McCartney Times

Paul McCartney has rightly been considered one of the finest pop songwriters of all time. The composer’s time with The Beatles is one of legendary proportion and, when you look back at his iconic back catalogue, it’s easy to see why McCartney is still the foreword in pop music. While there are certainly some duds in his canon, most of what McCartney produced for the Fab Four was solid gold. Some more so than others.

One song that has always been given plenty of exposure is his fabled song ‘Yesterday’. “Well, we all know about ‘Yesterday’. I have had so much accolade for ‘Yesterday’. That’s Paul’s song and Paul’s baby. Well done,” once said Lennon through a degree of gritted teeth. Featuring on Help!, released in 1965, the track is a rich piece of the band’s iconography and has welcomed literally thousands of cover versions of the track too. From Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley — everybody has had a go at singing the legendary lyrics from ‘Yesterday’. But, the question remains, would they have sung the original lyrics?

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Source: Original lyrics McCartney wrote for The Beatles ‘Yesterday’