"And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" is a song written by

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and recorded in 1969 on his '' Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show'' LP. It was also featured on his live LP ''

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''. Diamond's original became a minor hit in Australia before the song became a U.S. and Canadian hit for

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in the fall of 1970.

Mark Lindsay version

, of

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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

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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

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on February 17, 1969. It was included on his 1969 LP '' Back in Memphis'', and a posthumously remixed version featuring the

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was released on the 2015 album ''

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''. *

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released it as a non-album single for European issue in 1971.

References

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Lyrics of this song
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