And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind

"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.

"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"
Released1970 (Australia)
GenreEasy Listening, Pop
Length3:33
LabelMCA
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"
ReleasedSeptember 1970 (U.S.)
GenreEasy Listening, Pop
Length3:32
LabelColumbia
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)

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
Chart (1970) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 92
Mark Lindsay
Chart (1970) Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[1] 14
Canada RPM Top Singles[2] 34
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 44
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] 5
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[5] 37

Other versions

References
  1. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-11-28. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  2. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-11-21. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 141.
  5. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 14, 1970
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