Mellow Yellow 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."
Yellow (Coldplay song) heir to the Brit-rock throne." The song has since been regarded as the centerpiece track on the album. The song was featured in Richard Linklater's film "Boyhood". Citations Sources Yellow (Coldplay song) "Yellow" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay. The band wrote the song and co-produced it with British record producer Ken Nelson for their debut album, "Parachutes" (2000). The song was recorded in March 2000, and released in June that same year as the second single from "Parachutes", following Shiver, and the lead single in the United States. "Yellow" reached number four in the UK Singles