"Yesterday's Songs" is a 1981 single by
Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling musicians of all time.
He has written and ...
from his album ''
On the Way to the Sky''. The song was a major
adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...
radio hit, spending six weeks at #1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' chart and four weeks atop the Canadian
Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...
chart. On the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, it peaked at #11. On the Canadian pop charts, the song reached #15. "Yesterday's Songs" is ranked as the 77th biggest American hit of 1982.
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Record World
''Record World'' magazine was one of three major weekly music industry trade magazines in the United States, with ''Billboard'' and '' Cashbox''. It was founded in 1946 as ''Music Vendor''. In 1964, it was changed to ''Record World'' under the ...
'' said that "If the intriguing keyboard melody or snappy beat doesn't grab you, Diamond's spirited vocal romanticism will."
Chart history
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
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Neil Diamond discography
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List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 1981
References
External links
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Neil Diamond songs
1981 singles
Songs written by Neil Diamond
Columbia Records singles
1981 songs
Songs about nostalgia
Songs about music
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