covered by Spanish singer Abraham Mateo for the soundtrack and promotion of the film Minions.[17] In Brazil Michel Teló covered the song, adapted to Portuguese, also for the movie.[18] Chart performance{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Weekly charts
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References1. ^{{cite book|first= Dave |last= Laing |authorlink= Dave Laing |title= The Electric Muse: the story of Folk into Rock |publisher= Methuen |quote= Donovan (...) did change styles to make a couple of enormously successful pop singles, "Mellow Yellow" and "Sunshine Superman", before disappearing from the front ranks. |year= 1975 |page= 151 |isbn= 0-413-31860-5}} 2. ^{{cite book|first= Ellen |last= Willis |authorlink= Ellen Willis |title= Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music |publisher= University of Minnesota Press |quote= Donovan wrote medieval fantasies and pop collages like "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow." |year= 2011 |isbn= 978-0-8166-7283-7 |page= 14}} 3. ^{{cite book|first= Peter |last= Buckley |title= The Rough Guide to Rock |year= 2003 |publisher= Rough Guides |quote= A further move into psychedelic pop spawned another million-seller in "Mellow Yellow" — [Donovan's] best-known song |page= 305 |isbn= 978-1-8435-3105-0}} 4. ^{{cite book|first= Iain |last= Ellis |title= Brit Wits: A History of British Rock Humor |publisher= Intellect Books |quote= Hits like "Mellow Yellow" (1967) and "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (1968) saw Donovan become the public face of fanciful British psychedelic pop in the latter part of the decade. |year= 2012 |page= 42 |isbn= 978-1-8415-0565-7}} 5. ^{{Gilliland|title= Show 48 - The British are Coming! The British are Coming!: With an emphasis on Donovan, the Bee Gees and the Who. [Part 5] : UNT Digital Library |url= https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19823/m1/}} 6. ^{{cite magazine|title= The Hot 100 |magazine= Billboard |date= 24 December 1966 |accessdate= 1 December 2018 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1966-12-24}} 7. ^{{cite web|first= Cecil |last= Adams |title= Will smoking banana peels get you high? |publisher= The Straight Dope |url= http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2389/will-smoking-banana-peels-get-you-high |date= 26 April 2002 |accessdate= 9 June 2014}} 8. ^{{cite book|editor-first= Holly |editor-last= George-Warren |title= The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll |publisher= Fireside |edition= 3rd, Revised and updated for the 21st century |year= 2001 |isbn= 0-7432-0120-5 |page= 276}} 9. ^{{cite journal|title= The Aftershow |magazine= NME |date= 18 June 2011 |page= 66}} 10. ^{{cite web|url= http://donovan-unofficial.com/music/albums/mellow_yellow.html |title= Mellow Yellow |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305055557/http://donovan-unofficial.com/music/albums/mellow_yellow.html |archivedate= 5 March 2016}}. Donovan Unofficial. 11. ^{{cite AV media notes|title= The Paul McCartney World Tour booklet |year= 1989}} 12. ^{{cite web|url= http://donovan-unofficial.com//music/albums/mellow_yellow_reissues.html |title= Mellow Yellow (reissues) |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160314234550/http://donovan-unofficial.com//music/albums/mellow_yellow_reissues.html |archivedate= 14 March 2016}}. Donovan Unofficial. 13. ^{{cite web|title= Big Maybelle – Got a Brand New Bag |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/got-a-brand-new-bag-mw0000859519 |accessdate= 11 May 2016}} 14. ^{{cite web|first= Dave |last= Thompson |title= Georgie Fame – Third Face of Fame |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/third-face-of-fame-mw0000461683 |accessdate= 11 May 2016}} 15. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.discogs.com/V%C3%A1clav-Neck%C3%A1%C5%99-Motejl-Modrejl-Goo-Goo-Barabajagal/release/5854635 |title= Václav Neckář - Motejl Modrejl / Goo-Goo Barabajagal (Vinyl) |publisher= Discogs |accessdate= 26 July 2014}} 16. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C270600%2C00.html |title= Mind the Gap |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090218234146/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C270600%2C00.html |archivedate= 18 February 2009}}. Entertainment Weekly. (Time Inc.) (502). 10 September 1999. 17. ^{{cite news|title= Abraham Mateo pone música a 'Los Minions' |url= http://www.lasprovincias.es/culturas/cine/201506/25/abraham-mateo-pone-musica-20150625161938.html |newspaper= Las Provincias |date= 25 June 2015 |accessdate= 29 June 2015 |language= es}} 18. ^{{cite news|url= http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/cinema/noticia/2015/06/minions-michel-telo-conta-como-adaptou-musica-tema-do-filme.html |title= 'Minions': Michel Teló conta como adaptou música tema do filme |publisher= Globo.com |date= 22 June 2015 |accessdate= 29 June 2015 |language= es}} 19. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1967/19670111.html |title= Go-Set Australian charts – 11 January 1967 |work= Go-Set |publisher= Poparchives.com.au |accessdate= 17 July 2013}} 20. ^{{cite web|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Chart Positions Pre 1989 Part 3 |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |accessdate= 9 June 2014 |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=30148&pages=5 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131020123255/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=30148&pages=5 |archivedate= 20 October 2013}} 21. ^{{cite web|title= Search listener |website= Flavour of New Zealand |accessdate= 25 April 2018 |url= http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=542#n_view_location}} 22. ^{{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (D) |website= Rock.co.za |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(D).html |accessdate= 5 January 2019}} 23. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/mellow-yellow-mw0000357813/awards |title= Mellow Yellow – Awards |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |accessdate= 17 July 2013}} 24. ^{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending DECEMBER 17, 1966 |magazine= Cash Box |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19661217.html |archivedate= 5 October 2012 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20121005021938/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19661217.html}} 25. ^{{cite magazine|title= 100 Top Pops |magazine= Record World |page= 19 |date= 17 December 1966 |accessdate= 9 September 2017 |url= http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/60s/66/RW-1966-12-17.pdf}} 26. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1967 |title= Jaaroverzichten 1967 |publisher= Ultratop. Hung Medien |accessdate= 9 June 2014 |language= nl}} External links
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