"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. On the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at #11.Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications) On the Canadian pop charts, the song reached #15.Canada RPM Top Singles, December 26, 1981 "Yesterday's Songs" is ranked as the 77th biggest American hit of 1982.
Record World said that "If the intriguing keyboard melody or snappy beat doesn't grab you, Diamond's spirited vocal romanticism will."
Chart history
Weekly charts Chart (1981–1982)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)75Canada RPM Adult Contemporary1Canada RPM Top SinglesCanada RPM Top Singles, December 26, 198115U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - 11U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary1U.S. Cash Box Top 100Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 23, 198212
Year-end charts Chart (1982)PositionUS Billboard Hot 100Musicoutfitters.com77US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)4
See also Neil Diamond discography List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 1981
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