The Recent Past in Song Titles
These are the top songs whose titles contain times that are still fresh in someone’s memory.
| RANK | SONG TITLE | ARTIST(S) | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yesterday | The Beatles | 1965 |
| 2 | Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday | Stevie Wonder | 1969 |
| 3 | Yesterday's Gone | Chad & Jeremy | 1963 |
| 4 | Yesterday Once More | The Carpenters | 1973 |
| 5 | More Today Than Yesterday | Spiral Starecase | 1969 |
| 6 | The Night Before | The Beatles | 1965 |
| 7 | Last Night | Traveling Wilburys | 1988 |
| 8 | Only Yesterday | The Carpenters | 1975 |
| 9 | Last Night | The Mar-Keys | 1960 |
| 11 | (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep At All | The 5th Dimension | 1972 |
| 12 | I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) | The Electric Prunes | 1966 |
| 13 | Holdin' on to Yesterday | Ambrosia | 1975 |
| 14 | It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday | Boyz II Men | 1991 |
| 15 | Yesterday's Songs | Neil Diamond | 1981 |
| 16 | Yesterday When I Was Young | Roy Clark | 1969 |
| 17 | That Was Yesterday | Foreigner | 1985 |
| 18 | Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night | Kenny Dino | 1961 |