Makes today seem rather sad B G# G#B G#F# Where he's breakin' her heart E2F2# G2#G2# F2# E2 C2#Īnd the good times that I had G# BC2# F2#G2# F2#E2 D2# When they get to the part E2 D2# E2D2# E2 F2# How I wondered where they'd gone D2# F2# E2 D2#C2#īut they're back again D2# E2D2# E2 D2# C2#Įvery shing-a-ling-a-ling F2# E2 D2#E2 D2# C2# Those were such happy times G# B G# C2# BG#Īnd not so long ago G# B C2# D2# G# B C2# When they played I'd sing along E G# B G#F# Waitin' for my favorite songs G# B C2# F2#G2# F2# E2D2# I'd listen to the radio G# B C2# D2# G#B B C2# (Repeat Chorus) Music Letters Sheet in PDF format) Still sound so good to me A B C2 C2 A C2D2Ĭome back clearly to me C2 D2 E2E2 D2 C2 A Where he's breakin' her heart C2D2 E2E2 D2 C2 AĪnd the good times that I had E G A D2E2 D2C2 B Makes today seem rather sad G E EG E D When they get to the part C2 B C2 B C2 D2 Just like a long lost friend A B C2 C2 A C2 D2Ĭhorus 1: C2D2 E2E2E2E2 Every Sha-la-la-la D2C2 B C2 B A How I wondered where they'd gone B D2 C2 B A When they played I'd sing along C E G E D Waitin' for my favorite songs E G A D2E2 D2 C2B Retrieved April 21, 2023.(Download Music Letters Sheet in PDF format) Recording Industry Association of America. ^ "American single certifications – Carpenters – Yesterday Once More".^ "British single certifications – Carpenters – Yesterday Once More".Retrieved Ap– via American Radio History. ^ "From the Music Capitals of the World - London" (PDF).million-plus sale, it sold well over 250,000 in Britain and over 600,000 in Japan by mid-1974 Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory. ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1973"."Forum – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". ^ " – Carpenters – Yesterday Once More".^ "Carpenters Chart History (Adult Contemporary)".^ "Carpenters Chart History (Hot 100)".^ " Carpenters – Yesterday Once More"."charts.nz – Forum – 1973 Chart (General)". ^ " Carpenters – Yesterday Once More" (in Dutch).^ " The Irish Charts – – Yesterday Once More".^ " Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 4863." RPM.^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 4853." RPM.^ " Carpenters – Yesterday Once More" (in French).^ "REDD KROSS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 4, 1973.^ "CARPENTERS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".^ "Soft rock - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia".List of number-one singles of 1973 (Canada).List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1973.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. West Germany ( Official German Charts) Ĭertifications Sales and certifications for Yesterday Once More Region The Spinners covered the song as a medley with "Nothing Remains the Same" in 1981, reaching No.This cover was also released as a double A-side single with Sonic Youth's cover of " Superstar" to promote the album. Redd Kross, a rock/punk band from Hawthorne, California covered the song on the 1994 Carpenters tribute album, If I Were a Carpenter. ![]() ![]() Richard Carpenter – backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electronic piano, Hammond organ, orchestration.Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, drums."Yesterday Once More" is a ballad published in the key of E major.Ĭash Box said that the " hook will knock everyone out." Personnel He has performed an instrumental version at concerts.Īccording to Cash Box, on June 2, 1973, "Yesterday Once More" was the highest-debuting single at No. Richard Carpenter stated, on a Japanese documentary, that it was his favorite of all the songs that he had written. It is the Carpenters' biggest-selling record worldwide and their best-selling single in the UK, peaking at number 2. The song also peaked at number 1 on the easy listening chart, becoming their eighth number 1 on that chart in four years. 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 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. The work takes up the entire B-side of the album. It segues into a long medley, consisting of eight covers of 1960s tunes incorporated into a faux oldies radio program. Thematically the song concerns reminiscing about songs of a generation gone by. " Yesterday Once More", written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, is a hit song by the Carpenters from their 1973 album Now & Then.
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