Who wrote the song entitled 'Yesterday'?

Answer 1

The song was actually written by Paul McCartney, alone. The reason dual credit is shared with Lennon is because McCartney and Lennon signed a contract years earlier to give each other credit for all songs either person wrote. In effect, they became a songwriting corporation. So, "A Day In The Life" is listed as being written by Lennon & McCartney, even though the song was wholly written by John Lennon. Likewise, Yesterday is also listed as Lennon & McCartney even though it was solely written by McCartney.

To determine who wrote which songs, just listen to them. If McCartney wrote it, he'll be singing lead vocals. Likewise, if Lennon wrote it, He'll be doing the honors.

INTERESTING FACTOID: McCartney always wrote melodies before lyrics. When he finished writing this song he had the tune but no words. While struggling to come up with lyrics, the working title of this song was "Scrambled Eggs."

Answer 2

Paul McCartney dreamt it. He woke up believing he had remembered a song from his youth, played it to people in the hope they'd recognise it, to be told that it was an original piece.

From iamthebeatles.com:

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', yet released under the name of The Beatles. The music for the song was played by Paul on an acoustic guitar, and the instrumentation was provided by George Martin. People feared at the time that this was McCartney's break into a solo career, but this was not true, not at least for another five years. It has been said that during the filming of "Help!" Paul drove the other Beatles' crazy by playing the song over and over again.


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Answer 3

Who Wrote The Song Yesterday

Answer 4

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Answer 5

Paul McCartney

Answer 6

It was actually written just by Paul McCartney but there was an agreement at the time to credit all their songs to Lennon & McCartney

Answer 7

Lennon/McCartney

Answer 8

Lennon/McCartney

Answer 9

Paul McCartney wrote it.

Lennon used to find McCartney's songs 'sloppy'

Answer 10

Lennon & Macca during the Beatles days