Which Beatle wrote the lyrics to their hit song “Yesterday”?
Yesterday McCartney’s masterpiece, that he recorded on June 14, 1965. This is probably Paul’s most successful song, as Yesterday has been recorded more than 2500 times by other artists over the years, being the most recorded song in music history. The tune for Yesterday came to him during the night. As he awoke, he went straight to the piano and played the complete tune. So easy this was, Paul feared that the tune must be from another song or belonged to another. To get a feel for the lyrics, Paul first titled it “Scrambled Eggs,” followed by the lyrics, “Oh you’ve got such lovely legs.” For the next month or so, Paul played the song for many people, asking them if they had ever heard it, still believing the tune came from another. No one had heard it before and consequently, Yesterday was born. When Yesterday was initially released, it received some criticism and controversy from the press, when they learned that it was a purely McCartney recording, without the other three Beatles’, y
Beautiful beautiful song, Written By Sir Paul Mccartney, Yesterday is one of the greatest songs by The Beatles. It is from their 1965 album Help! According to the Guinness Book of world Records, “Yesterday” has the maximum number of 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!. BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) asserts that it was performed over seven million times in the 20th century alone. The song was not released as a single in the UK at the time of the US release, and thus never gained number 1 single status in that country. However, “Yesterday” was voted the best song of the 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts and listeners. It was the first time a Beatle recorded without the others, and marked a shift to more independent accomplishments among the group. While John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote The Bea
According to Paul McCartney, the tune that became “Yesterday” came to him in a dream. Since he had no lyrics at that point, he temporarily named the song “Scrambled Eggs”. “Yesterday” has since gone on to be one of the most recorded, popular songs ever, no matter what style or performer. McCartney, currently opening a tour, still performs the song he wrote in his early 20s, perhaps thinking back on things that happened in all his yesterdays.
