Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday

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Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday was a single from Stevie Wonder’s album My Cherie Amour. The song was originally recorded by Chris Clark in 1966. At the time of the… Read More

Aug. 29, 19691 viewer

Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday Lyrics

[Intro]
(Yester-me, yester-you, yesterday)

[Verse 1]
What happened to the world we knew?
When we would dream and scheme
And while the time away?
Yester-me, yester-you, yesterday
Mm, yeah

[Verse 2]
Where did it go (Where did it go?), that yester-glow?
When we could feel
The wheel of life turn our way
Yester-me. yester-you, yesterday

[Bridge]
I had a dream. so did you
Life was warm and love was true
Two kids who followed all the rules
Yester-fools, and now

[Verse 3]
Now it seems (Now it seems) those yester-dreams
Were just a cruel
And foolish game we used to play
Yester-me, yester-you, yesterday

[Bridge]
When I recall what we had
I feel lost, I feel sad
With nothing but the memory of
Oh, yester-love, and now

[Verse 3]
Now it seems (Now it seems) those yester-dreams
Were just a cruel
And foolish game we had to play

[Outro]
Yester-me, yester-you, yesterday
Mmhmm, yester-me, yester-you, yesterday
Sing it with me
Yester-me. yester-you, yesterday
One more time, yeah
Yester-me, yester-you, yesterday

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Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday was a single from Stevie Wonder’s album My Cherie Amour. The song was originally recorded by Chris Clark in 1966.

At the time of the single’s release, Stevie was going through some vocal issues and had to wait before recording a song. Because of this, Motown decided to release songs that Stevie recorded years earlier instead of making him record new songs.

Stevie recorded Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday two years before the single’s release.

The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on Billboard’s R&B Singles chart in 1969. It also managed to peak at #2 on the U.K. Singles chart.