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“Yesterday” is a pop song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help!.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, “Yesterday” has the most cover versions of any song ever written. The song remains popular today with more than 3,000 recorded cover versions, the first hitting the United Kingdom top 10 three months after the release of Help!. Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) asserts that it was performed over seven million times in the 20th century alone.
Despite never being a UK number one single, “Yesterday” was voted the best song of the 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts and listeners.
“Yesterday” takes the form of a melancholic acoustic ballad about a break-up. It was the first official recording by The Beatles that relied upon a performance by a single member of the band — Paul McCartney was accompanied solely by a string quartet. Producer George Martin once stated “Paul wanted this to be a rock song, but I told him it’s impossible, I offered him a string quartet instead”. The final recording differed so greatly from other works by The Beatles that the other three members of the band vetoed the release of the song as a single in the United Kingdom. Although credited to Lennon/McCartney, the song was written solely by McCartney.
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LAURA NÄRHI –
EILINEN (YESTERDAY) (in finnish)
According to the Guinness Book of Records, “Yesterday” has the most cover versions of any song ever written. The song remains popular today with more than 3,000 recorded cover versions, the first hitting the United Kingdom top 10 three months after the release of Help!. Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) asserts that it was performed over seven million times in the 20th century alone.
Despite never being a UK number one single, “Yesterday” was voted the best song of the 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts and listeners.
“Yesterday” takes the form of a melancholic acoustic ballad about a break-up. It was the first official recording by The Beatles that relied upon a performance by a single member of the band — Paul McCartney was accompanied solely by a string quartet. Producer George Martin once stated “Paul wanted this to be a rock song, but I told him it’s impossible, I offered him a string quartet instead”. The final recording differed so greatly from other works by The Beatles that the other three members of the band vetoed the release of the song as a single in the United Kingdom. Although credited to Lennon/McCartney, the song was written solely by McCartney.
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LAURA NÄRHI –
EILINEN (YESTERDAY) (in finnish)
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Shouts
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Sha7ab wrote:
yesterday. i wish yesterday.
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minutka90 wrote:
oh, i believe in yesterday.
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TheFeldster wrote:
This is one of their best. Personally, I have other favourites, but it is clearly a classic.
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Ackibear wrote:
The first Beatles song I remember ever hearing, and still gets me every time. Totally wonderful.
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bambi_attacks wrote:
I always feel like crying when i listen to this song, so i try to avoid it... it's so beautiful, but it brings me sad memories.
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sockenkathi wrote:
jaja gestern, das waren noch zeiten lg kathi
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Mondbluttrauer wrote:
<3
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weronikkk wrote:
the best song of the beatles <3
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rejanelopez wrote:
I love this song.
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Tesseflickan wrote:
I love this song!! <3
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PlayThatTrack wrote:
i believe in yesterday
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hjsxixi wrote:
good song,make me mermory old things.
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Rozzen wrote:
i wish this song didn't remind of the mr. bean movie
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beyzao wrote:
i LOVE this song. yesterday came suddenly...
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MakaraAna wrote:
Yesterday my best song..................
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evil-cheese wrote:
the most beautiful the beatles' song
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madziok wrote:
<3
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FurthestSky wrote:
just perfect.
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bubeeel wrote:
amazing...
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johnny7gun wrote:
1st),your first word said it all....2nd)you obviously havent been there yet!
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