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Yesterday is an EP by English rock band the Beatles, released on 4 March 1966 by Parlophone in the UK. The Beatles' 11th EP, it was also released in Portugal, Spain and Brazil (with another cover photo). The EP was released in mono only, and the cover photograph was taken by Robert Whitaker.

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Yesterday
EP by the Beatles
Released	4 March 1966
Recorded	17 February - 17 June 1965
Studio	EMI Studios, London
Genre	Pop rock folk rock
Length	8:52
Label	Parlophone
Producer	George Martin
The Beatles EP chronology
The Beatles' Million Sellers (1965) Yesterday (1966) Nowhere Man (1966)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Yesterday entered the UK EP chart on 12 March 1966, and from 26 March spent six weeks at number one. In all, it remained on the hit parade for 13 weeks.

Track listing

Side A

1. "Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:03
2. "Act Naturally" (Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison) – 2:33

Side B

1. "You Like Me Too Much" (Harrison) – 2:40
2. "It's Only Love" (Lennon–McCartney) – 1:53

Personnel

The Beatles

• Paul McCartney – bass guitar (tracks 2–4), lead vocals (track 1), acoustic guitar (track 1), background vocals (tracks 2, 3), piano (track 3)
• John Lennon – acoustic rhythm guitar (2–4), electric piano (track 3), tambourine (track 3), lead vocals (track 4), electric guitar (track 4)
• George Harrison – lead guitar (tracks 2–4), lead vocals (track 3), electric guitar (track 3), acoustic guitar (track 3), 12-string acoustic guitar (track 4)
• Ringo Starr – drums (tracks 2–4), lead vocals (track 2), sticks (track 2), tambourine (track 4)

Additional musicians

• George Martin – piano ("You Like Me Too Much")
• Tony Gilbert – violin ("Yesterday")
• Sidney Sax – violin ("Yesterday")
• Kenneth Essex – viola ("Yesterday")
• Francisco Gabarro – cello ("Yesterday")

References

На других языках

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- [en] Yesterday (Beatles EP)

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[es] Yesterday (EP)

Yesterday (EP) –en español: «Ayer»– es el undécimo EP por The Beatles, fue lanzado el 4 de marzo de 1966. Como todo EP por The Beatles solo fue lanzado en mono. Parlophone lo catalogó como GEP 8948.

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[ru] Yesterday (мини-альбом)

Yesterday — мини-альбом (EP), выпущенный группой «Битлз» 4 марта 1966 года. Данный альбом стал одиннадцатым мини-альбомом в официальной дискографии группы и был выпущен лишь в моно-версии (номер по каталогам — GEP 8948[1]). Кроме Великобритании альбом был выпущен также в Португалии, Франции, Ирландии, Испании, Бразилии и Мексике (французское и мексиканское издание вышли с несколько отличным набором композиций: во французскую версию вместо «You Like Me Too Much» вошла песня «The Night Before», а в мексиканском издании вместо «You Like Me Too Much» звучала песня «I’ve Just Seen a Face»)[2].

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