Mellow Yellow (album) Mickie Most's production and the arrangements of John Paul Jones accommodate these two divergent traits of Donovan's songwriting throughout "Mellow Yellow". The peppier songs feature a diverse selection of instruments similar to "Sunshine Superman" and helped make a top 10 hit out of the title track on both sides of the Atlantic. The introspective ruminations feature sparse instrumentation that highlights Donovan's guitar playing, singing, and lyrics. On "Mellow Yellow", Donovan gave a nod to his friend Bert Jansch on "House of Jansch", marking the third Donovan album in a row that paid tribute to the British folk personage. John Cameron
Have You Never Been Mellow (song) Reyne's solo debut album.) Belgian liquid drum & bass prodigy Netsky sampled the song on his 2010 debut album "Netsky" (Hospital Records), using the vocals of Terri Pace on the song "Mellow". Me First and the Gimme Gimmes covered the song on their all Australian covers 2011 EP, "Go Down Under". A French cover was recorded by Nicole Rieu, "Ma maison au bord de l'eau", was released in 1975. In 2001, Japanese singer and voice actress Rie Tanaka recorded the song (in English) for her album "Garnet". Olivia's original version had been a big hit in Japan in 1975. In