Yes­ter­day is a song by the Bea­t­les, orig­i­nal­ly record­ed at the Abbey Road Stu­dios, Lon­don, and released on the album “Help!” in 1965. It was lat­er includ­ed on the “Abbey Road” album as well. The song was writ­ten and sung by Paul McCart­ney, and fea­tures McCart­ney’s vocals and a solo acoustic gui­tar as the main instru­ment. The song is wide­ly con­sid­ered to be one of the great­est pop songs ever writ­ten, with its sim­ple yet pow­er­ful lyrics and melody. It has been cov­ered by many artists and has been record­ed in var­i­ous lan­guages. Yes­ter­day has been described as a melan­cholic bal­lad, which is about the singer’s feel­ings of loss and regret. It is con­sid­ered as one of the most cov­ered songs in the his­to­ry of record­ed music with more than 3000 ver­sions, it is also one of the most suc­cess­ful songs of the Bea­t­les cat­a­log, with more than 7 mil­lion copies sold.