Mellow Yellow coffeeshop Mellow Yellow coffeeshop Mellow Yellow was the oldest cannabis coffee shop in Amsterdam, prior to its closure at the start of 2017. The coffee shop was founded in 1972 by Wernard Bruinin in Weesperzijde, Amsterdam, on the premises of a former bakery. The shop is named after "Mellow Yellow", a song by Donovan which describes the singer trying to become intoxicated through smoking the peel of banana. The intent of the shop is to sell cannabis, despite this being illegal at the time of its creation. Sales were originally disguised by drug dealers seated at the bar posing as customers.
Have You Never Been Mellow (song) 2016, Dutch DJ duo Showtek released a hardstyle song entitled "Mellow" that sampled this song's lyrics with Technoboy and Tuneboy. In 2017, Japanese singer-songwriter Rina Sumioka covered the song in her album "Colors". Juliana Hatfield covered the song on her album "Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John". Have You Never Been Mellow (song) "Have You Never Been Mellow" is a popular song written by John Farrar and recorded by Olivia Newton-John as the title track for her album of the same name. In March 1975, the single became Newton-John's second consecutive number-one hit on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and also