| Yesterday's Songs | |
| Cover: | Yesterday's_Songs_-_Neil_Diamond.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Neil Diamond |
| Album: | On the Way to the Sky |
| B-Side: | Guitar Heaven |
| Released: | November 1981 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 2:51 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Prev Title: | America |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | On the Way to the Sky |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
"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]
Record World said that "If the intriguing keyboard melody or snappy beat doesn't grab you, Diamond's spirited vocal romanticism will."[5]
| 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 |
| Chart (1982) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 77 | |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] | 4 |
