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
Have You Never Been Mellow be "Have You Never Been Mellow". Album — "Billboard" (North America) Singles — "Billboard" (North America) Singles — Canadian Singles Chart UK Singles Chart Japanese Oricon charts Have You Never Been Mellow Have You Never Been Mellow is the sixth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John, released on 12 February 1975 by MCA Records. Both the title single and the album rose to the top of their respective US charts (the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart and the "Billboard" 200 albums chart). The title song and its follow-up, "Please Mr. Please", were both top 10 on three "Billboard" charts: