‘Yesterday Once More’ by the Carpenters – Classic Hit or Miss

"Yesterday Once More", written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, is a hit song by The Carpenters from their 1973 album Now & Then. Composed in the key of E, "Yesterday Once More" preceded an "Oldies Medley" on the album, consisting of nine songs from the 1960s. At the end of the song a motorcycle engine transitions into the first song of the medley, "Fun, Fun, Fun". The motorcycle was deleted on the version appearing on The Singles: 1969-1973.

The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the easy listening chart, becoming their eighth #1 on that chart in four years.[1] It is the Carpenters' biggest selling record worldwide and their best-selling single in the UK, peaking at #2. Richard Carpenter admitted on a Japanese documentary that it is his favorite of all the songs he's written. He has performed an instrumental version at concerts.

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