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In 2007, The Ventures released a version on their album The Ventures – Rocky!.In 1999, Tom Jones released a cover version of the song recorded with Canadian band the Barenaked Ladies, on his album Reload.In 1970, the Italian singer Nada recorded an Italian-language version with translated lyrics by Luigi Albertelli under the title "Un passatempo".In 1970, Quebec singer Bobby Le Clerc recorded a French cover titled "C'est pourquoi".
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In 1970, the group I Punti Cardinali released a version titled "La borsetta verde".1 in Japan after being used in a Japanese whiskey commercial. In 1992, when the song was used in Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs with song writers cited as Jan Gerbrand Visser and Benjamino Bouwens, it became an international cult classic. 16 in the middle of 1970 on the Cashbox chart and No. In the United States, the single reached No. 9 on the Dutch Top 40 singles chart and No. The "Little Green Bag" title was then retained for all subsequently released versions of the single, as well as the group's 1970 debut album, also titled Little Green Bag. The lyrics of the song adds to the belief that it's about marijuana, since it describes quite similarly the confusion of trying to find the bag, which is a common thing marijuana smokers experience. However, the single was given the erroneous title "Little Green Bag", which some took to be a "bag of marijuana". The track's original title was "Little Greenback", in reference to the color of the US dollar. The track was released as the George Baker Selection's debut single by Dutch label Negram, the B-side being "Pretty Little Dreamer". " Little Green Bag" is a 1969 song written by Dutch musicians Jan Visser and George Baker (born Hans Bouwens), and recorded by the George Baker Selection at the band's own expense. George Baker Selection singles chronology