It was released in 1970 as the B-side of Melanie's "Ruby Tuesday" single and included on the album Candles in the Rain.
The single reached the number 39 in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top 20 in Norway and the Wallonia region of Belgium.
Czechoslovak singer Helena Vondráčková did a rendition in 1971 as "Kam zmizel ten starý song" with Czech lyrics by Zdeněk Borovec.
Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori released a cover of it with lyrics in Serbian, called "Vidi šta sam ti uradio od pesme, mama", in 1985.
In October 2012, Miley Cyrus released a video of her own acoustic version of the song as part of her Backyard Sessions series.