And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind

"And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind"
Single by Neil Diamond
from the album Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
B-side	"Merry-Go-Round"
Released	1970 (Australia)
Genre	Easy Listening, Pop
Length	3:33
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Neil Diamond
Producer(s)	Tom Catalano, Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond singles chronology
"Until It's Time for You to Go" (1970) "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" (1970) "Solitary Man" (1970)

"And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind"
Single by Mark Lindsay
from the album Silver Bird
B-side	"Funny How Little Men Care"
Released	September 1970 (U.S.)
Genre	Easy Listening, Pop
Length	3:32
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Neil Diamond
Producer(s)	Jerry Fuller
Mark Lindsay singles chronology
"Silver Bird" (1970) "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" (1970) "Problem Child" (1971)

"And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" is a song written by Neil Diamond and recorded in 1969 on his Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show LP. It was also featured on his live LP Hot August Night. Diamond's original became a minor hit in Australia before the song became a U.S. and Canadian hit for Mark Lindsay in the fall of 1970.

Mark Lindsay version

Mark Lindsay, of Paul Revere and the Raiders fame, recorded "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" on his 1970 Silverbird LP. It reached #44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #34 in Canada. It was a bigger Easy Listening hit, reaching the Top 20 in both nations (U.S. #5).

Chart history

Neil Diamond

Mark Lindsay

Other versions

• "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" was recorded by Elvis Presley on February 17, 1969. It was included on his 1969 LP Back in Memphis, and a posthumously remixed version featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was released on the 2015 album If I Can Dream.
• Billy J. Kramer released it as a non-album single for European issue in 1971.

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song
• Neil Diamond - And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind on YouTube
• Elvis Presley - And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind on YouTube
• Mark Lindsay - And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind on YouTube

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