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

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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 {{1980s-pop-song-stub

Chart history

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