Only Yesterday (song)
| "Only Yesterday" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Happy" |
"Only Yesterday" is a song recorded by The Carpenters in 1975. It was released on March 14, 1975, and was the Carpenters' last top-ten single on the Hot 100. Composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, it peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the easy listening chart,[1] the Carpenters' eleventh number one on the chart.
The music video features some footage of Karen and Richard at work in the studio. After Karen sang the line, "the promise of morning light", it faded from the studio to a fountain in Huntington Library Gardens in San Marino, California. It then featured some footage of a Japanese bridge.[citation needed]
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Singles Chart | 2 |
| Oricon International Singles Chart | 1 |
| Oricon (Japanese) Singles Chart | 12 |
| UK Singles Chart | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 1 |
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1975 (U.S.)
- Songs that use the Be My Baby drum beat
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 47.
- The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996
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