Yesterday's Dreams (song)
"Yesterday's Dreams" | ||||
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Solid center variant of the UK single | ||||
Single by The Four Tops | ||||
from the album Yesterday's Dreams | ||||
B-side | "For Once in My Life" | |||
Released | June 27, 1968 (1968-06-27) | |||
Genre | Rhythm and blues | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Songwriter(s) | Vernon Bullock, Jack Goga, Ivy Jo Hunter and Pam Sawyer. | |||
Producer(s) | Ivy Jo Hunter | |||
The Four Tops singles chronology | ||||
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"Yesterday's Dreams" is a 1968 single recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown label. The song was written by Vernon Bullock, Jack Goga, Ivy Jo Hunter and Pam Sawyer. The single was one of the first the group released after the departure of Holland-Dozier-Holland, who had handled the majority of the Four Tops recordings prior to 1968. Released from the album of the same name, the song only became a modest hit on the US chart, peaking at #31 on Billboard's Best Selling Soul Singles chart and #49 on the Hot 100.[1] Outside of the US, "Yesterday's Dreams" reached #23 in the UK.[2]
Billboard described the single as a "driving rhythm ballad aimed right at the top of the Hot 100," stating that it was one of the Four Tops' "most potent performances."[3] Cash Box said that the group is "grooving in a melancholy blues waltz tempo with a song that builds in volume and impact as the story of lost love develops."[4]
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.
- ^ "Official Charts: Four Tops". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. July 13, 1968. p. 70. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 13, 1968. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
Personnel
- Lead vocal by Levi Stubbs
- Background vocals by Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, and Lawrence Payton
- Additional background vocals by The Andantes
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
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- Four Tops
- Four Tops Second Album
- On Top
- On Broadway
- Reach Out
- Yesterday's Dreams
- Four Tops Now!
- Soul Spin
- Still Waters Run Deep
- Changing Times
- Keeper of the Castle
- Main Street People
- Meeting of the Minds
- Night Lights Harmony
- Catfish
- The Show Must Go On
- At the Top
- Tonight!
- One More Mountain
- Back Where I Belong
- Magic
- Indestructible
- Christmas Here with You
The Supremes
- The Magnificent 7
- The Return of the Magnificent Seven
- Dynamite
and live albums
- Four Tops Live!
- The Four Tops Greatest Hits
- Live & in Concert
- The Ultimate Collection
- "Baby I Need Your Loving"
- "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)"
- "Ask the Lonely"
- "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"
- "It's the Same Old Song"
- "Something About You"
- "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
- "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"
- "Reach Out I'll Be There"
- "Standing in the Shadows of Love"
- "Bernadette"
- "7 Rooms of Gloom"
- "Walk Away Renée"
- "If I Were a Carpenter"
- "Yesterday's Dreams"
- "I'm in a Different World"
- "It's All in the Game"
- "Still Water (Love)"
- "A Simple Game"
- "Keeper of the Castle"
- "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"
- "When She Was My Girl"
- "Loco in Acapulco"