Yesterday's Songs

"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"
Released	November 1981
Genre	Pop
Length	2:51
Label	Columbia
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

Weekly charts Chart (1981–1982) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) 75 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[6] 1 Canada RPM Top Singles[7] 15 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 11 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[9] 12

Year-end charts Chart (1982) Position US Billboard Hot 100[10] 77 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] 4

See also

• Neil Diamond discography
• List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 1981