"Yesterday Once More" | ||||
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![]() 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 | |||
Length | 3:56 | |||
Label | A&M 1446 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Richard Carpenter, John Bettis | |||
Producer(s) | Richard Carpenter, Karen Carpenter | |||
Carpenters singles chronology | ||||
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Official audio | ||||
"Yesterday Once More" on YouTube |
"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.
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. [1] The song also peaked at number 1 on the easy listening chart, becoming their eighth number 1 on that chart in four years. [2] It is the Carpenters' biggest-selling record worldwide and their best-selling single in the UK, peaking at number 2. [3] 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. [4]
Cash Box said that the " hook will knock everyone out." [5]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Japan | — | 600,000 [29] |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [31] | Silver | 354,000 [30] |
United States ( RIAA) [32] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
9. イエスタディ・ワンス・モア(1991 CD reissue of 1974 vinyl Abunai Doyōbi: Candies no Sekai album)
『危い土曜日/キャンディーズの世界』 CBS/Sony LP:SOLL-72 74.06.21 (June 21, 1974)... 3.イエスタディ・ワンス・モア Richard Carpenter・John Bettis/Richard Carpenter・John Bettis/竜崎孝路
In addition to the U.S.A. million-plus sale, it sold well over 250,000 in Britain and over 600,000 in Japan by mid-1974
"Yesterday Once More" | ||||
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![]() 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 | |||
Length | 3:56 | |||
Label | A&M 1446 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Richard Carpenter, John Bettis | |||
Producer(s) | Richard Carpenter, Karen Carpenter | |||
Carpenters singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Official audio | ||||
"Yesterday Once More" on YouTube |
"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.
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. [1] The song also peaked at number 1 on the easy listening chart, becoming their eighth number 1 on that chart in four years. [2] It is the Carpenters' biggest-selling record worldwide and their best-selling single in the UK, peaking at number 2. [3] 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. [4]
Cash Box said that the " hook will knock everyone out." [5]
Weekly charts
|
Year-end charts
|
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Japan | — | 600,000 [29] |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [31] | Silver | 354,000 [30] |
United States ( RIAA) [32] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
9. イエスタディ・ワンス・モア(1991 CD reissue of 1974 vinyl Abunai Doyōbi: Candies no Sekai album)
『危い土曜日/キャンディーズの世界』 CBS/Sony LP:SOLL-72 74.06.21 (June 21, 1974)... 3.イエスタディ・ワンス・モア Richard Carpenter・John Bettis/Richard Carpenter・John Bettis/竜崎孝路
In addition to the U.S.A. million-plus sale, it sold well over 250,000 in Britain and over 600,000 in Japan by mid-1974