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Yesterday

song written by Lennon-McCartney
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Summary

Yesterday is a musical work/composition[1]. Yesterday ranks in the top 2% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,539 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Ivor Novello Awards[3]
  • Composer: John Lennon[4], Paul McCartney[5]
  • Publisher: Northern Songs[6]
  • Genre: pop music[7]
  • Producer: George Martin[8]
  • Performer: The Beatles[9], Marianne Faithfull[10], Jackie Edwards[11], Matia Bazar[12]
  • Commons category: Yesterday (Beatles song)[13]
  • Language of work or name: English[14]
  • Archives at: British Library[15]
  • Publication date: August 16, 1965[16]
  • Lyricist: John Lennon[17], Paul McCartney[18]
  • Tonality: F major[19]
  • Main subject: regret[20]
  • Nominated for: Grammy Award for Song of the Year[21]
  • Title: Yesterday[22]
  • Different from: Yesterday[23]
  • Form of creative work: song[24], ballad[25]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[26]

  • Genre(s): pop[27]

  • Community tags: pop[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0c80db24-389e-3620-8e0b-84dc2b7c009a[29]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for Yesterday include Yesterday[30], a film[31], directed by Danny Boyle[32].

Why It Matters

Yesterday has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Yesterday is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Yesterday include Yesterday[30], a film[31], directed by Danny Boyle[32].

FAQs

What awards did Yesterday receive?

Honors received include Ivor Novello Awards[3].

Related Entities

George Martin Help! John Lennon Marianne Faithfull Paul McCartney The Beatles

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · ChristianKl · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → pop music
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Genre: pop music"
  2. 22d ago · Moebeus · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Part of: Help!"
  3. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Beatles, Marianne Faithfull, Jackie Edwards +1
    Form of creative work → song, ballad
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Iswc: T0101629860, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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