"Nature" was notably covered in 1992 by New Zealand rock band The Mutton Birds.

Mason describes the song was being written, "in an hour on the front porch of my mum's house, looking out on a beautiful day with trees and stuff.

The song was recorded in November 1969, along with other tracks that would make up the band's third album, Creation.

When recording the folk-inspired song, the band used autoharp and improvised percussion by hitting a wooden organ lid, the sole of a shoe and a box of matches, rather than using a full drum kit.

While touring England in early 1970, the group learned that "Nature" was now a number one single in New Zealand, with sales of around 17,000.