Only Yesterday (song)

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“Only Yesterday”
“Only Yesterday” cover
Cover to the single "Only Yesterday"
Single by The Carpenters
from the album Horizon
A-side "Only Yesterday"
B-side "Happy"
Released March 14, 1975
Format 7" single
Recorded 1975
Genre Pop
Length 04:10
Label A&M Records
1677
Writer(s) Richard Carpenter
John Bettis
Producer Richard Carpenter
The Carpenters singles chronology
"Please Mr. Postman"/"This Masquerade" (1974) "Only Yesterday" (1975) "Solitaire" (1975)
Horizon track listing
Side one
  1. "Aurora"
  2. "Only Yesterday"
  3. "Desperado"
  4. "Please Mr. Postman"
  5. "I Can Dream, Can't I?"
Side two
  1. "Solitaire"
  2. "Happy"
  3. "(I'm Caught Between) Goodbye and I Love You"
  4. "Love Me for What I Am"
  5. "Eventide"

Only Yesterday is a song recorded by The Carpenters in 1975. It was a big hit that peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Charts. It was composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released on March 14, 1975.

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
Record World 6
Canadian Singles Chart 2
Oricon (Japanese) Singles Chart 12
UK Singles Chart 2

[edit] Trivia

  • The music video features some footage of Karen and Richard at work in the studio for:
After long enough of being alone,
Everyone must face their share
of loneliness.
In my own time nobody knew
The pain I was going through;
And waiting was all my heart could do.
Hope was all I had until you came,
Maybe you can't see
how much you mean to me.
You were the dawn breaking the night;
The promise of morning light...

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