“Large Yellow Taxi” is a track written, composed, and initially recorded by Joni Mitchell in 1970, and initially launched on her album Women of the Canyon. It was a success in her native Canada (No. 14) in addition to Australia (No. 6) and the UK (No. 11). It solely reached No. 67 within the US in 1970, however was later a much bigger hit there for her in a reside model launched in 1974, which peaked at No. 24. Charting variations have additionally been recorded by The Neighborhood (who had the unique high US 40 hit with the observe in 1970, peaking at No. 29), Maire Brennan, Amy Grant and Counting Crows. Wiki