Yellow Balloon was not on the recording, having been in a recent near-fatal car accident. The week of May 20, 1967, the Yellow Balloon's version placed at #25 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, while Jan & Dean's version placed at #111. This was due largely to the fact that many disc jockeys around the United States played only the Yellow Balloon version of the song. The B-side was the song played backwards, entitled "Noollab Wolley". However, several radio stations banned the song in fear that the song was about yellow hallucinogenic pills for a drug trip, just like the Donovan song "Mellow
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: