The Beatles - Yesterday (Live) Music Incorporated (BMI) asserts that it was performed over seven million times in the 20th century alone. The song was not released as a single in the UK at the time of the US release, and thus never gained number 1 single status in that country. However, "Yesterday" was voted the best song of the 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts and listeners. "Yesterday" takes the form of a melancholic acoustic ballad about a break-up. It was the first official recording by ...From:StrawberryLennon9Views:0 0ratingsTime:01:54More inMusic