"Yesterday"

Paul McCartney singing
"Yesterday" (1965)

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

"Yesterday"
Piano Solo (1965)

Paul McCartney
sings song (1965)

Yesterday
Album (1965)

Preface: For Song #28, I've selected "Yesterday" sang by Paul McCartney (1965). in commemoration of Paul's 81st birthday (6-18-1942) today. "Yesterday" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney. It was first released on the album Help! in August 1965, except in the United States, where it was issued as a single in September. The song reached number one on the US charts. McCartney's vocal & acoustic guitar, together with a string quartet, essentially made for the first solo performance of the band. It remains popular today and, with more than 2,200 cover versions, is one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music. "Yesterday" was voted the best song of the 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts & listeners and was also voted the No. 1 pop song of all time by MTV & Rolling Stone magazine the following year. (Lyrics).

[Verse 1]
Yesterday
All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

[Verse 2]
Suddenly
I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

[Bridge]
Why she had to go
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday

[Verse 3]
Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

[Bridge]
Why she had to go
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday

[Outro]
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