This single was the Trio's attempt to capitalize on the folk revival's growing interest in topical songs, though it only reached #102 on the Billboard charts. It was one of their final releases before their commercial fortunes began to wane.
- The song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" was written by Pete Seeger. It was originally released in 1955, and a German version "Sagte mir dein Vater" was released in 1960.
- The B-side of the single was "This Land Is Your Land," another folk standard originally written by Woody Guthrie.
- The Kingston Trio's version of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" was released in May 1961.
The Kingston Trio were an American folk and folk-rock group. They were the most commercially successful act in that genre during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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