2006-09-20 09:49:52 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I'm pretty sure it is "Yesterday."
2006-09-20 09:52:02 · answer #1 · answered by Shane L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yesterday (song)
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"Yesterday"
Single by The Beatles
from the album Help! in the UK, and later on "Yesterday" ... and Today in the US
Released 13 September 1965 (USA)
8 March 1976 (UK)
Format vinyl record (7" & 12")
Recorded 14 June 1965
Genre Pop
Length 2 min, 05 sec
Label Capitol Records (USA)
Parlophone / EMI (UK)
Writer(s) Paul McCartney / John Lennon
Producer(s) George Martin
Chart positions
#1 (USA)
#8 (UK - 1976)
The Beatles singles chronology
Help!
(1965) Yesterday
(1965) We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper
(1965)
"Yesterday" is a pop song originally recorded by The Beatles for their album Help! (1965). According to the Guinness Book of Records, "Yesterday" has the most cover versions of any song ever written, while BMI asserts that it was performed over seven million times in the 20th century alone. The song remains popular today with more than 3000 recorded cover versions, the first hitting the United Kingdom top 10 three months after the release of Help!. Some sources still assert that White Christmas by Bing Crosby has more cover versions.
"Yesterday" takes the form of an acoustic ballad about a lost loved one. It was the first official recording by The Beatles that relied upon a performance by a single member of the band, although the background accompaniment of a string quartet was added a few days later during the editing stage. The final recording, which out of the band's members featured only Paul McCartney, differed so greatly from other works by The Beatles that the other three members of the band vetoed the song's release as a single in the United Kingdom. Although written solely by McCartney, the song was credited to both himself and John Lennon as "Lennon/McCartney", as were all Beatles songs written by either of the pair.
2006-09-20 17:00:08 · answer #2 · answered by the big black bat 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its Yesterday.
See the Guinness Book of Records to verify this answer - also for added interest Paul McCartney was the sole composer of Yesterday even though it is attributed to Lennon & McCartney - though they wrote a lot of their co-attributed songs together, especially the early ones.
McCartney asked Lennon's widow Yoko Ono if for this one song the credits could be reversed ie McCartney-Lennon but Yoko refused - the credits are reversed on McCartney live albums anyway.
And one last thing for bonus points : Paul McCartney holds more Guiness Book of Records records than anyone else - about 21 & that is itself a Guiness B of R record making it 22!
& back for an encore : I saw Paul McCartney in concert in Madrid in 2004 - he was some 10 feet in front of me a little to the right singing some 22 Beatles songs that he mostly or like Yesterday wholely composed plus 10 solo others - it was literally unforgetable.
2006-09-21 17:30:02 · answer #3 · answered by zenaca 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yesterday
2006-09-20 16:59:16 · answer #4 · answered by MARY W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yesterday
2006-09-20 16:51:58 · answer #5 · answered by Splitters 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yesterday, which was a solo effort by Paul McCartney, so I'm not sure if it counts.
Then comes Something, which was written by George Harrison. It was dedicated to his wife, Patti Boyd, who later shacked up with slow hand Eric Clapton. By the way, Clapton wrote Layla as a secret declaration of love to Patti. Later when they were married he wrote Beautiful tonight. Not many women have 3 songs dedicated to them.
As for an actual song that Lennon and McCartney wrote together as the Beatles I would hazzard a guess at "With a little help from my friends". Or did Ringo write that?
2006-09-20 17:21:07 · answer #6 · answered by markspanishfly 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yesterday.
2006-09-20 17:03:11 · answer #7 · answered by Hebrew Hammer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yesterday.
2006-09-20 16:57:42 · answer #8 · answered by GORDON P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yesterday or Elenor Rigby
2006-09-20 17:01:55 · answer #9 · answered by amber_xx66 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yesterday, followed by Something.
2006-09-20 16:57:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yesterday by far. Something is the second most covered.
2006-09-20 16:58:10 · answer #11 · answered by Amanda S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋