Mellow Yellow Mellow Yellow "Mellow Yellow" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. In the US it reached No. 2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1966, (Both Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys and Winchester Cathedral by The New Vaudeville Band kept it from hitting No. 1). Outside the US, "Mellow Yellow" peaked at No. 8 in the UK in early 1967. The song was rumoured to be about smoking dried banana skins, which was believed to be a hallucinogenic drug in the 1960s, though this aspect of bananas has since been debunked. According to Donovan's notes, accompanying
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