Yellow Balloon was not on the recording, having been in a recent near-fatal car accident. The week of May 20, 1967, the Yellow Balloon's version placed at #25 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, while Jan & Dean's version placed at #111. This was due largely to the fact that many disc jockeys around the United States played only the Yellow Balloon version of the song. The B-side was the song played backwards, entitled "Noollab Wolley". However, several radio stations banned the song in fear that the song was about yellow hallucinogenic pills for a drug trip, just like the Donovan song "Mellow
Written in the Sand (song) Written in the Sand (song) "Written in the Sand" is a song by American country music group Old Dominion. It was released in September 2017 as the second single from their second major-label album "Happy Endings". Group members Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, and Brad Tursi wrote the song with Shane McAnally, who also produced it. Liv Stecker of "The Boot" wrote that the song is "a mellow, reflective tune that questions the future of a relationship", in which the narrator asks ""Are we written in the stars, baby, or are we written in the sand?"" The song features "snaps and