Mellow Yellow 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. 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. In 2005, the track was remastered by EMI Records for the "Mellow Yellow" album re-issue. "Mellow Yellow" was covered in 1967 by soul singer Big Maybelle on her album "Got a Brand New Bag". It was also covered in 1968 by British
The Seeker (the Who song) The Seeker (the Who song) "The Seeker" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by English rock band the Who, and featured on their 1971 compilation album "Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy". Around the time of the song's release, Townshend explained its meaning in an interview with "Rolling Stone": "I suppose I like this least of all the stuff", wrote Townshend the following year. "It suffered from being the first thing we did after "Tommy", and also from being recorded a few too many times. We did it once at my home studio, then at IBC where we