EVERY BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLE 1970: #373: “BIG YELLOW TAXI”- JONI MITCHELL

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Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #373: ” Big Yellow Taxi”- Joni Mitchell. July 25, 1970.

  • Single: “Big Yellow Taxi”- Joni Mitchell
  • Record Company- Reprise
  • Genre: Pop
  • Written by Joni Mitchell
  • Time: 2:16
  • B-side: ‘Woodstock”
  • Album-Ladies Of The Canyon
  • Grade: A+
  • Peaked at #67 6 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100.

How was this great song not a big hit? Joni like many great artists were great because they did their own thing- not following the latest trends. Born Roberta Joan Anderson in 1943- in Fort McLeod, Alberta, Canada. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. From 1970-85 she had 10 Hot 100 singles with 4 making the Top 40. He biggest hit was “Help Me” #7 in 1974.

8 responses to “EVERY BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLE 1970: #373: “BIG YELLOW TAXI”- JONI MITCHELL”

  1. Did the other version undercut this one? I didn’t know if they waited until later or at the same time as was the practice in those days. Both were in 1970 I believe.

  4. I don’t remember who did the cover of the song? “Paved paradise and put up a parking lot” has become part of my lexicon as it fits so many situations where “development” takes precedence over any and everything. I know that there were two versions of B side and forgot who did the cover version. Unreal that neither of these hit it big as they are part of the fabric of our musical culture!

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