Yesterday's Songs
Appearance
"Yesterday's Songs" | ||||
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Single by Neil Diamond | ||||
from the album On the Way to the Sky | ||||
B-side | "Guitar Heaven" | |||
Released | November 1981 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:51 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Neil Diamond | |||
Neil Diamond singles chronology | ||||
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"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.[1] On the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at #11.[2] On the Canadian pop charts, the song reached #15.[3] "Yesterday's Songs" is ranked as the 77th biggest American hit of 1982.[4]
Record World said that "If the intriguing keyboard melody or snappy beat doesn't grab you, Diamond's spirited vocal romanticism will."[5]
Chart history
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See also
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[edit]- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ Canada RPM Top Singles, December 26, 1981
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 31, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". December 19, 1981. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ Canada RPM Top Singles, December 26, 1981
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 23, 1982
- ^ Musicoutfitters.com
- ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
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