"Yesterday's Songs" is a 1981 single by Neil Diamond from his album On the Way to the Sky. The song was a major adult contemporary radio hit, spending six weeks at #1 on the U.S. Billboard chart and four weeks atop the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.[1] On the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at #11.[2] On the Canadian pop charts, the song reached #15.[3] "Yesterday's Songs" is ranked as the 77th biggest American hit of 1982.[4]

"Yesterday's Songs"
Single by Neil Diamond
from the album On the Way to the Sky
B-side"Guitar Heaven"
ReleasedNovember 1981
GenrePop
Length2:51
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond singles chronology
"America"
(1981)
"Yesterday's Songs"
(1981)
"On the Way to the Sky"
(1982)

Record World said that "If the intriguing keyboard melody or snappy beat doesn't grab you, Diamond's spirited vocal romanticism will."[5]

Chart history

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References

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  1. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. ^ Canada RPM Top Singles, December 26, 1981
  4. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  5. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 31, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". December 19, 1981. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  7. ^ Canada RPM Top Singles, December 26, 1981
  8. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  9. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 23, 1982
  10. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  11. ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
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