Yesterday
The Beatles
1965
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Release: 1965
Release: 1965Source checked
Release year checked against the official Beatles song catalog. Exact regional dates and mix variants are not inferred from the annual listening-list year.
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The Beatles official song catalog
Artist catalog row for Yesterday gives 1965. Only year precision is used; some displayed dates refer to single or market-specific issues.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
This Paul McCartney composition presents a melancholy reflection on a relationship that has ended. The recording pairs his voice and acoustic guitar with a string quartet, without the other Beatles performing. The official catalog distinguishes its 1965 U.S. single release from the later U.K. single.
Evidence scope: Reviewed official catalog account; scope is limited to this paragraph
Sources for this information
The Beatles official song catalog: Yesterday
Background/composition section; paraphrased, not a quotation | Retrieved 2026-10-11
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Primary-source annual association; not a complete discographic review
Song-specific genre labels located in the cited catalog or secondary source; genre is not a universally fixed classification.
Official Beatles song catalog
Primary source reviewed for title, artist and release date.
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