Only Yesterday (song)

"Only Yesterday" is a song recorded by The Carpenters in 1975. Released on March 14, 1975, the song was composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. Only Yesterday peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Adult Contemporary (AC) charts,^[1] the Carpenters' eleventh number one on that chart.

The song was the Carpenters' last top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100—though they would have nine more top-ten singles on the AC charts, ending with AC number seven Make Believe It's Your First Time, a few months after Karen's death in 1983.

The music video features some footage of Karen and Richard at work in the studio. After Karen sang the line, "the promise of morning light", it faded from the studio to a fountain in Huntington Library Gardens in San Marino, California. It then featured some footage of a Japanese bridge.

Personnel

Karen Carpenter - lead and backing vocals
Richard Carpenter - backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, orchestration
Joe Osborn - bass
Tony Peluso - guitar
Jim Gordon - drums
Bob Messenger - tenor saxophone
Earle Dumler - oboe
Uncredited - percussion

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Australia KMR	16
Canadian Singles Chart	2
Oricon International Singles Chart	1
Oricon (Japanese) Singles Chart	12
New Zealand ^[2]	14
UK Singles Chart	7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	4
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Rank
Australia	129
Canada	59
New Zealand ^[3]	33
UK ^[4]	100
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[5]	94

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 47.
↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2647
↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=4046
↑ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1975.shtml
↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1975.htm

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

The Carpenters singles

1960s	1966 "Looking for Love" 1969 "Ticket to Ride"

1970s	1970 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" "We've Only Just Begun" "Merry Christmas, Darling" 1971 "For All We Know" "Rainy Days and Mondays" "Superstar" "Bless the Beasts and Children" 1972 "Hurting Each Other" "It's Going to Take Some Time" "Goodbye to Love" 1973 "Sing" "Yesterday Once More" "Top of the World" 1974 "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "I Won't Last a Day Without You" "Please Mr. Postman" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 1975 "Only Yesterday" "Solitaire" 1976 "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" "I Need to Be in Love" "Goofus" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" 1977 "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" 1978 "Sweet, Sweet Smile" "I Believe You"

1980s	1981 "Touch Me When We're Dancing" "(Want You) Back in My Life Again" "Those Good Old Dreams" 1982 "Beechwood 4-5789" 1983 "Make Believe It's Your First Time" 1984 "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" "Now" "Little Altar Boy" 1986 "Honolulu City Lights" 1987 "Something in Your Eyes" 1989 "If I Had You"

1990s	1991 "Let Me Be the One" 1994 "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" 1996 "Ave Maria"

2000s	2001 "The Rainbow Connection"

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