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
Who Can I Turn To? album, "Gentle Is My Love." The Temptations recorded the song on their album "In a Mellow Mood". The Main Ingredient recorded the song for their 1972 album "Bitter Sweet"; the single was also the B-side of the R&B group's biggest hit "Everybody Plays the Fool". Australian baritone Anthony Warlow recorded the song on his 1994 album "Midnight Dreaming". Van Morrison recorded the song on his 1995 album "How Long Has This Been Going On". Harry Connick, Jr. included the song on his 2009 album, "Your Songs". Mark Vincent covered the song for his 2010 album "Compass" Della Reese recorded the