Big Yellow Taxi

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Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell

About Big Yellow Taxi

"Big Yellow Taxi" is a song written and originally performed by Joni Mitchell. Mitchell got the idea for the song during a visit to Hawaii. She looked out of her hotel window at the spectacular Pacific mountain scenery, and then down to a parking lot. Joni said this about writing the song to journalist Alan McDougall in the early 1970s: I wrote 'Big Yellow Taxi' on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next morning, I threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance. .

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About this song

Credited to
Joni Mitchell
Album
70's Summer Hits · Track 18 of 50
Released
May 17, 2025
Duration
2:14
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