Yesterday
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| “Yesterday” | |||||
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| Single by The Beatles | |||||
| B-side | "Act Naturally" (US-1965) "I Should Have Known Better" (UK-1976) |
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| Released | 13 September 1965(US) 4 March 1966 (UK-as part of an EP) 8 March 1976 (UK) |
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| Format | 7" & 12" | ||||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios: 14 June 1965 |
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| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 2:03 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone/EMI (UK) Capitol (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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| “ | 'Yesterday' is Paul completely on his own, really. We just helped finishing off the ribbons 'round it, you know -- tying it up. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1966 |
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| “ | I just started playing it and this tune came, 'cuz that's what happens. They just, sort of-- they COME, you know. It just came and I couldn't think of any words to it, so originally it was just, 'Scrambled Egg.' It was called 'Scrambled Egg' for a couple of months, until I thought of 'Yesterday.' And that's it. True story. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1968 |
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| “ | Paul wrote the lyrics to 'Yesterday.' Although the lyrics don't reslove into any sense, they're good lines. They certainly work, you know what I mean? They're good-- but if you read the whole song, it doesn't say anything; you don't know what happened. She left and he wishes it were yesterday-- that much you get-- but it doesn't really resolve. So, mine didn't used to either. I have had so much accolade for 'Yesterday.' That's Paul's song, and Paul's baby. Well done. Beautiful-- and I never wished I'd written it. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1980 |
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| “ | It fell out of bed. I had a piano by my bedside and I... must have dreamed it, because I tumbled out of bed and put my hands on the piano keys and I had a tune in my head. It was just all there, a complete thing. I couldn't believe it. It came too easy. In fact, I didn't believe I'd written it. I thought maybe I'd heard it before, it was some other tune, and I went around for weeks playing the chords of the song for people, asking them, 'Is this like something? I think I've written it.' And people would say, 'No, it's not like anything else, but it's good.' | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1984 |
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| “ | The hits are always the ones you thought wouldn't be hits, like 'Yesterday' or 'Mull Of Kintyre.' I didn't want to put them out. We didn't put 'Yesterday' out in England, it was only here (America) that it was a single. We didn't think it was going to be a good idea... so it's crazy how it goes. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1986 |
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| “ | We didn't think it fitted our image. In fact, it was one of our most successful songs. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1988 |
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