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《Yesterday Once More》（昔日重来），是卡朋特乐队1973年专辑《Now & Then》的主打歌，词曲作者为理查德·卡朋特和约翰·贝蒂斯。
这首单曲在告示牌百强单曲榜最高排名达第二位，仅次于吉姆·克罗切的《Bad, Bad Leroy Brown》。这也是卡朋特乐队的主打歌第五次排名第二，次数之多仅次于麦当娜。在当代成人单曲榜最高排名则为第一，是两人歌曲四年内第八次登上榜首。《昔日重来》是卡朋特乐队全球最畅销唱片、全英最畅销单曲，曾登上排行榜第二位。
1973年6月2日，《昔日重来》在最畅销首发单曲排行榜排名第71，8月4日即登上第一。中国大陆歌手成方圆也曾发行过相关专辑。
https://youtu.be/32zQdsoNDBg
Carpenter, Richard & Bettis, John - Yesterday Once More - Video
Yesterday Once More
By Richard Carpenter & John Bettis
"Yesterday Once More", written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, is a hit song by the Carpenters from their 1973 album Now & Then. Thematically the song concerns reminiscing about songs of a generation gone by. It segues into a long medley, consisting of eight covers of 1960s tunes incorporated into a faux oldies radio program. The work takes up the entire B-side of the album.
The single version of the song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, kept from the number 1 spot by "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce. It was the duo's fifth number two hit and made them the act with the second-most number two hits on the chart behind Madonna. The song also peaked at number 1 on the easy listening chart, becoming their eighth number 1 on that chart in four years. It is The Carpenters' biggest-selling record worldwide and their best-selling single in the UK, peaking at number 2. Richard Carpenter stated, on a Japanese documentary, that it was his favorite of all the songs that he had written. He has performed an instrumental version at concerts.
https://youtu.be/32zQdsoNDBg
Lyrics：
When I was young
I'd listen to the radio
Waitin' for my favorite songs
When they played I'd sing along
It made me smile.
Those were such happy times
And not so long ago
How I wondered where they'd gone
But they're back again
Just like a long lost friend
All the songs I loved so well.
Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're startin' to sing's
So fine.
When they get to the part
Where he's breakin' her heart
It can really make me cry
Just like before
It's yesterday once more.
Lookin' back on how it was
In years gone by
And the good times that I had
Makes today seem rather sad
So much has changed.
It was songs of love that
I would sing to then
And I'd memorize each word
Those old melodies
Still sound so good to me
As they melt the years away.
Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're startin' to sing's
So fine.
All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry.
Just like before
It's yesterday once more.