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 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
US Billboard Hot 100	4
US Billboard Adult Contemporary ^[3]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Rank
Australia	129
Canada^[4]	59
New Zealand^[5]	33
UK^[6]	100
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	94

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 47.
↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1975-08-04. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. 1975-05-03. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1975 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1975-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
↑ "Top 100 1975 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.

Bibliography

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

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

The Carpenters

Karen Carpenter Richard Carpenter

Albums	Offering (Ticket to Ride) Close to You Carpenters A Song for You Now & Then Horizon A Kind of Hush Passage Made in America Voice of the Heart Lovelines As Time Goes By

Live albums	Live in Japan Live at the Palladium

Compilation albums	The Singles: 1969–1973 The Singles: 1974–1978 The Very Best of the Carpenters Yesterday Once More Only Yesterday From the Top Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration Love Songs Reflections The Singles: 1969–1981 The Essential Collection: 1965–1997 Carpenters Perform Carpenter Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition The Ultimate Collection 40/40

Other	Christmas Portrait An Old-Fashioned Christmas Time (Richard Carpenter) Karen Carpenter (album) Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (Richard Carpenter)

Singles	"Looking for Love" "Ticket to Ride" "(They Long to Be) Close to You" "We've Only Just Begun" "Merry Christmas, Darling" "For All We Know" "Rainy Days and Mondays" "Superstar" "Bless the Beasts and Children" "Hurting Each Other" "It's Going to Take Some Time" "Goodbye to Love" "Sing" "Yesterday Once More" "Top of the World" "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "I Won't Last a Day Without You" "Please Mr. Postman" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" "Only Yesterday" "Solitaire" "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" "I Need to Be in Love" "Goofus" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" "Sweet, Sweet Smile" "I Believe You" "Touch Me When We're Dancing" "(Want You) Back in My Life Again" "Those Good Old Dreams" "Beechwood 4-5789" "Make Believe It's Your First Time" "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" "Now" "Little Altar Boy" "Honolulu City Lights" "Something in Your Eyes" "If I Had You" "Let Me Be the One" "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" "Ave Maria" "The Rainbow Connection"

TV series/specials	Make Your Own Kind of Music Live at the BBC Very First TV Special Space Encounters A Christmas Portrait Music, Music, Music

DVDs	Gold: Greatest Hits Interpretations Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters

Related articles	Discography Songs John Bettis Joe Osborn Tony Peluso If I Were a Carpenter The Karen Carpenter Story

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