" "Big Yellow Taxi" is a song written and originally performed by Joni Mitchell. It reached #67 in 1970 (U.S., Billboard)
Mitchell got the idea for the song during a visit to Hawaii. She looked out of her hotel window at the spectacular Pacificmountain scenery, and then down to a parking lot.
Many other artists have covered the song, including Amy Grant, Melanie (Melanie Safka), Counting Crows with and without Vanessa Carlton, Sandi Thom, Kaya, Pinhead Gunpowder, Paul Tillotson, Moya Brennan, Keb Mo, Chris Thomas King, Keren Ann, the a cappella quintet Toxic Audio, Bob Dylan, Manfred Mann's Earth Band
German pop singer Nena recorded another Version in 2007 on her album Cover me.
Aquila Rose and Idana Valdes along with the Buena Vista Social Club covered this song on the 2009 album Rhythms del Mundo Classics."
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