| And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind | |
| Cover: | And_the_Grass_Won't_Pay_No_Mind_-_Neil_Diamond.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Neil Diamond |
| Album: | Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show |
| B-Side: | Merry-Go-Round |
| Released: | 1970 (Australia) |
| Genre: | Easy Listening, Pop |
| Length: | 3:33 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Tom Catalano, Neil Diamond |
| Prev Title: | Until It's Time for You to Go |
| Prev Year: | 1970 |
| Next Title: | Solitary Man |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
| And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind | |
| Cover: | And_the_Grass_Won't_Pay_No_Mind_-_Mark_Lindsay.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Mark Lindsay |
| Album: | Silver Bird |
| B-Side: | Funny How Little Men Care |
| Released: | September 1970 (U.S.) |
| Genre: | Easy Listening, Pop |
| Length: | 3:32 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Jerry Fuller |
| Prev Title: | Silver Bird |
| Prev Year: | 1970 |
| Next Title: | Problem Child |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
"And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" is a song written by Neil Diamond and recorded in 1969 on his Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show LP. It was also featured on his live LP Hot August Night. Diamond's original became a minor hit in Australia before the song became a U.S. and Canadian hit for Mark Lindsay in the fall of 1970.
Mark Lindsay, of Paul Revere and the Raiders 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 Easy Listening hit, reaching the Top 20 in both nations (U.S. #5).
| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[1] | 14 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[2] | 34 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 44 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] | 5 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[5] | 37 |
. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research .
. Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 141.
