- Colours (song)
Infobox Single
Name = Colours
Caption = UK (Pye) sleeve
Artist =Donovan
from Album = Fairytale
Released =May 28,1965 (UK)
June1965 (US)
B-side = "To Sing for You" (UK)
"Josie" (USA)
Format = 7"
Recorded =1965
Genre = folk
Length =2:44 (Side A)
2:46 ("To Sing For You")
3:29 ("Josie")
Label = Pye 7N15866 (UK)
Hickory 45-1324 (USA)
Writer = Donovan Leitch
Producer = Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens
Chronology =Donovan UK singles
Reviews =
Last single = "Catch the Wind"
(1965)
This single = "Colours"
(1965)
Next single = "Turquoise"
(1965)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist =Donovan USA singles
Type =singles
Last album ="Catch the Wind"
(1965)
This album ="Colours"
(1965)
Next album ="Universal Soldier"
(1965) "Colours" is a song written and recorded by Scottishsinger-songwriter Donovan . The "Colours" single was released in the United Kingdom on May 28, 1965 throughPye Records (Pye 7N 15866) and a few months later in the United States throughHickory Records (Hickory 45-1324). The "Colours" single was backed with "To Sing for You" (previously included on "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid ") on the United Kingdom release and "Josie" (from "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid") on the United States release.Donovan followed up the success of "Catch the Wind" with "Colours", which featured a similar folk style. The single matched the success of "Catch the Wind" in the United Kingdom, reaching #4 on the charts. In the United States, "Colours" reached #61 and marked a decline in popularity from "Catch the Wind". A different mix of the song (without harmonica) was released on his second album "Fairytale".When
Epic Records was compiling "Donovan's Greatest Hits ", they were either unable or unwilling to secure the rights to the original recordings of "Catch the Wind" and "Colours". Donovan rerecorded both songs with a full backing band, and the rerecordings were included on the greatest hits album.A live duet with
Joan Baez from the 1965Newport Folk Festival is included on the 1995 compilation "Folk Music at Newport, Part 1".The song was used in the films "
Poor Cow " and "The Rules of Attraction ".
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
