Mellow Yellow

by Donovan - 1967

♫ Mellow Yellow is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 and No. 8 in the UK in early 1967. The record had a "Beatlesque" feel to it, and was sometimes mistaken for a Beatles song. Donovan, in fact, was friends with the Beatles. Paul McCartney can be heard as one of the background revellers on this track, but contrary to popular belief, it is not McCartney whispering the "quite rightly" answering lines in the chorus, but rather Donovan himself.Donovan had a small part in coming up with the lyrics for "Yellow Submarine", and McCartney played bass guitar on portions of Donovan's Mellow Yellow album.

Lyrics

I'm just mad about saffron A-saffron's mad about me I'm just mad about saffron And she's just mad about me They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow I'm just mad about fourteen Fourteen's mad about me I'm just mad about fourteen And she's just mad about me

They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow Born high forever to fly A wind velocity nil Born high forever to fly If you want, your cup I will fill They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow