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Joni Mitchell

Big Yellow Taxi

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1970
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“Big Yellow Taxi” is a song written and originally performed by Joni Mitchell in 1970. It was a big hit in her native Canada (#14) as well as Australia (#6) and the UK (#11). It only reached #67 in the US in 1970, but was later a bigger hit there for her in a live version released in 1975, which peaked at #24. Charting versions have also been recorded by The Neighborhood (who had the original top US 40 hit with the track in 1970, peaking at #29), Maire Brennan, Amy Grant, and Counting Crows. Read on...

Song lines: ♪ They paved paradise ... And put up a parking lot ... That you don't know what you've got

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