The track was recorded at Abbey Road Studios on 14 June 1965, immediately following the taping of "I'm Down," and four days before McCartney's 23rd birthday. There are conflicting accounts of how the song was recorded, the most quoted one being that McCartney recorded the song by himself, without bothering to involve the other band members.[12] Alternative sources, however, state that McCartney and the other Beatles tried a variety of instruments, including drums and an organ, and that George Martin later persuaded them to allow McCartney to play his Epiphone Texan steel-string acoustic guitar, later on editing-in a string quartet for backup. Regardless, none of the other band members were included in the final recording. However, the song was played with the other members of the band in concert during 1966, in G major instead of F major.
McCartney performed two takes of "Yesterday" on 14 June 1965. Take 2 was deemed better and used as the master take. A string quartet was overdubbed on take 2 and that version was released. Take 1, without the string overdub, was later released on the Anthology 2 compilation. On take 1, McCartney can be heard giving chord changes to George Harrison before starting, but George does not appear to actually play. Take 2 had two lines transposed from the first take: "There's a shadow hanging over me"/"I'm not half the man I used to be", though it seems clear that their order in take 2 was the correct one, because McCartney can be heard, in take 1, suppressing a laugh at his mistake.
George Martin later said:
"It [Yesterday] wasn't really a Beatles record and I discussed this with Brian Epstein: 'You know this is Paul's song... shall we call it Paul McCartney?' He said 'No, whatever we do we are not splitting up the Beatles.'"
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Chart performanceChart (1965) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 - 1
Norwegian Singles Chart - 1
Australia Singles Chart - 2
German Singles Chart - 6
UK Singles Chart - 8
Austrian Top 40 - 10
Dutch Top 40 - 26
Spanish Singles Chart - 44
Chart (1976) Peak position
UK Singles Chart - 8
Chart (2010) Peak position
Poland (ZPAV) - 5
By: Shahen Gasparyan
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