Yesterday's Songs
{{Infobox song
| name = Yesterday's Songs
| cover = Yesterday's_Songs_-_Neil_Diamond.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Neil Diamond
| album = On the Way to the Sky
| B-side = Guitar Heaven
| released = November 1981
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 2:51
| label = Columbia
| writer = Neil Diamond
| producer =
| prev_title = America
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = On the Way to the Sky
| next_year = 1982
}}
"Yesterday's Songs" is a 1981 single by Neil Diamond from his album On the Way to the Sky. The song was a major adult contemporary radio hit, spending six weeks at #1 on the U.S. Billboard chart and four weeks atop the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0446&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0446.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0446 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= July 17, 2013|access-date=October 25, 2016}} On the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at #11.Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications) On the Canadian pop charts, the song reached #15.[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0440&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0440.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0440 Canada RPM Top Singles, December 26, 1981] "Yesterday's Songs" is ranked as the 77th biggest American hit of 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1982.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=October 25, 2016}}
Record World said that "If the intriguing keyboard melody or snappy beat doesn't grab you, Diamond's spirited vocal romanticism will."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=October 31, 1981|page=1|accessdate=2023-03-01|title=Hits of the Week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-10-31.pdf}}
Chart history
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=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (1981–1982)
!Peak |
|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)
| style="text-align:center;"|75 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary{{cite web|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |url=http://Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=December 19, 1981 |access-date=June 24, 2018}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0440&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0440.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0440 Canada RPM Top Singles, December 26, 1981]
| style="text-align:center;"|15 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}
| style="text-align:center;"|11 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19820123.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 23, 1982]
|align="center"|12 |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (1982)
! style="text-align:center;"|Position |
|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1982.htm Musicoutfitters.com]
| style="text-align:center;"|77 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1982/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1982|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 19, 2021}}
| style="text-align:center;"|4 |
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See also
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|kD8Kce6iJgI|Neil Diamond - Yesterday's Songs}}
{{Neil Diamond singles}}
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Category:Songs written by Neil Diamond
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Songs about nostalgia
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