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
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: