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"Green, Green" is a hit single released by American folk music group The New Christy Minstrels on June 4, 1963.[1] It was composed and written by group members Barry McGuire and Randy Sparks and became the group's first hit. Since then, it has been covered by many singers and artists from all over the world.

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"Green, Green"
Single by the New Christy Minstrels
from the album Ramblin' featuring 'Green, Green'
B-side	"The Banjo"
Published	June 4, 1963
Genre	Folk
Length	2:10
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Barry McGuire, Randy Sparks
Producer(s)	Jim Harbert
The New Christy Minstrels singles chronology
"Denver" (1963) "Green, Green" (1963) "Saturday Night" (1963)

Charts

Chart (1963)	Peak position
U.S. Hot 100[2][3]	14
U.S. Easy Listening[3]	3

"Green, Green" sold over one million copies in 1963, and was awarded a gold disc.[4] It was nominated in 1964 for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording and Best Performance By A Chorus.[5]

Variants, covers and sampling

The New Christy Minstrels also recorded the song in German, named Grün, grün ist Tennessee.

Green, Green has been covered by many artists from all over the world including:

• Eddy Arnold and the Needmore Creek Singers - Green Green[6]
• Brian Hyland - Green Green[6]
• Mrs. Green Apple - グリーン グリーン[7]
• Glen Campbell - Green Green[6]
• Drafi Deutscher - Grün, grün ist Tennessee[6]
• Cliff Richard - Du, Du Gefällst Mir So[6]
• Dalinda - Ding Ding[6]
• Ann-Louise Hanson - Ding Ding
• Rangers - Vim Vim[6]
• Georg Dolivo - Maantie[6]
• Bruce Low - Grün, Drün[6]
• Bjørn Tidmand - Blå, Blå[6]
• Johnny Rivers - Green Green[8]

The song also served as a possible inspiration for the Super Mario World soundtrack by the Japanese composer Koji Kondo.[9]

Japanese version

Poet and children's literature author Hikaru Kataoka took notice of the song in the 1960s. At this time he was working for the Japanese public broadcaster NHK, where he was in charge of production, song writing and translation. He wrote new Japanese lyrics for "Green, Green",[10] and in May 1967, it was broadcast on NHK during the children's programme Minna no Uta (Songs for Everyone)[11] sung by Suginami Junior Chorus and arranged by Akihiro Komori. Since then the lyrics have become very popular in Japan.

The lyrics have been published in several Japanese music textbooks.[12]

References

External links

• グリーン・グリーン on YouTube
• Green, Green on YouTube
• The pop song that Nintendo copied - Thomas Game Docs on YouTube

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