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
Murder She Wrote (song) Murder She Wrote (song) "Murder She Wrote" is a reggae song by Chaka Demus & Pliers on their 1993 album "Tease Me". The album included six singles which charted in the UK, including "Murder She Wrote" which reached number 27 on the UK Pop Chart. The music to the song is based on Toots 1966 song "Bam Bam", while the lyrics discuss abortion (as revealed in the third verse). Two music videos were made, one with Dancehall Queen Carlene Smith, and one without. The videos cost $50,000 and $2,500 respectively to produce. The song was sampled by Pitbull for the