Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
| "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" | ||||
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| Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
| from the album My Cherie Amour | ||||
| B-side | "I'd Be a Fool Right Now" | |||
| Released | September 30, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B, soul | |||
| Length | 3:06 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ron Miller, Bryan Wells | |||
| Producer(s) | Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol | |||
| Stevie Wonder singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" on YouTube | ||||
"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" is a 1969 soul song written by Ron Miller and Bryan Wells, released by American Motown singer-songwriter-musician Stevie Wonder on the album My Cherie Amour (1969). It peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 the weeks of December 13 and 20, 1969 and become Wonder's ninth Top 10 single of the 1960s.[1][2] In November 1969, it reached number 2 on the UK singles chart, making it at that time, Wonder's biggest UK hit.
Stevie also recorded an Italian version with the title "Solo te, solo me, solo noi" (Only you, only me, only us), translated by Peter Ricci.[3] The song was later reworked into an electronic version by Jennifer Rush on her 1985 Movin' album.[4]
Background
[edit]The song had been first recorded, in 1966, by blue-eyed Motown soul singer Chris Clark.[5]
At the time the song was released, Wonder was going through some vocal problems and was required to wait before recording a song. Due to this, instead of making Wonder record new ones, they decided to release songs that he had recorded years earlier, and this song was one of them (it was recorded two years earlier). The song's main theme is nostalgia[6] for a loved one.
Cash Box called it a "sparkling easy-blues-beat ballad" with "interesting lyric, performance and production."[7]
Personnel
[edit]- Lead vocals: Stevie Wonder
- Background vocals:
- The Originals: Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, C. P. Spencer
- The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, Louvain Demps
- Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers[8]
Chart performance
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ Stevie Wonder, Billboard Hot 100 – Billboard.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of December 20, 1969 – Billboard.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Solo Te Solo Me Solo Noi (Yester Me, Yester You, Yesterday) (Italian Version)". July 21, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Jennifer Rush - Movin' Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Stevie Wonder Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday". whosampled.com. 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
- ^ Browne, Ray Broadus; Ambrosetti, Ronald J. (May 20, 1993). Continuities in Popular Culture: The Present in the Past & the Past in the Present and Future. Popular Press. ISBN 9780879725938. Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 18, 1969. p. 34. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ "Wonder, Stevie / Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday | Tamla T-54188 | Single, 7" Vinyl | September 1969". Yoursongscollectibles.ecwid.com. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, January 10, 1970.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- ^ "Stevie Wonder". officialcharts.com. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ a b "1969: The Top 100 Soul/R&B Singles". Rate Your Music. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 261.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
External links
[edit]- List of cover versions of "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" at SecondHandSongs.com
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