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"Yesterday Once More", written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, is a hit song by the Carpenters from their 1973 album Now & Then. Thematically the song concerns reminiscing about songs of a generation gone by. It segues into a long medley, consisting of eight covers of 1960s tunes incorporated into a faux oldies radio program. The work takes up the entire B-side of the album.

"Yesterday Once More"
Artwork for U.S. vinyl single
Single by Carpenters
from the album Now & Then
B-side	"Road Ode"
Released	May 16, 1973
Recorded	1973
Studio	A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Soft rock[1]
Length	3:56
Label	A&M 1446
Songwriter(s)	Richard Carpenter, John Bettis
Producer(s)	Richard Carpenter, Karen Carpenter
Carpenters singles chronology
"Sing" (1973) "Yesterday Once More" (1973) "Top of the World" (1973)
Official audio
"Yesterday Once More" on YouTube

The single version of the song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, kept from the number 1 spot by "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce.[2] It was the duo's fifth number two hit and makes them the act with the second-most number two hits on the chart behind Madonna. The song also peaked at number 1 on the easy listening chart, becoming their eighth number 1 on that chart in four years.[3] It is The Carpenters' biggest-selling record worldwide and their best-selling single in the UK, peaking at number 2.[4] Richard Carpenter stated, on a Japanese documentary, that it was his favorite of all the songs that he had written. He has performed an instrumental version at concerts.

According to Cash Box, on June 2, 1973, "Yesterday Once More" was the highest-debuting single at No. 71. By August 4, it had reached No. 1.[5]

Song structure

"Yesterday Once More" is a ballad composed in the key of E major and contains the 50s progression of I-vi-IV-V,^{[citation needed]} common in pop ballads from the 1950s and early 1960s and thus falling in line with the song's theme. It has a verse, chorus, post chorus, and a second verse followed by a coda.

Reception

Cash Box said that the "hook will knock everyone out."[6]

Personnel

• Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, drums
• Richard Carpenter – backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electronic piano, Hammond organ, orchestration
• Hal Blaine – drums
• Joe Osborn – bass guitar
• Tony Peluso – electric guitar
• Earl Dumler – English horn
• Uncredited – tambourine

Cover versions

• Redd Kross, a rock/punk band from Hawthorne, California covered the song on the 1994 Carpenters tribute album, If I Were a Carpenter. This cover was also released as a double A-side single with Sonic Youth's cover of "Superstar" to promote the album. It reached No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart[7] and No. 84 on the Australian ARIA Charts.
• The Spinners covered the song as a medley with "Nothing Remains the Same" in 1981, reaching No. 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 45 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Charts

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1973 (U.S.)
• List of number-one singles of 1973 (Canada)

References

External links

• Carpenters – Yesterday Once More on YouTube

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- [en] Yesterday Once More (song)

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[it] Yesterday Once More

Yesterday Once More è un brano musicale scritto da Richard Carpenter e John Bettis e pubblicato come singolo dal gruppo The Carpenters nel 1973, estratto dall'album Now & Then.

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[ru] Yesterday Once More

«Yesterday Once More» — песня американской кантри группы The Carpenters, вышедшая в 1973 году в качестве 3-го сингла с четвёртого студийного альбома A Song for You (1972). Сингл достиг первого места в Канаде и второго места в американском хит-параде Billboard Hot 100[1].

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