Paul McCartney spent weeks trying to figure out if the melody of "Yesterday" had already been composed.

“Yesterday is one of The Beatles’ most iconic songs. However, the version Beatles fans know originally included different lyrics. Paul McCartney chose to leave these words out of “Yesterday,” but late ...

Indeed, Macca remains haunted by a regretful remark he made to his late mother Mary — a lament that lives on in a legendary line from The Beatles’ 1965 No. 1 single. While “Yesterday” — which was ...

The Beatles are the most covered band of all time, and their most covered song is “Yesterday,” written by Paul McCartney. The track has been covered thousands of times, with a few being covered by ...

Now one of the most-covered songs in modern music, the song initially came to its writer in a dream.

While The Beatles are often remembered as a unified force of musical innovation, the reality behind their greatest hit, "Yesterday," was far more complicated. Released in 1965 on the album Help!, the ...

"How Do You Sleep?" has Lennon's jab at McCartney. "The only thing you done was 'Yesterday'/And since you're gone you're just another day," he sang. The tension came from McCartney suing the bandmates ...

"Let It Be" may not have been the only Beatles song about Paul McCartney's late mom, who died from an embolism due to complications from breast cancer surgery when he was 14 years old. "Yesterday," ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A childhood comment that Paul McCartney made before his mother's death inspired a classic Beatles line in "Yesterday." Yes, folks, ...