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"Big Yellow Taxi" is a song written, composed, and originally recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in 1970, and originally released on her album Ladies of the Canyon. It was a hit in her native Canada (No. 14) as well as Australia (No. 6) and the UK (No. 11).
- 1970
- "Woodstock"
- April 1970
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Song Lyrics. All songs. Written by Joni. Unreleased. Early Repertoire. Big Yellow Taxi. by Joni Mitchell. They paved paradise. And put up a parking lot. With a pink hotel *, a boutique. And a swinging hot spot. Don't it always seem to go. That you don't know what you've got. Till it's gone. They paved paradise. And put up a parking lot.
Big Yellow Taxi Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot / Don't it always seem to go / That you don't know what you've...
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ is probably Joni Mitchell’s best-known song. In many ways a song about not taking things for granted until it’s too late and we’ve lost them, it’s also an example of an environmental protest song. Mitchell wrote the song in 1970.
