Mellow Yellow

"Mellow Yellow"
Single by Donovan
from the album Mellow Yellow
B-side
  • "Sunny South Kensington" (USA)
  • "Preachin' Love" (UK)
Released
  • October 1966 (US)
  • February 1967 (UK)
RecordedOctober 1966
Genre
Length3:42
Label
  • Epic 5-10098
  • Pye 7N 17267
Songwriter(s)Donovan
Producer(s)Mickie Most
Donovan UK singles chronology
"Sunshine Superman"
(1966)
"Mellow Yellow"
(1966)
"There Is a Mountain"
(1967)
Donovan US singles chronology
"Sunny Goodge Street"
(1966)
"Mellow Yellow"
(1966)
"Epistle to Dippy"
(1967)

"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.

  1. ^ Laing, Dave (1975). The Electric Muse: the story of Folk into Rock. Methuen. p. 151. ISBN 0-413-31860-5. Donovan (...) did change styles to make a couple of enormously successful pop singles, "Mellow Yellow" and "Sunshine Superman", before disappearing from the front ranks.
  2. ^ Willis, Ellen (2011). Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music. University of Minnesota Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8166-7283-7. Donovan wrote medieval fantasies and pop collages like "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow."
  3. ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-8435-3105-0. A further move into psychedelic pop spawned another million-seller in "Mellow Yellow" — [Donovan's] best-known song
  4. ^ Ellis, Iain (2012). Brit Wits: A History of British Rock Humor. Intellect Books. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-8415-0565-7. 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.
  5. ^ "Record Reviews > Pick of the Week" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XXVIII, no. 15. 5 November 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "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" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
  7. ^ "The Hot 100". Billboard. 24 December 1966. Retrieved 1 December 2018.