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
This Could Be the Night (1966 song) This Could Be the Night (1966 song) "This Could Be the Night" is a song written by American musicians Harry Nilsson and Phil Spector in tribute to musician-songwriter Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys. In late 1965 or early 1966, the Modern Folk Quartet (or MFQ) recorded the song, which was produced by Spector. Biographer Mark Ribowsky described its Wall of Sound-style arrangement as a "Wagnerian folk march". MFQ hoped to release "This Could Be the Night" as a single, but Spector decided against it. Instead he used the song as the opening theme music for the 1966 rock